Individual Report

What I understand about Systems Engineering is that, is an area that focus in the structure, management and logistic of a project. I think this area is very important in the field of engineering. Because they are like the roots of the project. Is like putting everything in order to have a logistic and to work with a same direction. In this class I learn a lot of things that I can apply in the engineering field. As it was passing the semester I understand things that when I came into this class, there were not clarified at all. In the project we were assign to do as the semester was passing I learned a lot of things helpful in the field of engineering. My team members and I at the beginning, we were confuse of what to present in our project. We change the topic like two times. But finally as a team we decide to do the project in the fabrication of Ecological Tires, which are better for the environment and reduce pollution. In the project I learned how to make the Conceptual Design, Preliminary Design and Detailed Design of a project. To make the Conceptual, Preliminary and Detailed Design, I learned how to do Need Statements, SE Process Diagrams, Tradeoff Studies, Operational Requirements, Design Requirements, Functional Diagrams Serial, Logical Diagrams, ICOM Diagrams, Risk Analysis, Migration Plans, System Reliability, System Integrations, etc… To make the project first of all, we make the Need Statement. They can be different Needs Statements, like Customer Need Statement and the Company Need Statement. In the Company Need Statement we describe why we decide to make the Ecological Tires, the problem of the existent tires, and the benefits of the new tires. In the other hand, the Customer Need Statement for the New Ecological Tires they are basically the same on the existent tires, the only difference is that they reduce contamination. Second of all, we make the SE Process Diagram. These diagram basically describe the Customer Needs and how we are going to obtain the final product. To obtain the final product in that diagram we explain the Requirements, Functionality, and Architectural structure of the system in general. Third of all, we decompose the system. We use the four basic assumptions we need to make to perform these diagram. And those ones are Leads Vehicle, Functions, Architecture and Decomposition. Then, we make the Tradeoff Studies. The Tradeoff Studies is an activity that identify the best technical solutions, and with that solutions we decide which one is the best alternative. We also make the Tradeoff studies of the subsystem of our project. For the tire we decide that we can make the tire oil of: orange peels, soybean and sunflower. By doing the Subsystem Tradeoff study of the oil the best of these three alternatives was the orange peels. Then, we make the Operational Requirements. These Requirements need to be write in complete sentences with key words like the system shall be, or the system must be. These are very important in the project, because they basically explain how our system need to operate, so we can have a satisfactory system, we can put in the market and sell it. Then, we make the Design Requirements. These Requirements need to be write in complete sentences with key words like the system shall be, or the system must be. These are also very important in the project, because they detail explain how the system need to be done, they basically explain the material consistence and the structure of the tire, so we can have a satisfactory system. Then, we make the Functional Diagram Serial. To perform these diagram we make the four assumptions require. They are: accurately guide the vehicle, support the vehicle, roll in different kind of streets, and endure several miles. Then, we make the Logical Diagram. To perform these diagram we make the four assumptions require. They are: contacts different kind of surfaces, support the vehicle, roll in different kind of streets and ecological for the environment. Then, we make the ICOM Diagram. These diagram basically describe the tire and the drivers it needs to perform a correctly Ecological Tire. Then, we make the Risk Analysis. These analysis basically explain the failure mode the system can have, the potential effects these failure can make, the probability and severity of the failure, and the difficulty of the detection of the failure. In these analysis base on research we provide the probability numbers and at the end we obtain the risk priority numbers for the failure the system can have. Then, we make the Migration plan. These plan basically is like a solution of the Risk Analysis research. In these plan we provide the best alternative solution for each of the failures we decide are the most commons in a tire. These plan also need to be describe in complete sentences and with the best solution we can provide for the particular failure we are describing.

Finally, we make the System Reliability. The best reliability is equal to one. But all the systems are not perfect. All the systems have errors. So the nearest to 1 is the better system we can obtain. So In our case but applying the formula we obtain a system reliability of .946. These means is a good systems and we can make it. In conclusion. These project helps me to learn about systems engineering field. I hope in the future, when I graduate. And I become an Industrial Engineer, I can apply these knowledge I learn in these class, and other knowledge I’m learning in other classes in the industry. Or in other words in the engineering area.