Stevens’ SSE hosts leadership workshop for NASA’s Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program graduates
Workshop for graduates of elite program was held at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
HOBOKEN , N.J. – On June 24, 2009, Stevens Institute of Technology’s School of Systems and Enterprises conducted a systems engineering leadership workshop for the first graduating class of NASA’s Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP). The workshop was held onsite at NASA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Dinesh Verma, Dean, School of Systems and Enterprises; Dr. Wiley Larson, Program Director, Space Systems Engineering; and Mary Doherty, Executive Director, Washington, D.C. operations, represented Stevens at the NASA graduation event.
“The School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens is honored to have hosted NASA’s first graduating class of the SELDP program. The SELDP program represents NASA’s commitment to enhancing the systems engineering technical leadership of the administration and the skill competencies of its talented engineers,” said Larson.
NASA's chief engineer, Mike Ryschkewitsch, and Christine Williams, Director of SELDP, were present to recognize the 15 graduates of NASA’s elite SELDP program. Other attendees included technical leadership from each of the NASA Centers, including Johnson Space Center, Ames Research Center, Dryden Flight Research Center, Glenn Research Center, Kennedy Space Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, Stennis Space Center, Wallops and Goddard Space Flight Center.
Participants saw several insightful presentations from systems engineering technical leaders. Victoria Cox, senior vice president, NextGen and operations planning services, Air Traffic Organization, FAA; Dr. J. Stephen Rottler, vice president of Weapon Engineering and Product Realization at Sandia National Laboratories; and Allen Fairbairn, systems engineer, Channel Tunnel Design and Development, discussed their-first hand experiences and perspectives on the challenges of systems engineering. These industry leaders also talked about their roles and responsibilities in managing complex systems and enterprises.
Following the NASA SELDP ceremony, Stevens hosted a leadership reception at its Washington, D.C. offices, located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, St. G-17, The Ronald Reagan Building, to acknowledge the accomplishments of the 15 SELDP graduates, and to welcome the school’s Washington, D.C. partners and collaborators.About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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