Systems Engineering Desk · October 29, 2026
Requirements, architecture, MBSE and SysML, verification and validation, and real aerospace/defense systems engineering work. New stories are added. Older ones stay, with the newest first.
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Hi all, hope you're doing well! Just looking for some career advice. I'm currently a Sr. Associate in the aerospace industry, working mainly as a Systems Integration and Test (SIT) Engineer while also supporting other programs as a Software Engineer (SWE), which is what my degree
Hey everyone I am learning Rust while developing a Threat Hunter tool for OS, using Rust, my question is Companies will hire me? Because I didn't work in System programming before my background is from Web apps development in JavaScript and node js. Your honest comment will help
Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace
In the cockpit of Beta Technologies’ Alia CX300, pilot Chris Caputo steers onto Runway 33 at Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport in Vermont. Cleared for takeoff, he releases the brakes and nudges the throttle forward. At the back of the aircraft, the five-blade pusher
A tribute to Voyager I. Subsystems recreated with SysML2 plus an 3D interactive graph to explore it.
Hey all! Has anyone worked with FRET , it’s an open source tool developed at NASA Ames. Haven’t yet explored it but if someone has and would like to share thoughts pls let me know Thank you :)
Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace
The skies are becoming dangerously crowded-not with planes but with interference and jamming disrupting many of the 30,000 radio frequencies that civil aviation relies upon. In previous decades, designers of aviation weather, navigation, and voice communication systems prioritize
asking from experts what do you think effect of ai will be on this field. are we going to see massive effect like general mathematics and coding portion successfully covered by llms?
I still didn't change the logo btw
Hi everyone, I want to turn my home office room into an environment which feels like a control lab. Apart from building small exponents to test algorithms, I also want to design posters featuring important topics in control theory and hang them on the walls. I do not want to have
Hi everyone, how do US employers generally view degrees earned outside the US when hiring for systems engineering roles? I’m not asking about visas or security clearances (I’m aware of ITAR and am currently considering non-defense roles that don’t require a security clearance, po
System design used to be mostly a FAANG and top product company thing to assess a candidate. Now I’m seeing more startups and smaller companies focus on it. Is it because AI made coding easier? I’m seeing this trend change in hiring across recent companies
I’m a student, I just had a lab with the Quanser Aero 2. I considered buying one for myself at home to play with and practice system ID, but apparently it costs $11k. It’s some motors and some sensors, how could it cost 11k? Why do universities buy this? Is it really worth the mo
Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace
In a lab in Luxembourg in 2024, engineers at Flawless Photonics unpacked a spool of glass fiber that had just returned from the International Space Station (ISS). As they threaded it onto their rewinding machine, the machine jammed-as happens sometimes-and they braced for the usu
Hi everyone, I'm an automotive systems engineer. I want to learn professional Requirements Engineering (specifically the IREB CPRE curriculum). I have two main constraints: Less screen time: I want to protect my eyes, so I'm looking for audio-friendly resources (audiobooks, podca
Hey, so I've got a BSc in software engineering and a good few years of pentesting behind me. Lately I've been going down the rabbit hole of space security, satellites, cubesats, ground stations, all that stuff, and I’d really like to work on it properly. I want to do a masters pa
Hello! I am a Sri Lankan who just graduated as a Mechatronics Engineer. My final year research was about implementing an AI Assisted MPC in a FOC framework for current control for BLDC motors. Im looking for a feasible, up to date research area in control systems and/or AI for my
Wrote a practical guide to the Inbox Pattern and how it helps prevent duplicate message processing in distributed systems.
I am interested in systems engineering but I would like to avoid working the defense industry, how is the market for opportunities outside of the defense industry? Do other employers value a systems engineering masters degree? Any other advice for “should I get a masters in syste
Hey everyone, I’m graduating soon and trying to decide where to start my career in controls/automation. I’d really like honest perspectives from people further along. Offers in hand: Integrator A (Iowa): Entry-level pool team covering robotics, vision, SCADA and manufacturing, wi
Finding systems engineering training can involve opening dozens of provider websites, then trying to work out which courses cover the skills you actually need. I run Systems Engineering Training Hub , a directory I’ve built to make that comparison easier. It currently lists 353 c
I know it’s subjective and dependent on the team and program but i’d love to know any personals experience/opinions of the companies you worked for. For me it’s LM Aero, they have a really bad culture and cutthroat plus their SE/SAs aren’t very talented in my opinion. Full discla
I had written this paper before graduation it was Q2 in 2020 at the time. Can someone please judge it's quality and content? I am targeting professors at UC Berkeley, MIT and Georgia tech. Imperial (optimization group) oxford (MPC professors) Thank you for your help.
i need to read some cover letters from people who have received a fully funded scholarship from any uni abroad. please dm me so i can have a look, i have been receiving rejections from quite some time so need to analyse where im going wrong.
Hi everyone. I'm interested in Systems Engineering and I'm new to this field. I have a few questions about research and the overall prospects of the field. As I understand, SE focuses on general system/architecture/requirements design, managing project lifecycles, building models
Hey all! I’m writing requirements for a satellite using INCOSE Guide for Writing Requirements. Idk if this is a write book to refer while writing requirements….especially for a SATELLITE, if anyone has worked on this before and have a blueprint on how to good write requirements P
Reddit from r/ControlTheory.
Wrote a practical guide to the Transactional Outbox Pattern and how it helps reliably publish events in distributed systems.
I have had two professors, from different schools, both eminent in their respective fields, openly telling the classes I enrolled in that a solid background in complex variable/analysis is probably the most important thing to learn in order to do control theory well and all of fr
The new "Jama Intelligence" bot is in beta apparently and it's making my job so much harder. It can't be hidden or disabled or fixed to a static tab or anything that I've been able to find and it keeps getting in the way of text and buttons I need to click. I have to imagine some
Article · SERC
The SERC portfolio of funded research tasks furthers its guiding vision of being the networked national resource to further systems research and its impact on issues of national and global […]
It'll have a picture of a SysML diagram, and the text "OMG, I'm obsessed with models!" Whaddya think?
