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Department of Systems Engineering
 
All Systems GO!!!

 What Systems USMA Engineers Do

EXAMINE, DESIGN AND RE-ENGINEER LARGE-SCALE, HIGH TECH SYSTEMS OR PROCESSES

 

Systems Engineers study contemporary issues facing the military and industry, build models, conduct analysis, and create simulation environments to help clients and senior leadership identify problems, assess risks, save resources and refine and test new ideas to avoid major mistakes before large scale systems are designed and implemented.

 

As a Systems Engineer, you will apply a broad range of skills to a multitude of modern systems and important contemporary issues.  These issues will require an inter-disciplinary perspective and include some of the examples listed below:

 

o   Analyzing combat simulations from the Corps to the Soldier level utilizing a variety of modeling software packages thereby increasing warfighting capabilities of deployed forces

o   Designing decision support systems which maximize the lethality and effectiveness of our military forces across the globe

o   Determining optimal use of resources in allocating and managing the latest Army multi-million dollar acquisition projects

o   Supporting decision makers with accurate, timely, and relevant courses of action that span critical subject areas such as strategic policy, infrastructure, personnel, and logistics

o   Managing Army transformation requirements by analysis of Army structuring, cost, effectiveness, and integration

o   Evaluating Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Systems and maximizing battle space command and situational awareness

o   Protecting the environment through systematic evaluation of how to reduce pollutants while increasing productivity.

 

 Links

  American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)
  International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
  Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
  Army Knowledge Online (AKO)
  U.S. Army Homepage
  I/ITSEC
  Military Operations Research Society (MORS)
  USMA Homepage
  General Donald R. Keith Memorial Cadet Capstone Conference - Apr 30, 2009
  West Point Morale Welfare Recreation (MWR)
  Operations Research Center of Excellence - ORCEN