A Tailored Systems Engineering Process for Developing Student-Built CubeSat Class Satellites

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 12; pp. 73187 - 73195
• Main Authors: Gregory, John M., Sega, Ronald M., Bradley, Thomas H., Kang, Jin S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2024; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Colleges & universities; CubeSat; CubeSats; Engineering education; Engineering students; Guidelines; Information flow; Learning; Model-based systems; model-based systems engineering (MBSE); Modeling; NASA; Satellites; Space vehicles; Students; Surveys; Systems design; Systems engineering; systems engineering (SE); Systems engineering and theory; Undergraduate study

CubeSats have become an important component of space systems engineering education and research activities across the globe. A variety of universities and government stakeholders have developed educational materials and coursework to train students to follow systems engineering processes in developi...