A few months into a new tooling rollout and adoption is all over the place. Some teams picked up fine while others are still working around it and we’ve had way more process changes than expected. Vendor keeps saying this is normal at this size What are the signs that this is hea
Hey there, I have been a software dev for about ten years now and I'm somehow getting tired of it. The whole scrum stuff annoys me, especially all discussions about 'what is our definition of done?, Oh, the code is merged into b, but not released yet, so the ticket has to be in s
Curious how this is going in practice, not how the vendor demos make it look. When an alert fires, how much of the investigation does AI actually handle for you today (pulling the right logs and traces, correlating with deploys, narrowing down root cause)? Where does it fall over
Hi, I know this is not a straight up Control Theory topic but I guess since people here use the tools I'll need to run, it might be helpful to ask. I will soon start a Master's focused around GNC, for which I would need to buy a laptop that is capable of running Matlab/Simulink a
If you worked at industry as a control engineer I wonder how would you evaluate your own performance in your first year? (as far as you remember) Did you directly achieve implementing theory in practice? Or was it a lot of trial and error ? Now, I am asking this question not to f
Hi r/systems_engineering , We are back with Lesson 22 of our technical deep dive into the SysML v2 standard. In our previous lesson, we ended with a trap: textual action definitions placed on consecutive lines look like a sequence, but they are actually completely unordered. Toda
Hi guys, I have a Mechanical Engineering bachelor from INSA Lyon (France), and am currently at the second and last year of the MSc in Aerospace Engineering at ISAE-Supaero, France's top aerospace school. At the end of the first semester, we are required to choose one from 7 major
We recently hosted a free webinar with Dr. Bruce Douglass discussing what actually changes in SysML v2, from modeling semantics and requirements to analysis cases. Sharing the recording here for anyone interested:
Article · NASA Technology
Emissions on both sides of the island are unusually high as human-set fires spread in a landscape parched by drought.
I'm an electrical engineering intern at an electric utility company, and they've basically told me that there's a possibility of getting a job offer if I work hard, show initiative, and prove that I'm capable of adding value. The department I'm working in has some serious problem
Sorry for formatting, I’m mobile. This began with a system deliberately designed to keep the continuing system separate from whichever machine currently performs one of its roles. The design rules came first: a machine is not the continuing system. authorization is not execution.
Agility says Digit 5 will get 90 minutes of runtime from a 9-minute charge, a 10:1 run-to-charge ratio, up from 2:1 on Digit 4. Capacity, chemistry and cycle life weren't disclosed. From an engineering view, how do fast charging and swappable packs compare on cycle life, heat, co
This implementation of a two-degree-of-freedom PID controller in Python demonstrates how this algorithm limits overshoot and eliminates the effects of the setpoint during a sudden jump in the setpoint.
Article · NASA Technology
From orbit, today’s space-based laser instruments measure Earth’s forests and terrain one narrow line at a time. Between those lines are enormous gaps that include millions of acres of land scientists never directly measure. NASA’s CASALS instrument will blend machine learning wi
Open-sourcing Randomized MPC on the GPU 🚀 What if MPC didnt need gradients at all? RMPC samples thousands of feasible input sequences, rolls them all out in parallel on the GPU, and applies the best one. Models and costs dont need to be smooth or differentiable. Impacts, saturati
I know a few tool that are ADO integrated for requirements management but wanted to ask what all of you have been using for requirements management. Modern Requirements seems to be great with ADO. TIA!
Article · NASA Technology
The powerful low-pressure system formed over the North Atlantic out of the remnants of Hurricane Isaias.
Seems like people are calling any software model of a real system a "digital twin" or sometimes applying this term broadly for any real-time supervisory monitoring system, like air traffic control, real-time road congestion control and other things of this kind. At the same time,
Article · NASA Technology
Destined for Mars and beyond, NASA’s Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom will be humanity’s first fission-powered spacecraft to travel outside Earth’s orbit. Announced during NASA’s “Ignition” event, this mission will demonstrate nuclear electric propulsion in deep space, and progress
The above and,what degree required to be one? Fields switchable?
I don't usually use reddit so sorry if I'm doing this all wrong. I'm an Aerospace Engineering student graduating May 2027. Out of fears of the job market being cooked I applied indiscriminately to 100 jobs across a variety of aerospace companies. Now I'm looking at a Modeling & S
Has anyone in here started off as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer and transitioned to a Systems Engineering role? Did you get a MS in Systems Engineering? If you can talk about your story, I would love to hear about it.
I'm working on a unique class of controls problems that are fundamentally PDEs, but the control laws themselves will be conventional ODEs. The example I will give is controlling the trajectory of a particle moving through a fluid that may also be undergoing a phase change or have
Hello everyone! I’m considering the PhD program in Systems Engineering at FIT, GWU, and CSU, I would like to hear from anyone who has experience with the program. I’m interested in learning more about the coursework, work-school-life balance, and how manageable the program is for
Hello! I am an ECE graduate from Greece with a strong passion for Control Systems and Reinforcement Learning (my thesis focuses on MARL for energy grid optimization). I’m in a dilemma between these two MSc programs: Control Systems Tu/e and Ai and Es Tu/e. One puts me on a roboti
Hi everyone! I'm an aerospace engineering student, and I want to learn Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) from scratch. I currently have no experience in this domain, either theoretically or practically, but I'm determined to build a strong foundation. I have only one mont
I am using claude opus 5.5 to control the HVAC system of a building, accounting for weather forecasts and building occupancy. How do I show the system is closed loop stable? Can I use alpha-beta-CROWN to produce a stability certificate?
Hi! I am a complete newbie to control theory, but I hope I can make my question make sense. I have a system that measures internal pressure which is controlled by a pump. The pressurised actuator is being placed on a person's body, imagine, for example, that it is a sitting cushi
I just spent 3 hours trying to add a Satisfied By column to my requirements table in Cameo and, when I couldn't, trying to figure out why not, and eventually just settled on a very awkward workaround solution that kinda gets the point across. Wondering how many other things are g
I am a masters student in a course based program who is interested in both machine learning and control engineering/theory research. However, it appears that the research situation in machine learning is seriously troubling and I am having second thoughts about my future plans. J
I've spent the past year building a systems engineering harness on my own. It's a state machine that drives an LLM (Claude) through the SE lifecycle: stakeholder needs → requirements → architecture → interfaces → hazards → verification, with gates, red-team passes and change cont
Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace
In one month, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission will make history. Moving at 12 kilometers per second relative to Earth, the mission is about to rendezvous with the binary Dimorphos-Didymos asteroid pair. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission slammed into
So i am a Mechanical Engineer by training, I have 5+ experience in Manufacturing & i specialised in Engineering Change Management and managing supplier initiated Change request. I was thinking to upskill myself and want to get deep into PLM Functions and into teamcenter. I want t
Hey everyone! I’m an Engineering Science student at SFU in Vancouver, currently looking for my first co-op position starting January 2027. I’m also willing to relocate anywhere in Canada for the right opportunity. I’ve applied to around 100 positions so far, but unfortunately, I
Hey everyone, I'm currently a senior studying Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science, graduating in May 2027. I've recently become really interested in pursuing systems engineering, particularly in aerospace, defense, or other industries involving complex hardwar
Hi all, I was curious if anyone has taken USC systems and architecture engineering masters (online). Any opinions on it? Pros/cons? Also, how is it compared to Hopkins or Cornell? Thanks!
