Faculty members from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) departments of Industrial and Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, Music, and Psychology have received two grants totaling $74 thousand through the NASA Systems Engineering Research Consortium, with funding by the Office of the Chief Engineer, for a collaboration that aims to help organizations identify community concerns, and maybe enjoy a laugh or two along the way.
Dr. Bryan Mesmer, an assistant professor in the UAH Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, regularly works with Rob Moreland, a NASA management analyst in the Office of the Chief Engineer, to address factors leading to issues, including budgeting and scheduling, that NASA leadership frequently encounters. Moreland became particularly interested in identifying what he calls the “what to do with a computer science degree” that are at the heart of stakeholder concerns. Dr. Mesmer saw an opportunity.
“There’s been a big movement in the systems engineering world recently, both in education and in practicing, toward being more transdisciplinary,” he says. “It’s not just math and physics, it’s also social sciences and communication arts,” he explains.
Dr. Bryan Mesmer, an assistant professor in the UAH Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, regularly works with Rob Moreland, a NASA management analyst in the Office of the Chief Engineer, to address factors leading to issues, including budgeting and scheduling, that NASA leadership frequently encounters. Moreland became particularly interested in identifying what he calls the “what to do with a computer science degree” that are at the heart of stakeholder concerns. Dr. Mesmer saw an opportunity.
“There’s been a big movement in the systems engineering world recently, both in education and in practicing, toward being more transdisciplinary,” he says. “It’s not just math and physics, it’s also social sciences and communication arts,” he explains.
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