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Education Diversity
in
System Safety and Human Systems Integration
Society of Women Engineers WE15
22 October 2015
Brandie Jackson
brandie.jackson1@navy.mil
(540) 653-4607
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
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Chelsey Lever
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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
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• Ms. Brandie Jackson
– Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
(NSWCDD), Systems Safety Engineer
– Electronics Technician for U.S. Navy
– B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering
– M.E. in Engineering Management
– Enjoys expressing her creativity through singing
• Ms. Chelsey Lever
– NSWCDD, Human Systems Engineer
– B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
– Enjoys outdoor activities like fishing, boating,
camping, and gardening
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Objectives
• Define System Safety Engineering (SSE) and
Human Systems Integration (HSI)
• Explore the Educational Diversity within
System Safety and HSI
• Discuss how Education Diversity impacts you
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What is SSE and HSI?
System Safety Engineering
Employs specialized
knowledge and skills in
applying scientific and
engineering principles to
identify and eliminate system
hazards or reduce the
associated risk when hazards
cannot be eliminated.
Human Systems Integration
Focuses attention on the
human part of the system by
integrating and inserting
manpower, personnel, training,
human factors engineering,
environment, safety
occupational health hazards,
and personnel survivability to
the acquisition process.
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Why Diversity?
“Diversity: the art of thinking
independently together.”
Malcolm Forbes
Educational Diversity promotes holistic solutions
to System Safety and HSI problems in the Navy
and Marine Corps by incorporating creative
approaches to problem solving.
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Pool of Specialties
Industrial Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Kinesiology
Cognitive Psychology
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Mathematics
Electrical Engineering
Biology
Experimental Psychology
Mechanical Engineering
Cognitive Neuroscience
Systems Engineering
Physics
Aerospace Engineering
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The Effect of
Education Diversity
• Increases knowledge to cover a variety of job
positions
• Provides global training and knowledge in
many unique areas
• Prevents mishaps and hazards
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What Happened?
Navy Destroyer Damaged by Test Missile Explosion
• Missile explodes shortly after it
was launched during a planned test
exercise off the coast of Virginia.
• USS THE SULLIVANS (DDG 68)
suffered minor damage to its port
side after the test missile
malfunctioned.
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• Systems Engineer could
– Identify design flaws
– Determine integration effectiveness
• Mathematician could
– Calculate failure rates
– Determine timing efficiencies
– Evaluate speed and firing accuracies
• Electrical Engineer could
– Reference and ensure specifications are met
– Examine electrical connection interaction
• Safety Engineer could
– Identify potential hazards
– Warn against environmental issues
– Provide timely and safe deployment of systems
Impact
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What does this mean for you?
• Your point of view matters
• You can tailor your knowledge and skills to
align with the goals of the organization
• Do NOT be limited by traditional views of your
degree
Your Degree Does Not Define
Your Destiny!
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References
• Military Standard (MIL-STD)-882E, Department of Defense Standard
Practice System Safety.
• Defense Acquisition Guidebook, Chapter 6 - Human Systems
Integration.
• Noah Shachtman, “Robot Cannon Kills 9, Wounds 14,” 18 October
2007, <http://www.wired.com/2007/10/robot-cannon-ki/>, accessed on
24 August 2015.
• Zachary Cohen, “Navy destroyer damaged by test missile explosion,”
24 July 2015, <http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/23/politics/uss-the-
sullivans-missile-explosion/>, accessed on 25 August 2015.
• Sam LaGrone, “Destroyer USS The Sullivans Damaged After Missile
Explodes After Launch, No Injuries Reported,” 22 July 2015,
<http://news.usni.org/2015/07/22/destroyer-uss-the-sullivans-damaged-
after-missile-explodes-after-launch-no-injuries-reported>, accessed on
25 August 2015.
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