Hey everyone! I'm a freshman mech student, and I'm trying to figure out whether my long-term career plan makes sense. My goal is to get a bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, work for a few years, and eventually pursue an MBA, ideally through an employer that offers tuition assi
What is the best way to design a temperature controller for heating an object with a much higher thermal inertia than the heating elements, without having the element overheat? I am using a cascade where my PLC manages the temperature loop with a PID and outputs a power setpoint
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I'm exploring practical implementations of fractional-order control for systems with limited onboard computing resources, particularly UAV flight controllers. A conventional finite-history implementation can require increasing storage and computation as more samples accumulate. O
Hey guys, I think all of us agree that AI will/has an tremendous impact on software engineering. But how about algorithmic development like we do as control engineers? What are your thoughts and experiences for the future ?
I work for a large defense prime (you probably know that one), with about 7 years of experience in systems engineering. A few years ago, I walked into my VP's office and asked if I could start learning more about the business side of things. I wanted to understand why we invest
Hi everyone! I have a BA in Mathematics and participated in mathematical research (leaning pure but had applications in quantum computing and other fields) during my undergrad. I have always loved math and have enjoyed doing calculations, proofs, and the logical and critical thin
I'm working on autonomous quadrotor navigation using a 13-state NMPC (acados) with HOCBF-based obstacle avoidance. I'm observing an issue where the drone approaches an obstacle, suddenly commands near-zero thrust, makes aggressive corrections, and starts oscillating back and fort
Hello! I’m currently operating as a Manufacturing Engineering Manager at a sub prime contractor. I have my Master’s degree in Systems Engineer which primarily focused on business operations and project management. Located in the Greater Philadelphia area there’s some opportunitie
Sorry for the provocative and somewhat pointed question. It is no secret that the general population's appreciation of the "hidden technology" is almost zilch. The employer/industry sectors are even worse outside of a few corporations (and half are in aerospace apparently). There
Article · NASA Technology
During El Niño, a cascade of fires across the tropics begins in equatorial Asia and continues in the central and eastern Amazon.
hey all!…i’m quite active on this community as i’m new to systems and don’t have anyone to teach me so i look up and drop my doubts here. i’ve joined a MBSE (startup) company and they are looking to crack projects in the space division. And as me being bit familiar with Space and
Article · SERC
The annual SERC Research Review will take place on November 10 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. This in-person gathering will showcase government-funded projects through panel discussions featuring […]
H! I'm currently trying to study and understand Reinforcement Learning using Sutton and Barto. My main objective would be to, in the end, be able to carry out a small project in simulation using a simple system like a robotic arm or a Turtlebot. Currently I'm studying the approxi
Hello! I'm looking into getting an MS (or PhD) in Systems Engineering. I currently have a BSc in CompSci, and have been working as a software engineer/software developer for the last 9 years. I've consistenly found myself more interested in the larger picture and interconnectivit
Article · NASA Technology
If you’ve ever had your car start sluggishly, or not at all, on a particularly frigid winter morning, you know standard batteries do not like extreme cold. That’s why NASA researchers are working to develop a battery that could function in the brutal cold of the Moon’s South Pole
Hi r/systems_engineering , We are back with Lesson 21 of our technical deep dive into the SysML v2 standard. In our previous lesson, we looked at Occurrences, the 4D model, and modeling systems over time. Today, we are putting that temporal foundation to work. We will see how beh
Article · NASA Technology
Though it remained offshore, the storm lashed coastal areas with high winds and flooding-and produced remarkable rippling patterns in the upper atmosphere.
Can you share your experience, and which position you enjoyed more? I'm in system design /architecture / requirements management, and I'm starting to think I may enjoy switching to either integrations or SV, but maybe it's a mistake. ~7 yoe in traditional systems engineering (not
Hey everyone! I've been working on a chess-playing Franka Panda robot in simulation as part of my Mechatronics Engineering thesis. The project combines ROS 2, MuJoCo, Octo VLA, MPC, WBC, and computer vision. I also developed the chess AI myself. Interestingly, most of the improve
Which one is the best from your perspective? For me, those options are somehow resistant in this AI context.
I built a small two-wheeled robot that uses a Pixy2 camera to find a table tennis ball and drive to it. I ended up making two prototypes, and for each one I did the modeling, ran simulations, and tested on the floor. Both used the same guidance loop: bearing error ε ≈ (x_ball − x
Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace
At Firefly Aerospace in Texas, engineers have been doing what NASA’s chief, Jared Isaacman, likes to call “the near-impossible.” The Firefly team has been assembling Blue Ghost Mission 2 , a robotic spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon in 2027. No U.S. spacecra
I build Phytotron, an open benchmark for greenhouse climate controllers (github.com/growmatics/phytotron, AGPL). It runs on GreenLight-Gym2, a 28-state ODE model of a tomato greenhouse. Every result it reports is simulated. I calibrated the model against a measured season and I a
Hey everyone how do you design a proper LEOP for SSO satellite. I don’t want LLM things, want to use proper documents maybe from NASA , ECSS or any established space programs. I’m using cameo to do this if anyone has worked on this before pls let me know. Thank you ! submitted by
I genuinely am interested in this area but I am not able to break into it for some reason, maybe I am just doing it wrong...or maybe I need to work much much more? Idk you guys can be the judge of that. Like, yes I do know C and a bit about windows internals. I also know that the
Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace
The chief aim of NASA’s Artemis Program is to create a “sustained program of lunar exploration and development.” Beyond returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era , NASA and other space agencies hope to build the infrastructure that will enable regul
Hello! About a year ago I posted here my control system simulator Python project. Since then I've grown the program to improve both the GUI, the control algorithms available and the plant (system) model is now customisable in state space form. Available controllers include: Manua
Hi, do you have some tips for preparation to this 90min interview? Company is Boehringer Ingelheim. Thanks :)
Hi guys, I am a L2 with 5 years of experience and I recently obtained a MS. I only also have multiple certs OMG L1, L2, CSEP. I'm in a weird spot where my manager doesn't want to promote anyone who hasn't been on his team for multiple years. I been on their team for about a year
Looking to move into systems engineering at Lockheed. They used DOORs per the job req. I just recently passed my ASEP exam and will be applying for the cert once it processes through. What do yall recommend for me to learn in my early career? I have a Bachelors in Industrial and
Hey all i’m very new in the systems engineering and over the weekend i try to make some projects which enhances my CV and help me get noticed on LinkedIn. over the weekend i was planning to build SR-71 structures and other subsystems with (using) BBD , IBD , state machine and stu
I have a question for the Italian members of this subreddit: what companies should I look into in order to potentially get a role in Control System engineering? Where are, also geografically, the best opportunities for applying (and learning on the job) Control System theory? I'm
Hi everyone, I want to share some notes I wrote regarding to the Ensemble Kalman Filter, specifically on why does it work and about it's theoretical support based on the non-linear filtering theory. It's written as a pedagogical resource for any who is interested in. Here's the l
2 years into this major and I'm realizing it would've been smarter to pursue a BS in ME and then a masters in SE. Is this true? If so, how can I remedy my career path at this stage?
