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Turning Boilermakers into Silo Busters C. Robert Kenley, PhD, ESEP Associate Professor of Engineering Practice School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University E-mail: kenley@purdue.edukenley@purdue.edu Web: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ckenley/http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ckenley/ Great Lakes Regional Conference 2014 Copyright 2014 by C. Robert Kenley Published and used by INCOSE with permission Slide 2 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 TURNING BOILERMAKERS INTO SILO BUSTERS THE SYSTEMS INITIATIVE AT PURDUE C. Robert Kenley, PhD, ESEP Associate Professor of Engineering Practice School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University E-mail: kenley@purdue.edukenley@purdue.edu Web: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ckenley/http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ckenley/ Slide 3 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 THE BEGINNING OF A TRADITION 3 THE BOILERMAKER The year was 1891. A college known for its proud heritage of educating the sons and daughters of the working class began to dominate opponents in football. After a 44-0 thrashing of Wabash College, a headline writer provided inspiration for a most unique nickname. Wabash Snowed Completely Under by the Burly Boiler Makers from Purdue chronicled a victory by the Herculean wearers of the black and old gold. Never intended as a compliment, the insult appealed to students of the day. The indomitable spirit of the boilermaker is embodied in the tireless laborer you see before you. Slide 4 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 If we are so good at Systems IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS WHY DOES WEATHER IN THE EAST CAUSE CANCELLATIONS IN THE WEST? Time March 3, 2014. Cover credit: Brent Humphrey. 4 Slide 5 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 If we are so good at Systems IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS WHY DOES A FALLEN TREE IN CLEVELAND CAUSE THIS? Time August 23, 2003. Cover credit: Robert Goroux. 5 Slide 6 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 If we are so good at Systems IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS HOW DID THIS CREEP UP ON US? Time December 9, 2013. Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images. 6 Slide 7 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 If we are so good at Systems IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS WHY ARE WE INEFFECTIVE AT RESPONDING TO DISASTERS? Time Asia November 25, 2013. Cover Credit: NOEL CELIS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES. 7 Slide 8 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 If we are so good at Systems IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS HOW CAN THE GOVERNMENT GET THIS UNDER CONTROL? Time November 11, 2013. Cover Credit: JUSTIN METZ. Time November 11, 2013. Cover Credit: Justin Mertz. 8 Slide 9 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 If we are so good at Systems IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS WHY HASNT TECHNOLOGY FIXED BORDER SECURITY? Cover Credit: PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION BY JI LEE FOR TIME. STATUE OF LIBERTY: TETRA IMAGES / GETTY IMAGES, CAMERAS: ISTOCKPHOTO, BACKGROUND: MARTIN LLADÓ 9 Slide 10 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 WHY CANT WE SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS? 10 Slide 11 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 WHY PURDUE FOR THESE PROBLEMS? 11 Purdues Mission: is to serve the citizens of Indiana, the United States, and the world. Engineering, Sciences, and Liberal Arts are about understanding and solving societys problems, as well as making dreams a reality serving society Purdue strengths in Engineering, Sciences, Business, and Social Sciences provides a unique collaborative opportunity - with an application culture Slide 12 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 RESEARCH POTENTIAL Bringing in the Human Dimension Discovering Universal Principles Designing around Equilibria 12 Slide 13 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 Interactions Multiple stakeholders and actors interacting explicitly and implicitly Unpredictable emergent behavior Information Uncertain and rapidly changing environments Overwhelming amounts of data Incentives Nonmonetary social and political incentives and constraints Multiple stakeholders with power and resources