Systems Engineering Leadership (MS)

Delivered to MITRE McLean

WPI’s online MS in Systems Engineering Leadership program is designed to enhance your skills in the management of people, projects, and financials, as well as complex systems.

Program Logistics

  • This program launched in September 2020, but WPI is still accepting students into this cohort, to start January 2021.
  • 30 credits, 10 courses
  • 3-courses per year: Fall, Winter, Spring
  • Delivery: Face-to-Face and Blended Online (2-hours synchronous/2-hours asynchronous
    • During this outbreak, WPI’s top priority is the health and safety of our faculty, students, staff, and visitors. We are making decisions following the guidance of local, state, national and international health agencies. While this cohort program is aimed to be a mix of online courses and onsite courses, WPI will work to schedule the onsite courses first. However, all courses in this program have been designed to be taught online and delivery can be adjusted if needed.
  • Open MITRE McLean employees

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Learning Outcomes

  • Gain a breadth of knowledge in systems engineering, management, and leadership
  • Learn to lead diverse teams through systems thinking skill building
  • Become an expert at managing people, as well as project finances
  • Expand business acumen while designing and maintaining complex systems
  • Achieve cost and schedule objectives on multidisciplinary projects
  • Completion of SYS 501 course: WPI has a long standing partnership with the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). At this year’s INCOSE International Symposium, the Certification Advisory Group made a very important announcement. They approved WPI’s updated “Concepts of Systems Engineering” course for Academic Equivalency. Students who earn a final score of 85% or better can now WAIVE the Knowledge Exam portion of INCOSE’s Systems Engineering Professional Certification Program, both at the Associate (ASEP) and Certified (CSEP) levels.

Courses

Delivered online, blended format:
OBC 505. Teaming and Organizing for Innovation
BUS 546. Managing Technological Innovation
MIS 500. Innovating with Information Systems
ACC 500. Accounting and Finance Fundamentals (1 credit)
ACC 502. Financial Intelligence and Strategic Decision-Making (2 credits)
SD 550. System Dynamics Foundation: Managing Complexity

Delivered on-site at MITRE McLean:
SYS 501. Concepts of Systems Engineering*
SYS 502. Business Practices
SYS 521. Model-Based Systems Engineering
SYS 540. Introduction to Systems Thinking
IDG 598. Systems Engineering Leadership Project

*SYS 501. Concepts of Systems Engineering  |   Course Benefit

WPI has a long standing partnership with the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). At this year’s INCOSE International Symposium, the Certification Advisory Group made a very important announcement. They approved WPI’s updated “Concepts of Systems Engineering” course for Academic Equivalency. Students who earn a final score of 85% or better can now WAIVE the Knowledge Exam portion of INCOSE’s Systems Engineering Professional Certification Program, both at the Associate (ASEP) and Certified (CSEP) levels. To learn more about this course, the benefits available to you, view our on-demand webinar.

Prerequisites

  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum 3.0 GPA, with a course of study that included at least two quantitative courses with a grade of 3.0 or higher
  • GMAT/GRE’s are being waived at this time

 

ThunderDrone – A Capstone Experience!

WPI’s Systems Engineering cohort 1 just completed their capstone experience. This group of students knocked it out of the park and with their presentation and results. In attendance was MITRE leadership and employees along with WPI faculty and staff.

A faculty member quoted “This was probably the best set of Capstones that I have witnessed in my 17 years at WPI, and Team 2’s was phenomenal. These make me proud!”

Team 2: David Patterson (Lincoln Labs),  Michael Chory (Lincoln Labs), George Dias, and Roy Lane

Abstract: The potential combination of the agility and persistence offered by multirotor platforms with the range, speed, and environmental flexibility of chemically propelled ordinance presents unique operational utility for certain mission profiles which are currently inadequately met. While kinetically deployed unmanned aerial systems have been operational for several years, all have been fixed-wing platforms. Recent advances in multirotor technology have enabled deployable multirotor platforms, but these advantages have not yet been leveraged operationally. In addition to analyzing propulsion and deployment variables, the authors propose example mission conops, initial system requirements, staffing required for development, risk management and test plans to achieve operational readiness, and lifecycle management plans for the future capability represented by a Kinetically Deployed Multirotor Platform (KDMP) system, dubbed the ThunderDrone.

For questions regarding this program, enrollment, and application, please contact:

Danielle Dodakian
WPI Student Enrollment Specialist
Corporate & Professional Education
100 Institute Road (CPE)
Worcester, MA 01609-2280
Office: +1-508-831-6912
ddodakian@wpi.edu

Are you a current student? Contact your operations manager with questions:

Greg Cesar
Operations Manager
Corporate and Professional Education
100 Institute Road (CPE)
Worcester, MA 01609-2280
Phone: +1-508-831-5856
Fax: +1-508-831-5694
gcesar@wpi.edu