Website of Chuck Easttom, Ph.D., D.Sc.

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Systems Engineering

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This site is a general resrouce for Systems Engineering and contains material for a DoD Systems Engineering course I teach.

Note: this page is being updated regularly, you shoudl check back from time to time. The lastest update date will always be displayed here 8/23/2025

Resources
DoD Systems Engineering Guidebook
DoD Systems Engineering Sub-specialities
DoD Systems Engineering Plan
DoD Engineering of Defense Systems Guidebook
U.S. Navy Combat Systems Engineering and Integration
DoD Systems Engineering Knowledge Areas
DoD Model Based Systems Engineering
DoD Model Based Systems Engineering Methods Applied to the Mission Engineering Modeling Use Case
NASA Systems Engineering Handbook
NASA Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
NASA Enginnering Elegant Systems
Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge
Sandia National Labs MBSE
NASA MBSE
SysML Diagram Tutorial
DoDAF 2.0
OMG UAF
U.S. Army Test Standards
NAVSEA Integrated Ship Testing



Systems Engineering for DoD Course Materials
Currently being updated but the following represent an older version of the Systems Engineering for DoD course.
Lesson 1 Introduction
Lesson 2 Requirements Engineering
Lesson 3 SysML
Lesson 4 DoDAF and UAF
Lesson 5 Architecture and Design
Lesson 6 Integration
Lesson 7 Testing
Lesson 8 Risk Management
Lesson 9 Deeper With Standards
Lesson 10 Deployment















 Tools
Systems Modeling Language (SysML)
OMG SysML Page
Graphor Open Source SysML tool
Capella Open Source MBSE Tool
Innoslate Commercial MBSE Tool
Online Block Definition Diagram Tool
Online UML Diagram Tool
Online SysML Diagram Tool

Books
NASA Systems Engineering Handbook
Boord, W. J., & Hoffman, J. B. (2016). Air and missile defense systems engineering. CRC Press.
Fleeman, E. (2012). Missile design and system engineering. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc..
Ippolito Jr, L. J. (2017). Satellite communications systems engineering: atmospheric effects, satellite link design and system performance. John Wiley & Sons.
Fortescue, P., Swinerd, G., & Stark, J. (Eds.). (2011). Spacecraft systems engineering. John Wiley & Sons.
Boord, W. J., & Hoffman, J. B. (2016). Air and missile defense systems engineering. CRC Press.


Certifications & Training
INCOSE Certification
Certified Reliability Engineer
Certified Quality Engineer
Software Quality Engineer
Coursera Systems Engineering Courses