SESA6080 Concurrent Engineering Design

Module Aims

To undertake an industrially relevant spacecraft design exercise using principles studied in the Space Systems Engineering 2 module, enabling you to apply knowledge and understanding in a functional manner. Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to apply project management and systems engineering skills to a real-world spacecraft design, taking into account relevant standards and regulations (including those focusing on environmental impacts). You will be able to understand the different roles and responsibilities of team members in spacecraft design projects, recognise the need for data management tools and use these for enabling concurrent design practices, understand the role of computer simulations in the spacecraft design process and apply these tools to spacecraft design problems, and communicate your work in written form and verbally.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• How to use good management practices for space projects
• How different roles contribute to spacecraft design projects
• How data management and simulation tools can be used to support spacecraft design

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically analyse alternative spacecraft design configurations and options
• Identify and apply appropriate data management and design software solutions to spacecraft design
• Design space missions using a concurrent design approach

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Work as part of a team
• Collate and prioritise information according to design objectives
• Solve problems systematically and concurrently
• Communicate design choices and justifications using written and verbal methods