For those interested in SysML v2: A new version of SysMD is released. Source code and installers are here:
I’m a mechanical design engineer with about 3 years of experience, mostly in industrial automation, space systems, and product development. I’d like to move toward systems engineering and I’m looking for a solid place to start. Would it be useful for someone with my background, o
I couldn't find a good free web based PID tuning tool that suits my needs so developed one. It seems to work pretty well so I thought I'd share it. I'm using it in a processing environment - level control, temperature control, dosing control etc. JEL Tune
Three days ago, I shared my implementation of a Fuzzy controller for my two-wheeled inverted pendulum robot. After that, I wanted to try something different: Model Predictive Control (MPC). My goal was to develop a controller capable of dynamically adjusting its behavior based on
Hi r/systems_engineering , We are back with Lesson 20 of our technical deep dive into the SysML v2 standard. In our previous lesson, we organized packages, namespaces, and imports so a model can grow without becoming one large shared workspace. Today, we are modeling the things t
I'm trying to implement control algorithm on a piezo actuator stage, using simulink and MATLAB together with dspace controller. Does anyone have good resources for this especially dspace aspect, please let me know, need it very much, thanks!
Context : I’m in an early-stage concept study for a new system with novel constraints and aggressive delivery deadlines. I’m a Systems Architect ( My approach and mentality: - Clean sheet design -> therefore, we can’t rely solely on heritage design assumptions - Built behavioral
I often see mentioned that controls are needed in a wide variety of sectors, from aerospace to chemicals to robotics. However, does this actually matter from a career perspective? How often have you seen engineers switching jobs to very different fields? In my experience, it seem
I was on vacation with my girlfriend this summer. I know that she loves hooks to hang stuff, and if they are missing she improvises. Yet, I was surprised when she hung our moist swimwear on the TV in our hotel room. This got me thinking: - Should a good hotel TV compensate for ba
Long story short, I did an undergraduate degree in Physics, had a job I hated, done a Master’s in aerospace and then got a graduate role as a systems engineer. I only took the job as it was the only offer I had. I struggle to apply to traditional engineering roles as I have barel
Hi all, Where I live (Aus) there seem to be about 3x as many business analyst jobs as systems engineering jobs. The role seems basically identical, here's one description from a job ad: Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, solution architects, developers, and deliv
Long story short I have a bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering with no experience in Mechanical field then I started control systems master basically modelling and control design in matlab, but I dont have the Embedded skills to deploy control algorithms and honestly I feel like
I really enjoy control theory, and my main area of interest at the moment is optimal control. I sometimes struggle to understand certain definitions and theorems, and especially some of the proofs. I suspect this is because, although I had some mathematical training during my eng
Article · SERC
The seventh annual AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop, held on September 22-23, gathered SERC researchers and interested attendees to discuss the convergence of systems engineering (SE) and artificial […]
For my personal project, where I need to implement a PID controller on Arduino to automate a convection cooling system, I decided to start with a simulation in Python. For now, I've implemented the simple electromechanical model of the DC motor (the fan) as well as the PID contro
Is there any research or tool out there that is using AI agents for model optimization and system design with SysML? Thinking on having this be a research topic but also if it’s being worked on so that I do not pursue it academically or heavily in free time. If it is being pursue
AI can create a reasonable looking requirement very quickly. But what do you consider enough evidence before accepting it? Is a source citation enough? Or should the requirement also include the parent context, assumptions, rationale, affected interfaces and a verification path?
has anyone thought of connecting CAMEO (catia magic) with gmat (general mission analysis tool) by NASA , I mean it would be awesome if we can model satellites and connect it with very real time simulations.
I might soon have the chance to join either an ROV or a RC plane student team, as an aerospace engineering student in his final year. Im not gonna lie, the ROV team sounds more intriguing even tho i am a plane guy because i might get to do more direct GNC, Im just wondering if wh
we are currently using DOORS for requirements and its been fine for basic requirements to test traceability, but with the CRA reporting obligations now starting, ive been questioning whether our current setup is enough. our bigger issue is knowing if a product is actually exposed
In magicgrid framework under black box what does SYSTEM CONTEXT mean and under that 1 Users and other systems what does that mean and while mapping it out which diagram should i use Thank you !!
Hello, I have a buck converter whose plant I wish to simulate. It's from this webpage:
Hi everyone, I'm a final-year Mechatronics Engineering student working on non-linear control applied to a two-wheeled inverted pendulum. A while ago, I simulated this system in MuJoCo and built the physical version using an MPC (Model Predictive Control) to dynamically calculate
I’ve started a collection of AI skills for system engineers using agents. The current set covers things like comparing specification revisions, deriving sub-requirements and building verification matrices. The skills spell out what to check, which sources to use and when to ask r
My position is a senior systems engineer with 7 years experience primarily with requirements, documentation, and SysML in the defense space. I've been told I need to be more senior in my role especially because I'm on an early stage program What does that look like to you (even b
Its a sunday, so as a casual timepass you think, let me just write some code to check the controllability of a state space equation. so you start writing it, then realise, higher powers of matrices can lead to numerical instability. so now, you decide to study the controllability
controlsys is a Go package for linear control systems. It works on continuous-time and discrete-time models. The main model form is state space. Main capabilities: Models: state space, transfer function, zero-pole-gain (ZPK), frequency-response data (FRD), model arrays and tunabl
Hey folks!! Just recently got a job offer for a systems engineering role. I will be working at a US Defense company and they definitely hired me in part to be a subject matter expert in what I’ve done military side so I know they are aware systems engineering isn’t my primary bac
Landed a first round interview on Zoom for Systems Engineer, Prime Air at Amazon after months of cold applying. To be upfront since I think this is where a lot of my earlier posts missed the mark, this role is not SDE, not a coding role, and not evaluated like one. The actual sco
Hi everyone, Over the past few months, we’ve been working on a small internal tool called AKProcTools PFDSim . It was not originally intended to be a general-purpose product. We first built it to support our own fuel system and fuel handling engineering work . In our projects, we
I'm working on a project in automotive engine assembly. Parts move between steps in the assembly process (e.g. from step A to step B), and they range from large components like cylinder heads to small ones like screws and bolts. Some engines come in multiple variants with custome
Article · NASA Technology
After days of torrential rain, the river rose to record-breaking levels in parts of Nepal and India.
