Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Graduate
Project Type
individual
Campus
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Noah Fulton, Graduate student
Lead Presenter's Name
Noah Fulton
Lead Presenter's College
DB College of Engineering
Faculty Mentor Name
Dr. Bryan Watson
Abstract
This study investigates the use of Systems Modeling Language (SysML) to verify subsystem design consistency and identify integration discrepancies in a multidisciplinary satellite program. Project COMET, an Embry-Riddle effort under the University Nanosatellite Program (UNP), consists of six subsystems but lacks a centralized system model. This leads to inconsistencies between subsystem inputs, outputs, and interface definitions. Typically, SysML models are created early in the system design cycle; However, this study will evaluate how creating system models post preliminary design review (PDR) can assist a project by verifying subsystem integration or by identifying discrepancies between independently developed subsystems. This study will create four types of models, Block Definition Diagrams (BDDs), Internal Block Diagrams (IBDs), State Machine Diagrams (STMs), and Activity Diagrams (ACTs), to highlight interactions between subsystems that have flaws in the current architecture, or do not currently exist. The early stages of this study have already provided valuable insight into mismatched interfaces, missing connections, and physical system architecture changes.
Did this research project receive funding support (Spark, SURF, Research Abroad, Student Internal Grants, Collaborative, Climbing, or Ignite Grants) from the Office of Undergraduate Research?
No
Included in
Space Habitation and Life Support Commons, Systems Engineering and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Commons
Using SysML Models to Verify System Design and Identify Discrepancies in a Satellite System
This study investigates the use of Systems Modeling Language (SysML) to verify subsystem design consistency and identify integration discrepancies in a multidisciplinary satellite program. Project COMET, an Embry-Riddle effort under the University Nanosatellite Program (UNP), consists of six subsystems but lacks a centralized system model. This leads to inconsistencies between subsystem inputs, outputs, and interface definitions. Typically, SysML models are created early in the system design cycle; However, this study will evaluate how creating system models post preliminary design review (PDR) can assist a project by verifying subsystem integration or by identifying discrepancies between independently developed subsystems. This study will create four types of models, Block Definition Diagrams (BDDs), Internal Block Diagrams (IBDs), State Machine Diagrams (STMs), and Activity Diagrams (ACTs), to highlight interactions between subsystems that have flaws in the current architecture, or do not currently exist. The early stages of this study have already provided valuable insight into mismatched interfaces, missing connections, and physical system architecture changes.