Turning Boilermakers into Silo Busters C Robert Kenley

Turning Boilermakers into Silo Busters C. Robert Kenley, Ph. D, ESEP Associate Professor of Engineering Practice School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University E-mail: kenley@purdue. edu Web: http: //web. ics. purdue. edu/~ckenley/ Great Lakes Regional Conference 2014 Copyright © 2014 by C. Robert Kenley Published and used by INCOSE with permission

TURNING BOILERMAKERS INTO SILO BUSTERS THE SYSTEMS INITIATIVE AT PURDUE C. Robert Kenley, Ph. D, ESEP Associate Professor of Engineering Practice School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University E-mail: kenley@purdue. edu Web: http: //web. ics. purdue. edu/~ckenley/ INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

THE BEGINNING OF A TRADITION 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. 3 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS… WHY DOES WEATHER IN THE EAST CAUSE CANCELLATIONS IN THE WEST? If we are so good at Systems… Time March 3, 2014. Cover credit: Brent Humphrey. 4 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS… WHY DOES A FALLEN TREE IN CLEVELAND CAUSE THIS? If we are so good at Systems… Time August 23, 2003. Cover credit: Robert Goroux. 5 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS… HOW DID THIS CREEP UP ON US? If we are so good at Systems… Time December 9, 2013. Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images. 6 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS… WHY ARE WE INEFFECTIVE AT RESPONDING TO DISASTERS? If we are so good at Systems… Time Asia November 25, 2013. Cover Credit: NOEL CELIS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES. 7 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS… HOW CAN THE GOVERNMENT GET THIS UNDER CONTROL? Time November 11, 2013. Cover Credit: JUSTIN METZ. If we are so good at Systems… Time November 11, 2013. Cover Credit: Justin Mertz. 8 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

IF WE ARE SO GOOD AT SYSTEMS… WHY HASN’T TECHNOLOGY FIXED BORDER SECURITY? If we are so good at Systems… Cover Credit: PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION BY JI LEE FOR TIME. STATUE OF LIBERTY: TETRA IMAGES / GETTY IMAGES, CAMERAS: ISTOCKPHOTO, BACKGROUND: MARTIN LLADÓ 9 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

WHY CAN’T WE SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS? No Systems of Equations No Imposed Control Evolutionary Observed Data Unprecedented Scale Structure Not Predefined Across Levels Not Intentionally Designed Across Domains Interactions Across Scales Adaptive 10 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

WHY PURDUE FOR THESE PROBLEMS? Purdue’s Mission: “is to serve the citizens of Indiana, the United States, and the world…”. Engineering, Sciences, and Liberal Arts are about understanding and solving society’s 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” 11 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

RESEARCH POTENTIAL Designing around Equilibria Bringing in the Human Dimension 12 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 Discovering Universal Principles

PURDUE’S RESEARCH FOCUS UNDERSTANDING INTERACTIONS, INFORMATION, AND INCENTIVES FOR DESIGNING SYSTEMS Incentive s • Nonmonetary social and political incentives and constraints • Multiple stakeholders with power and resources Information • Uncertain and rapidly changing environments • Overwhelming amounts of data Interactions • Multiple stakeholders and actors interacting explicitly and implicitly • Unpredictable emergent behavior 13 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

HOW DOES RESEARCH SUPPORT DESIGN? Design Consideration State of the Art and Practice Research Focus Performance Measured from perspective of a single decision maker’s objectives Methods to accommodate multiple stakeholders’ value systems during design and operations Cost Financial accounting of costs to meet budgets constraints and investors’ financial goals Means to account for nonmonetary resources consumed, ethical constraints, and stakeholders’ goals Schedule Meeting a date certain to deliver results Planning for multiple, flexible delivery approaches and evolutionary designs Risk Controlling and eliminating uncertainty Planning for adaptive decisions in response to an uncertain and changing environment 14 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 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

SUSTAINING THE EFFORT LEVERAGING PURDUE’S STRENGTHS AND COLLABORATING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS • Transportation • Aviation • Health Care Domains • …. Systems • Engineering • Liberal Arts • Science • Management Disciplines • …. 16 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 • Preeminent Teams • Interdisciplinary Clusters Initiatives • Strengthening Computer Science • ….

PURDUE’S DISTINCTIVE ADVANTAGE OUR STRENGTH IS NOT JUST EXPLAINING, BUT ALSO DOING 17 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES Infrastructure Resources • • • 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 • • • 18 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014 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 − 2 nd largest international student enrollment of any US university Our land-grant heritage

PURDUE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE EXAMPLE ONGOING EFFORT TO BE HOUSED IN THE INSTITUTE 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 19 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

STATUS OF SYSTEMS INITIATIVE 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 20 INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

CURRENT THINKING ON SYSTEMS COURSES SYSTEMS INITIATIVE IS DEVELOPING COURSES FOR UNDERGRAD HONORS COLLEGE AND A GRADUATE CONCENTRATION IN SYSTEMS Undergrad Honors (not shown on left) • Team taught by Profs. Deshmukh (IE), Grama (CS), Mustillo (Poli. Sci), 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 tenuretrack prof. (? ) in future. INCOSE GLRC, 10 October 2014

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