I’m currently working on some personal projects to brush up on old topics I covered in my masters. My goal is to try and get a job in the robotics space, particularly for therapeutic or medical reasons such as prosthetics and exoskeletons for disabled people. I’ve studied a lot o
We know that the heat equation is null-controllable from internal subsets on Riemannian manifolds. How come no general results are available on sub-Riemannian manifolds, except for particular cases on tensorized domains such as for Grushin, Heisenberg, Kolmogorov ? We do not have
It currently has Prisoner’s Dilemma, Stag Hunt and Entry Deterrence. The bots use strategies such as Tit-for-Tat, Random and competitive strategies that try to maximise their score relative to yours. Each game shows the payoff matrix, best responses and Nash equilibria. You can a
I Built Control Models for Crystals. Then I Recognized Them on My Phone. A process control engineer on how industrial control theory became the architecture of human steering. I spent years learning to predict the behavior of crystals. Then I felt what it is like to be the thing
I'm looking for feedback from people who work with control systems on a workflow we've been developing at Integrated Core Systems. We've been working on a C++ based computational engine that uses block diagrams to represent control systems and other numerical models. The workflow
Landed a first round interview for Systems Engineer, Prime Air at Amazon after months of cold applying, wanted to get some pointers before the call and for future FAANG/MAMAA applications Quick background. 10+ years as a systems engineer, Air Force then Northrop Grumman then GE H
Hey guys I'm hearing mixed things and don't have a lot of cash on hand to fail this exam. I'm trying to gauge what to study. I've been using the udemy practice tests and reading the book but I'm hearing that the exam is way harder than the practice tests and use more scenarios. O
As title, I'm a current second year math master's student doing research in dynamical systems I've taken courses in measure theory, functional analysis, dynamical systems, PDE, calculus of variations, linear programming, topology and differential geometry, but have zero coursewor
Hi everyone, I'm a junior studying computer engineering who's stumbled into an interest in systems engineering in a roundabout way, and I'd love some advice from people actually working in the field. For some context: I originally switched to CE from business because I realized I
Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace
Since the discovery of the first remnants of a jet-powered Shahed drone near Kyiv in June 2025, these upgraded kamikaze UAVs have become a nightmare for Ukrainian civilians. Described by some analysts as the most significant Russian drone innovation since the beginning of the war
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Hurricanes Polo and Nolo sent destructive effects ashore amid an active season in the northeastern and central Pacific.
I have about 7 YOE as a mechanical engineer across medical & defense/electronics roles. I have a BSME. These have all been “ME” roles with some systems involvement such as some trace matrix impact assessments and whatnot. Is it possible to move to a P3 position at a defense compa
Hey! I'm curious to hear what kind of things a control systems engineer usually spends their day working on, especially how much math you get to use daily or weekly and what do you feel most of your time is spent on?
Hello, I’m currently a manufacturing planner at a defense company and hoping to get my masters in aerospace engineering however I don’t know which path to take. I currently have an interest in systems - specifically integration and test since I don’t “love” coding but would feel
I’m working on a system for investigating hardware failures using AI. The idea is to combine information from previous hardware incidents with the details of a new failure. The system can then provide relevant historical incidents and possible causes that engineers can investigat
Can anyone suggest me the best playlist for System Design???
I am currently reading Complexity: A Guided Tour by Melanie Mitchell and since it was published in 2009, I am wondering if there are more “modern”/“up-to-date” intro books.
Hi! Hope this question is welcomed. I am a UC Berkeley undergrad in Astrophysics (senior year) and recently developed an interest in Systems Engineering. I've taken a class on space policy and currently enrolled in an earth observation satellites course. It has had me thinking ab
I've been basically thrown into a project that has just begun and we're formalizing a certain field. The idea is to start from modelling the entire system, but I'm the only one in the team who knows a bit of SysML2 (just out of personal interest),. The others expect ready made to
Hi all, I've just accepted an offer for a Systems Engineer role at a UK defence prime, and the imposter syndrome has well and truly landed. My route isn't the standard MechEng/Aero degree path: Chemistry degree -> Started out as a hands-on lab technician -> Moved into technical e
Hello, I am currently creating a Type III compensator GUI. As you know, there are 2 zeros and three poles, with one pole being at the origin. Thus, the degrees of freedom are the two zeros and the two poles. I am curious, does a gain come into the picture when designing the compe
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Space was always supposed to be the final frontier of human exploration. It’s shaping up to be the final frontier for artificial intelligence too. Last December, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory used Anthropic’s Claude models to help plan two Mars drives for the Perseverance rove
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The idea of humans and robots working side-by-side in space was once the stuff of science fiction, but with NASA launching increasingly complex missions deeper into space, human-robot collaboration could become reality. Advanced robotic systems are critical for human spaceflight
I’m pretty early in my career and have been using Cameo more for MBSE/SysML work. One thing I’m trying to improve is making my diagrams look cleaner, more organized, and easier for other people to understand. Are there any good tools, plugins, formatting practices, or examples yo
To preface, full state represents the actual pos and vel estimate as opposed to their errors. Would this be equivalent mathematically? I understand that attitude must use an error state. But I'm curious if I can get away with using full state for pos and vel rather than the error
I am an electrical engineering student working on a thesis involving control theory. My thesis focuses on an ANFIS-based self-tuning LQR adaptive control system for autonomous quadcopter navigation. For now, I am limiting my scope to this specific type of control theory; I am not
Stands for AI native SE learning method I think it answers a lot of the criticisms I read about MBSE (overcomplicated models, lack of adoption). I also find that it could be an interesting use of AI as a companion for SE daily activities, letting the SEs slowly transition to Syst
Curious to try out an Opus experiment explainer. Tried previous models and never got it quite right. But colour me impressed with what I got, not to slopified. Added some polish for animations, but having gone through it, it’s quite readable and explains the points very similarly
I work on vision, but neuroscience papers do not have detailed theory about these 'energy models'. Maybe they talkked about it in control theory
Hello fellow redditors and systems engineers! I'm the co-founder of 3rd Meridian Technologies, we're a bunch of engineers (Electrical, Mechanical and AI to be precise) that met in university and faced the exact problem that systems engineering solves - we were dealing with siloed
Hello, I have an upcoming System Engineer interview and would really appreciate some guidance from anyone who has gone through a similar interview. What kind of technical questions should I expect? What topics should I focus on preparing, and are there any common questions or res
Does anyone know of any open-source or cost-effective, easy-to-use documentation and requirements control software tools?
