SE CAPSTONE: Implementing a Systems Engineering Framework For Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Keith Sheppard Stevens Institute of Technology Synopsis In this paper we discuss a pilot project at Stevens Institute of Technology to develop a systems engineering (SE) framework for multidisciplinary capstone design which can be a model for broad implementation. It is part of an initiative involving 14 institutions (including all the military academies), sponsored by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E)) STEM Development Office to incorporate SE in undergraduate capstone design. The initiative is a clear demonstration of the significance placed by DoD on the need to have graduating engineers educated in the overarching significance of systems engineering for the development of large -scale and complex systems, and to have those graduates develop some foundational SE competencies.