Science Mission & Systems: Design & Operations Lab (APPEL-SMSDO-LAB)

PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS

Systems Engineering & Engineering

A more application-based course than APPEL-SMSDO, this lab is designed to provide real-life experience for conceptualizing and designing space missions. The lab provides an integrated view of space mission design and operations, from conceptual design and requirements definition through spacecraft design, development, test, and launch to mission operations concepts and ground infrastructure design.

This course is designed for NASA’s technical workforce, including engineers, systems engineers, and project personnel involved in creating overall mission architectures, detailed designs, and the operation of systems.

Common Competencies

C 1.1 - Agency Structure, Mission, and Internal Goals

Systems Engineering Competencies

SE 1.3 - Logical Decomposition
SE 1.4 - Design Solution Definition
SE 2.2 - Product Integration

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APPEL Library Resources
	NASA Galaxie Library		Books 24x7 Library

All supplemental resources are NASA accessible only unless otherwise noted.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Describe and apply an integrated approach to space mission design and operations.
Develop mission concepts and supporting architectures to meet specific mission objectives.
Develop effective techniques for providing customers and stakeholders with space mission concepts and architecture in the most cost-effective manner possible.
Apply an effective methodology for translating space mission objectives, requirements, and designs into viable and cost-effective operations concepts.

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About the Instructor(s)

Randy Liefer

Dr. Randy Liefer is a Associate Fellow of AIAA with over 30 years of aerospace engineering experience. He has earned advanced degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Kansas. He has served as Division Chief and Deputy Head of the Department of Astronautics at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and has been a member of the AIAA Space Systems Technical Committee. He is currently a lecturer at European SpaceTech Masters Program in Space Systems Engineering; an instructor at the Air Force’s National Security Space Institute; and is an adjunct professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology.

Jerry Jon Sellers

Dr. Jerry Jon Sellers, is author of Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, and is a contributing author and editor of Applied Space Systems Engineering. He was the director of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Space Systems Research Center. He has over 25 years of space systems experience including Guidance & On-board Navigation Officer in Space Shuttle Mission Control; Assistant Professor of Astronautics at the U.S. Air Force Academy; and Chief of Astronautics for the Air Force European Office of Aerospace Research & Development. He is an Associate Fellow at AIAA and the former Chairman of the Space Systems Technical Committee. He is also an adjunct professor at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Peter Van Wirt

Peter Van Wirt develops/instructs courses in space systems engineering and consults to help improve SE capabilities. He is an Adjunct Professor with The Stevens Institute of Technology and instructs at the National Security Space Institute. He has served as a PM&SE for a variety of Air Force engineering developments and has over 29 years of aerospace engineering experience. He earned his doctorate at the Utah State in Control Theory.

PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS

Common Competencies

Systems Engineering Competencies

APPEL Library Resources

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