Each SEA class conducts a major integrated project, working in conjunction with other student and faculty teams on (and potentially off) campus. The project will consist of a "system of systems" design exercise, normally performed by a "team of teams" -- with the SEA team acting as the project lead systems engineers and the overall project coordinators and integrators.
The purpose of the project is to give all the teams an opportunity to apply their educations using systems methodology to a challenging, "real world", open-ended design problem. The project forms a major bridge between the theoretical education the various students have received and the application of that education to developing solutions or insights to significant problems of interest to the Navy or Defense communities.
Students are challenged to work in an iterative, largely self-defined environment that challenges their abilities to start from broad concepts, understand capability needs, and formulate design approaches, using multi-disciplinary teams. It is intended to be a demanding prelude to the real world of concept formulation and systems analysis and development.
The project results, including a final report, an executive summary, and a briefing, are widely disseminated. Executive Summaries of previous year’s projects were read by or briefed to the Chief of Naval Operations and the Defense Science Board, among many others. Student work had great visibility and an impact on major policy discussions.
Students who lead and participate in the campus-wide projects leave NPS with an unparalleled grasp of the strategic, tactical, and technical concerns surrounding important Navy issues.
Students affiliated with the Meyer Institute and the Integrated Student Project have 24-hour access to a state of the art computer laboratory, with separate facilities for Systems Engineering, Total Ship Systems Engineering, an alternate laboratory and a project room. Centrally located study cubicles are also available to project students.
Integrated Student Projects
