Providing Breadth, Depth, and Expertise in Systems Engineering Education and Knowledge

The Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) leverages the research and expertise of senior lead researchers from 20 collaborator universities and not-for-profit research organizations throughout the United States.  SERC is unprecedented in the depth and breadth of its reach, leadership, and citizenship in Systems Engineering.

Until the creation of the SERC, there was no single organization with the reach and depth to tackle the kind of systems engineering research needed in our rapidly changing world. Led by Stevens Institute of Technology, and principal collaborator, the University of Southern California (USC), the SERC provides a critical mass of systems engineering researchers – a community of broad experience, deep knowledge, and diverse interests. SERC researchers have worked with a wide variety of domains and industries, and so are able to bring views and ideas from beyond the traditional defense industrial base. Establishing such a community of focused SE researchers, while difficult, promises results well beyond what any one university could accomplish.