Hi everyone, I’m currently working on approximate dynamic programming methods for control, mainly Q-learning, value iteration, and related approaches. So far, I’ve been able to get the Q-learning-based algorithms to converge without too many issues. However, whenever I try approa
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Several ingredients came together off the Pacific coast of Mexico to generate one of the strongest storms the eastern Pacific basin has ever seen.
BLUF - Is the cost of the MSE worth it if you already have a masters and years of experience as an SE? I know school comes up often in this forum but I think this may be a slight twist on the question. I’m in need of a sanity check. I love education. I have a non-stem Bachelors a
Hi, I'm a second-year undergraduate student in Korea and I'm currently learning ROS 2 and Gazebo. I'm working with an Inspire RH56E2 dexterous hand using ROS 2 Jazzy, Gazebo Harmonic, and ros2_control. Right now, I can control the fingers in Gazebo using joint position commands.
Hi all, Having difficulty in reducing initial overshoot for PID tuning for pressure control of a reactor. Currently have P=5 I=8 D=0. After the initial overshoot the control seems fine but the client has asked for reducing the over shoot. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Is it possible to think of LQR as "like a PID but finds optimal gains based on your requirements of Q and R matrix? I have a fairly good understanding of PID and I recently started to learn about LQR and wondered if LQR can be thought of in terms of a PID controller. submitted by
I’m currently working on reinforcement-learning control experiments and wanted a cleaner way to compare learned policies with classical controllers. Most of my results were otherwise split between training logs, CSVs, scripts and notebooks, while classical-control results lived s
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Carbon-capture technology repurposed for breweries spreads and finds new applications
Hello, I NEED HELP!! I have got two offers to work at GMV and Indra for around the same salary. The position is for systems engineering at GMV it would be related to Space, and at Indra it would be for Air Defence. I am trying to look for the best company where I can grow, learn
I applied for a role with a company and the recruiter referred me to a different role(systems test engineer). Well I’m a statistics major and I have never heard of this career field. I legit only have prior experience working with data and APIs. Hiring manager wanted to conduct a
I’m working on modelling the overall avionics system, by using the model based system engineering approach. The objective is to build an MBSE model of the complete avionics architecture. This includes the subsystems such as, Command and Data Handling, Telemetry and Power Distribu
Is anyone here in health systems engineering? I'm a medical doctor in Australia considering the Johns Hopkins masters, curious what peoples experiences, roles & employment prospects are. Might be a terrible idea. Thanks all
Found this original sketch in my archive dated January 25th, 1964, outlining an airborne digital computer architecture. Based on its origin, I believe this document is connected to the early ELDO (European Launcher Development Organisation) era and was part of the development for
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A low-lying cloud layer brought autumn ambience to western Washington and Oregon, while mountainous areas near the coast remained above the pall.
There’s understandably a lot of discussion about SysML v1 → SysML v2 migration , but not everyone learning SysML v2 is coming from v1. Some are starting with SysML v2 directly and simply want to understand: what does v2 let systems engineers do, and why do these capabilities matt
My background is in aerospace guidance and control systems, but for years now I’ve wondered about how control theory can be successfully applied to personal finance. At one point several months ago, an idea of how to pose the problem hit me. I spent a couple weeks deriving guidan
Hi r/systems_engineering , We are back with Lesson 19 of our technical deep dive into the SysML v2 standard. In our previous lesson, we created metadata libraries, user keywords, and filtered packages. Today, we need to put those definitions somewhere that a whole engineering tea
Hey folks, I am preparing a manuscript for ACC 2027. I noticed that on PaperPlaza the deadline of the Regular Paper is October 2. I think it was previously 25 September. Can somebody let me know if I am checking the correct date. Thanks in advance!!
In the Paper Plaza portal to submit a Regular Submission, I'm seeing the following required input: "Select the society or conference to which the paper is submitted" It gives you the option to select one of the (many) societies that co-sponsor the conference. I don't recall seein
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Many youngsters fascinated by exploring outer space dream of becoming an astronaut, but few do. One who had the right stuff is Pedro Duque , who was Spain’s first astronaut. The aeronautics engineer flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station . Aft
Hi everyone, I want to share some lecture notes I wrote about the Koopman operator theory and Dynamical Mode Decomposition for non linear dynamical systems, explained in a simple and friendly way. It's designed in such a way that anyone can get an initial dive into the topic. Her
Not sure if it's the right subreddit. As part of my engineering degree we had courses about systems modelling both in time and frequency domain and so on. Currently I'm in a company where we do process control, so there are also teams of process specialists (with background more
What should be a realistic approach, I'm interested in guidance navigation and control but don't know where to start. My FYP was some automated aircraft landing stuff , all done in matlab and simulink. I was thinking about coding with microcontrollers for bridging the gaps , but
With the recent Navier-Stokes fiasco, I fell into the rabbit hole of PDE control and was surprised to see there has been work on controlling fluids using backstepping PDE control. In fact, there seems to be a wide array of applications from fluids, traffic control, thermodynamic
I dont know if its the right sub to ask but i couldnt find any other more pertinent soo... So i was thinking of making a balancing pendulum using a stepper motor but i dont know which is better for movement along x axis for fast and precise movements: the belt or the ball screw.
I need help and advice on how to clear back examination of control system design. I'm kinda cooked i barely passed the control system -1 in my previous to previous semester.
I'm having trouble with my model of the inverted pendulum in MATLAB Simulink. No matter what I change my input torque to, I can't seem to get the first arm to move like I want. I have attached the image to my model so far.