PURDUES RESEARCH FOCUS UNDERSTANDING INTERACTIONS, INFORMATION, AND INCENTIVES FOR DESIGNING SYSTEMS 13 Slide 14 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 HOW DOES RESEARCH SUPPORT DESIGN? Design Consideration State of the Art and PracticeResearch Focus PerformanceMeasured from perspective of a single decision makers objectives Methods to accommodate multiple stakeholders value systems during design and operations CostFinancial accounting of costs to meet budgets constraints and investors financial goals Means to account for nonmonetary resources consumed, ethical constraints, and stakeholders goals ScheduleMeeting a date certain to deliver results Planning for multiple, flexible delivery approaches and evolutionary designs RiskControlling and eliminating uncertainty Planning for adaptive decisions in response to an uncertain and changing environment 14 Slide 15 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT SCIENCE TO EXPLAIN, METHODS FOR PRACTICE, AND EDUCATION AT MULTIPLE LEVELS Educational Enterprise Researchers Policy makers and engineers Public Research Enterprise Theoretical foundations that span science, engineering, math, and human & social sciences Methods for practice grounded in science 15 Slide 16 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 SUSTAINING THE EFFORT LEVERAGING PURDUES STRENGTHS AND COLLABORATING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS Systems DomainsInitiativesDisciplines Transportation Aviation Health Care . Engineering Liberal Arts Science Management . Preeminent Teams Interdisciplinary Clusters Strengthening Computer Science . 16 Slide 17 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 PURDUES DISTINCTIVE ADVANTAGE OUR STRENGTH IS NOT JUST EXPLAINING, BUT ALSO DOING 17 Slide 18 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES Infrastructure Dedicated space available in 2015 in renovated Industrial Engineering building (Grissom Hall) HUB environment for research and teaching Engineering professional education program Thirteen traditional colleges and academic units IU Medical School - Lafayette Resources A strategic commitment by College of Engineering to systems Faculty and the breadth and depth of ongoing research System of systems signature area NEXTRANS Mellon Grand Challenge Exploratory Award Our students 2nd largest international student enrollment of any US university Our land-grant heritage 18 Slide 19 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 PURDUE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE EXAMPLE 19 Resilient Communities: Strengthening Post-Disaster Recovery by Understanding Interdependent Social and Physical Networks Lead: Seung Yoon Lee Communications Collaborators Daniel Aldrich Political Science Rosalee Clawson Political Science Abhijit Deshmukh Industrial Engineering Daniel Kelley Philosophy Megan Sapp Nelson Libraries Justin Seipel Mechanical Engineering Satish Ukkusuri Civil Engineering Sponsor: Mellon Grand Challenge Exploratory Awards ONGOING EFFORT TO BE HOUSED IN THE INSTITUTE Slide 20 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 STATUS OF SYSTEMS INITIATIVE 20 Core Group Abhi Deshmukh, Head of Industrial Engineering Rosie Clawson, Head of Political Science Bill Crossley, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ananth Grama, Professor of Computer Science Dan Dumbacher, Professor of Practice in Aeronautics and Astronautics Bob Kenley, Associate Professor of Practice in Industrial Engineering TBR: on-going search for tenure track faculty member Curriculum Honors course being taught to undergraduates Graduate interdisciplinary concentration in-process One required graduate-level course currently offered Two additional graduate-level courses under development Multiple electives already in place Slide 21 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 CURRENT THINKING ON SYSTEMS COURSES Undergrad Honors (not shown on left) Team taught by Profs. Deshmukh (IE), Grama (CS), Mustillo (PoliSci), and Nauman (ME) this semester Systems Perspectives Taught by Prof. Caldwell (IE) this semester Systems Tools and Methodologies Being developed by Prof. Kenley (IE) for Spring 2015 Systems Case Studies Being developed by Prof. Dumbacher (AAE) for Spring 2015 System Science Fundamentals Doctoral research class. Profs. Deshmukh, Kenley, TBR tenure- track prof. (?) in future. SYSTEMS INITIATIVE IS DEVELOPING COURSES FOR UNDERGRAD HONORS COLLEGE AND A GRADUATE CONCENTRATION IN SYSTEMS Slide 22 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 SILO BUSTING 22 BOILERMAKER STYLE