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Larsen, Jordan A.
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NASA Technology Transfer Program (SemiCon West 2019 Exhibit Video)
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NASA Technology Transfer Program: Bringing NASA Technology Down To Earth
Contents: SLS Launch, 0:00-1:30; Ultrasonic Welding, 1:30-2:31; Solid Rocket Booster Test, 2:31-3:14; Modular Tooling, 3:14-4:45; Solar Flares, 4:45-5:28; Thermal Stir Welding, 5:28-5:51; RS-25 Engine Test, 5:51-6:21; Ultrasonic Weld, 6:21-7:13; Earth from Space, 7:21-8:24; Modular Tooling, 8:25-9:43; ISS (International Space Station) Fly Through, 9:43-10:55; Thermal Stir Welding, 10:55-11:21.
Technology Transfer Program [Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)]
Contents (in this order, some are repeats, shown on a continuous loop): Shuttle Launch; *Estimated Spectrum Adaptive Postfilter; *Fiber Optic Shape Sensing Technology; *Dyed Liquid; *RFID Smart Dispensers; Life on ISS; *Fiber Optic Shape Sensing; View from ISS; *Advanced Actuators and Transducers; SLS Booster Hot Fire Test; *Estimated Spectrum Adaptive Postfilter; ISS Fly Through; *Fiber Optic Shape Sensing Technology; Solar Flares; *RFID Smart Dispensers; ISS Fly Through; *Fiber Optic Shape Sensing; SLS in 30 Seconds; *Advanced Actuators and Transducers; View from ISS. *Note asterisked items have "Technology Available for Licensing."
Technology Transfer Program: Bringing NASA Technology Down to Earth
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Principles of Sociology in Systems Engineering
Systems engineering involves both the integration of the system and the integration of the disciplines which develop and operate the system. Integrating the disciplines is a sociological effort to bring together different groups, often with different terminology, to achieve a common goal, the system. The focus for the systems engineer is information flow through the organization, between the disciplines, to ensure the system is developed and operated with all relevant information informing system decisions. Robert K. Merton studied the sociological principles of the sciences and the sociological principles he developed apply to systems engineering. Concepts such as specification of ignorance, common terminology, opportunity structures, role-sets, and the reclama (reconsideration) process are all important sociological approaches that should be employed by the systems engineer. In bringing the disciplines together, the systems engineer must also be wary of social ambivalence, social anomie, social dysfunction, insider-outsider behavior, unintended consequences, and the self-fulfilling prophecy. These sociological principles provide the systems engineer with key approaches to manage the information flow through the organization as the disciplines are integrated and share their information. This also helps identify key sociological barriers to information flow through the organization. This paper will discuss this theoretical basis for the application of sociological principles to systems engineering.