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Hi guys , I'm 1.5 years into a PhD in Control, and I'm always fighting with any paper involving Any form of Learning or Data Driven Control. Even though the idea is easy to understand and the theory is ""clear"" replicate an example gets very very difficult when the paper just ha
Hello everyone, I've just joined this sub today. I'm a second year computer and automation student who needs help with understanding transfer function block diagram reduction. I've already gotten most of it down and feel like I have a fairly good understanding, however, this one
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A group of space tech aficionados wants to send humanity’s first mission to another star. The spacecraft, called the Fermi Explorer , could launch as soon as 2029-but would take 80,000 years to reach its destination. The mission would follow a trajectory designed by an AI model a
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On 20 July, a satellite from the German company OroraTech detected a hot spot near Aberdeen, Calif., east of Kings Canyon National Park. It was the first detection of the Rock Fire , which prompted evacuations and road closures and grew to more than 12,000 acres in hot, windy con
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Dear Colleagues, We are looking forward to the AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop on September 22-23 in Washington, DC. This seventh annual gathering will offer 60 technical presentations, […]
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The seventh annual AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop will be held on September 22-23. Organized by SERC and the U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center and hosted by The George Washington University Trustworthy AI Initiative in Washington, DC, this year’s hybrid event is
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The SERC community mourns the loss of Dr. William B. Rouse, who passed away on August 4. Dr. Rouse was an emeritus member of the SERC Research Council, an important […]
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A new kind of nuclear-based power production, now being tested in space for the first time, could pave the way for long-term electricity generation on the moon’s surface-and therefore, human habitation. These nuclear “batteries” could survive the long, bitterly cold lunar nights
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Dr. Mark Blackburn and SERC researchers have worked with the U.S. Army DEVCOM-AC through prior tasks to leverage Digital Engineering (DE) research with the aim of developing and applying the Armaments Interoperability and Integration Framework (IoIF) that supports decision making
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In 2020, SERC and the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) created a special issue of the INCOSE INSIGHT journal on systems engineering and AI. They have just followed up […]
I've been building an open source formal methods system (fizzbee.io) for the past few years. Today I'm launching a new app built on the same technology. It performs requirements engineering using formal verification to uncover gaps and produce precise instructions for your coding
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Dear Colleagues, Happy Summer! We are pleased to announce two distinguished keynote speakers for our seventh annual AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop in September. Ms. Rocio Bauer will […]
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Experts from across the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) and its Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC) presented at the 23rd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium & Innovation Summit on May 6-7.
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Earlier this month, we had a successful launch of AIRC Insights, a series of engaging discussions on defense acquisition. We hope you will join us for the next session on May 26. AIRC Fellow Moshe Schwartz will lead an expert panel asking, "What is Driving Poor Weapon System Read
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The Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) hosted two special events, and its researchers and leadership presented at the 23rd annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), held at George Mason University on April 6-9 in Arlington, VA.
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Five invited doctoral students delivered presentations on their research, and a panel of judges consisting of SERC leadership members selected Suparna Mukherjee (The George Washington University) and Cansu Yalim (Old Dominion University) as the forum co-winners and recipients of
Hi HN. I'm an industrial technology engineering student, and I recently mapped out the physical and logistical bottlenecks of the Strait of Hormuz. Instead of the usual military focus, I analyzed this chokepoint strictly through a systems failure and thermodynamic lens. Specifica
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Through a detailed mapping of the operating principles of current geothermal systems, scientists are pointing to vast, largely hidden potential capable of meeting the growing demands of an energy-hungry world.
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New research into project management in software engineering shows that the most successful systems are not the ones that follow a fixed blueprint from the start, but those that evolve in response to real challenges as projects unfold.
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MIT researchers have identified significant examples of machine-learning model failure when those models are applied to data other than what they were trained on, raising questions about the need to test whenever a model is deployed in a new setting.
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Örebro researchers Rajesh Patil and Professor Magnus Löfstrand have developed an AI system that detects welding defects, reduces material waste, and supports sustainable manufacturing.
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Northeastern University researchers have discovered that materials used in the development of transient electronics-devices designed to biodegrade at the end of their life-can break down into microplastics, casting doubt on the true dissolvability of these devices over time.
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Imagine snapping a photo where every detail, near and far, is perfectly sharp-from the flower petal right in front of you to the distant trees on the horizon. For over a century, camera designers have dreamed of achieving that level of clarity.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon become more energy-efficient and faster, thanks to a new approach developed at the University of Surrey that takes direct inspiration from biological neural networks of the human brain.
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As anyone who uses the internet will know, the way we find information has fundamentally changed. For the last three decades, search engines have delivered ranked lists of links in response to our queries, and it was our job to search through them to find what we wanted. Now, maj
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For workers whose jobs involve hours of lifting and repetitive motion, even small innovations can make a big difference in preventing future musculoskeletal disorders.
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Bus transportation is an essential part of nearly every public transit system. From school students to everyday workers, riders depend on buses to transport them to the essential destinations. Because most passengers start or end their journey by walking, providing safe access to
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Self-driving taxis are sweeping the country and will likely start service in Colorado in the coming months. How many of us will be lining up to take a ride? That depends on our level of trust, says Amir Behzadan, a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architect
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Researchers at the University of Manchester are developing pioneering technology to harness powerful wind in railway tunnels, turning them into renewable energy power stations.
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Federated learning was devised to solve the problem of difficulty in aggregating personal data, such as patient medical records or financial data, in one place. However, during the process where each institution optimizes the collaboratively trained AI to suit its own environment
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Installing green infrastructure in residential areas can prevent stormwater from flooding sewer systems and significantly curb heavy metal pollution, suggests a new study.
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To further advance wireless communication systems, electronics engineers have been trying to develop new electronic circuits that operate in the microwave frequency range (1–300 GHz), while also losing little energy while transmitting signals. Ideally, these circuits should also
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India's leading body of pilots has asked the civil aviation regulator to inspect all Boeing 787 Dreamliners operating in the country for electrical issues after one of the planes abruptly deployed an emergency power system midair over the weekend.
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Designing a complex electronic device like a delivery drone involves juggling many choices, such as selecting motors and batteries that minimize cost while maximizing the payload the drone can carry or the distance it can travel.
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Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants that traditionally helped stabilize it are closed and replaced by renewable energy systems.
