SERC Logo

SERC UPDATES – June 2024

Jun 26, 2024

Dear Colleagues,

SERC researchers and I met with our international partners in the Archimedes Initiative, a collective we co-founded in 2022 to advance systems engineering. Read about our third annual workshop below, and stay tuned for a report. Thank you to our friends with DLR, TNO-ESI, and TECoSA for a wonderful gathering!

You might also enjoy reading about The Acquisition Game, a board game SERC and AIRC researchers designed to teach scholars in the Defense Civilian Training Corps. A diverse AIRC team also completed a nine-part series of reports for the PPBE Reform Commission. And, SERC researchers published new reports on the Capstone Marketplace and a digital engineering simulator we developed for Defense Acquisition University. We have been busy and hope you enjoy reading this voluminous issue of the SERC Updates. Until next time, have a fantastic summer!

Sincerely,
Dinesh Verma
Executive Director

Research Highlights

Capstone Marketplace Projects Complete for 2023-24

The SERC Capstone team led by William Shepherd of the SERC Research Council concluded another exciting year of connecting student engineering teams with challenge projects from DoD partners.

DAU Digital Engineering Simulation Option Year 2

In this follow-up report, Dr. Nicole Hutchison led a SERC team to conduct research for Defense Acquisition University on human capital development.

AIRC Researchers Complete Reports for the PPBE Reform Commission

A multi-university team of AIRC Fellows, AIRC Innovation Panel members, faculty researchers and students produced nine reports for the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Reform.

SERC Talks: Myron Hecht Talks System Certification

See a recording and download presentation slides from this special guest presentation by Myron Hecht of The Aerospace Corporation.

News

SERC Hosts Third Annual Archimedes Initiative Workshop

Four international systems engineering organizations met at The George Washington University to discuss trustworthy AI, systems thinking, and other dynamic topics.

Gaming the System: DCTC Scholars Master Acquisition Through Play

In this new board game designed by SERC and AIRC researchers, scholars in the Defense Civilian Training Corps are learning about defense acquisition in a fun and memorable way.

Winners Recognized for Defense Data Grand Prix

An awards ceremony recognized teams from Cleveland State University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University of South Alabama that placed in the fourth iteration of the Defense Data Grand Prix.

SERC and AIRC Researchers Contribute to 21st Annual NPS Symposium

SERC and AIRC researchers traveled to the Naval Postgraduate School in California for insightful discussions on advancing defense acquisition.

Events

The fifth annual AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop received a record number of abstract submissions to address this year’s theme, Safer AI-Enabled Complex Systems: Responsible Deployment of AI through Systems Engineering. The technical agenda should be released by the end of next month. Reserve your ticket today for this in-person event at George Mason University!

Collaborators’ Corner

We invite collaborators to submit research news to be included in future releases of the SERC Updates.

Resources:

On June 14, SERC CTO Tom McDermott presented at the third quarterly research forum AIRC hosted with Defense Acquisition University. McDermott followed two previous webinars on megaprojects by presenting best practices with evidence from historical case studies and ongoing megaprojects. Visit the event page to watch the recording and download the presentation slides.

Opportunities

If an opportunity exists at your institution that you would like us to share, please submit it here.

SERC & AIRC

Share

LinkedIn Facebook