March 7, 2012 is the deadline to provide feedback on The Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE™), the first ever worldwide release of an "official" reference curriculum for a systems-centric master’s level program in systems engineering. GRCSE provides a standardized set of recommendations for graduate level systems engineering programs, together with implementation guidance for a university to satisfy those recommendations. The newest version of GRCSE™ is available at http://www.bkcase.org/grcse-05/ for comment.

“GRCSE project is ready for review and early adoption,” said Dr. Art Pyster of Stevens Institute of Technology, principal investigator on the GRCSE™ project and Deputy Executive Director of SERC. “GRCSE was motivated by the huge diversity in systems engineering graduate programs and the need to create a common core of systems engineering content in worldwide graduate programs.”

This research study was to understand the impact on student learning of and career interest in Systems Engineering (SE) through a set of diverse capstone courses that expose students to authentic Department of Defense problems and engage them in learning and practice of systems engineering. SE Capstone courses were developed and piloted during the 2010-11 academic year (and beyond) in eight civilian universities and six military institutions.

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2011 Annual SERC Research Review hosted 157 people October 5-6, 2011. Click here for details.

The SERC-supported Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge project released its 0.5 version September 19th. The SEBOK is designed as a wiki and can be found at www.sebokwiki.org. This is the second release of the SEBOK, with the final release planned for September 2012.

SERC Technical Report Verification, Validation and Accreditation is now available.