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In the 17th century, German astronomer Johannes Kepler figured out the laws of motion that made it possible to accurately predict where our solar system's planets would appear in the sky as they orbit the sun. But it wasn't until decades later, when Isaac Newton formulated the un
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Relocatable modular buildings (RMBs) represent an innovative and growing solution for flexible and sustainable construction. These buildings can be quickly assembled from prefabricated "modules" and easily transported, minimizing costs and environmental impact while providing saf
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Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems, making efficient recycling crucial for sustainability. A research team led by Prof. Dan Tsang, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Hong Kong
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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have built the world's first automated cyborg insect "factory line." This new prototype robotic system automates the attachment of miniature electronic backpacks on the backs of Madagascar hissing cockroaches,
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When ChatGPT or Gemini give what seems to be an expert response to your burning questions, you may not realize how much information it relies on to give that reply. Like other popular generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, these chatbots rely on backbone systems called f
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The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) has reached a milestone in humanoid robotics by demonstrating the first flight of iRonCub3, the world's first jet-powered flying humanoid robot specifically designed to operate in real-world environments.
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When the computer or phone you're using right now blinks its last blink and you drop it off for recycling, do you know what happens?
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President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, on May 20, 2025. The system is intended to protect the United States from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, and missiles launched from space.
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In software engineering, it is important to ensure that a software system behaves correctly and reliably. This is especially crucial for critical systems, such as online banking, e-commerce, and real-time systems. One promising technique for verifying the properties of such syste
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Flexible devices play a central role in next-generation technologies, from health monitoring to soft robotics. However, conventional manufacturing methods such as casting and lithography often fall short-they are costly, time-consuming, and struggle with design complexity and mul
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Tracking thousands of products in massive warehouses presents a logistical nightmare for many businesses. To address this, Kennesaw State University assistant professor Jian Zhang has introduced an autonomous robot that can log inventory.
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It's easy to solve a 3x3 Rubik's cube, says Shantanu Chakrabartty, the Clifford W. Murphy Professor and vice dean for research and graduate education in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Just learn and memorize the steps then execute them t
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Hello, Systems Engineering enthusiasts! Posting in r/SystemsEngineering is now closed. To create a stronger, more unified community, we’re consolidating all discussions, resources, and interactions on r/systems_engineering as it is currently active & with more than 8k members. Th
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Dear all, we are in the process of improving and completing the wiki (
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This subreddit is for discussion of systems and control theory, control engineering, and their applications. Questions about mathematics related to control are also welcome. All posts should be related to those topics including topics related to the practice, profession and commu
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I'm a recent M.S. SE graduate with a B.S. in mechanical engineering who just started at a tech company. I was brought in to help grow the SE culture since it was informal at best until recently. My major roadblock is I am working VVT documents for hardware, firmware, and software
Does anyone know where I can find examples, preferably good examples, of DODAF views? Bonus points if it's an example that relates the different views to each other. Thanks in advance!
Hi! A while back I had an idea for a tool, basically a copy of simulink, with but using python code for the code blocks, instead of matlab code, and it would feature code generation to C/C++. I think there could be some potential, I know auto makers are tired of mathworks monopol
Does anyone know how many SE positions are 100% remote? I may need to move due to personal reasons and the commute to my current job may be too damn long. I've got several years of SE/architecture experience and a shiny new MSSE if that helps. US only positions.
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So I hope my post doesn't get removed as it did on two other sub reddits for an unknown reason. I'm studying basics of systems engineering and I often stumble on some things. We were learning working characteristics of systems. Working characteristics are measurements that show t
Hi all, I am very interested in this field and I want to go from Pre-Phase A all the way through to Phase F on a KSP mission. Would anyone be willing to help out with a weekly Webex meeting to go through reviews, basic reports, and KDP's with me? The mission will be one that I ha
Looking to go into the field.
When we have multiple concepts, we usually go with a qualitative method like a Pugh Matrix to select the best concept against the non-functional requirements. As we get better modelling and simulation tools, should we move towards a more quantitative approach to optimising a prod
Hello! I somewhat recently (last year) did an online program for a masters in systems engineering on the recommendation of some mentors to advance in my field (aviation support). I really think the field is interesting, especially Requirements Engineering, and I like the focus on
Has anyone completed a SE PhD while working full-time? I have the option of doing this for professional development while continuing to work and have found a few online programs (GWU and Colorado State thus far). Has anyone heard of or completed one there or at another institutio
Hey all, I’ve been at my defense company for about two and a half years doing human factors work. Recently I’ve been doing mostly requirement analysis type work and I was exposed to systems engineering. How much overlap is there between human factors engineering and systems engin
I am a physics graduate and I want to transition to engineering. I have gotten an offer to do a masters in systems engineering, is it a good offer to take? Please help me decide
Are there any good resources to learn data modeling/FACE in SysML? Everything I read online or watch on youtube assumes you’re already familiar with data modeling and it’s infuriating.
I am a Mechanical Engineer and lately I have frequently been leading either just the engineering portion of projects or the entire project. I was briefly introduced to some systems engineering when I first started, but it is not something the company has done much of at all. We u
Hi all, My Professional Development committee at AIAA Rocky Mountain is offering a complimentary Model-Based Systems Engineering seminar this Thursday: "The Well-Balanced MBSE Effort" - Thursday, June 10, 5:30-8:30pm It should be a great education opportunity, and I thought some
Having recently discovered the field at my new employer, and performing several of their functions as the team is short-handed, I am enjoying it...so I am considering it as for master's degree. Sell me? Talk me out of it?
Hi! I'm not 100% sure I'm in the right place for this, but here goes. My company makes targetry systems to go on firing ranges, and my manager asked me to make systems drawings of how the targets sit in the pits, how they connect to power/internet infrastructure, electrical junct
Pair programming has been around for about 20 years now and was introduced the Extreme Programming (XP) movement. I think engineering has a lot to learn from software development best practices. Does anyone have experience doing Pair MBSE where two engineers would work on the sam
Hi all, I am a CAD automation fellow and curious about ways to connect SysML to CAD/PLM. I have heard of NoMagic / InterCAX but are there any other players (or preferable yet Opensource projects) which are active in this space? Thanks!
tl;dr - Been working as a defacto SE, but no formal SE training or credentials - but might get hired as a senior SE. I've been working as an engineer for 12 years in a certain industry, but my background is in a natural science. I felt like an engineer tourist for years, but my r
How is the M.S.E. in Systems Engineering program at Johns Hopkins University?
Hello everyone, I am a student of Industrial Engineering will be starting my graduate program in Systems Science at the University of Ottawa this fall. I was wondering if anybody could suggest to me the foundational math topics to master before I start my program. Also, kindly le
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