TY - JOUR AU - Migliore, Herman AB - Special Feature Dr. Herman Migliore, herm@eas.pdx.edu ntroduction. Over the last two Director for the SE program was se- develop complex hardware and years, Systems Engineering at lected based on his experience with software products for a world IPortland State University (PSU) design education, interdisciplinary market using interdisciplinary teams has progressed from a tentative idea projects, and successful working rela- is all too familiar. SE process and to an approved degree program tionships with existing engineering skills are being presented to local with funded development activities. faculty and local industry. Although industry as an aid in product This progress is due to contributions the SEAS program will focus on development and presented in a from several sources: PSU, state post-baccalaureate education, under- format that is easily supports a government, regional industries, and graduate courses will benefit from dynamic learning environment. from systems engineers around the the formal processes, attention to world. The following details are interface issues and consideration of Global Thinking presented not as a formula for similar the total life cycle. There is a wealth of SE resources programs, but as an acknowledge- Oregon’s state universities are from which to draw. The PSU SE ment of contributors and TI - Starting A Systems Engineering Program JF - Insight DO - 10.1002/inst.19992110 DA - 1999-03-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/starting-a-systems-engineering-program-qIut9c95Tf SP - 10 EP - 11 VL - 2 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -