PURPOSE

• To disseminate an undergraduate systems engineering curriculum to interested universities operating within NASA's Space Grant Consortia.
  
• To discuss effectiveness of the pilot systems engineering activities at The University of Texas at Austin.

NASA Guest Speakers, representing

• Chief Engineer's Office
• Constellation Program Office
• JSC Engineering Directorate

Discussion of Systems Engineering Curriculum:

• Curriculum topics, class materials and assignments
• Feedback regarding pilot teaching of class, Spring '08 at UT-Austin
• Validation & review of curriculum by external faculty

Panel / Roundtable Opportunities:

• Three undergraduate UT students who took the pilot course and participated in JSC systems engineering internships
• Space Grant representatives who have initiated systems engineering efforts at their universities, both undergraduate and graduate

Candidate Additional Topics to Address:

• Overview of NASA's new Systems Engineering Handbook
• ESDM education efforts, including the Systems Engineering Paper Competition
• Book preview of Wiley Larson's new text on "Applied Space Systems Engineering"
• Presentation of curriculum case study on the International Space Station, under development by the Air Force Center for Systems Management