Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering (CESE) Participates in Systems Engineering Research Center
CESE to serve as a designated research collaborator in the nation’s first DoD-funded University Affiliated Research Center focused on Systems Engineering
College Park, Maryland -- The Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering (CESE) will serve as a designated
research collaborator in the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), the first University Affiliated Research Center
(UARC) funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) to focus on challenging systems engineering issues facing the DoD and
related defense industries.
CESE will participate as part of a prestigious consortium of 18 leading collaborator universities and research centers throughout the
United States, led by Stevens Institute of Technology, with the University of Southern California serving as its principal collaborator.
SERC will be responsible for systems engineering research that supports the development, integration, testing and sustainability of complex
defense systems, enterprises and services. SERC will serve as the systems engineering research engine for the DoD and Intelligence Community
(IC). It will also offer systems engineering programs and workshops for DoD and IC employees and contractors.
“We are very excited about being part of this important new initiative. It gives us the chance to work on research tasks that are focused
on issues of importance to the U.S. Department of Defense, and to expand our competencies supporting ambitious, unique, real-world systems
engineering missions.” said Dr. Forrest Shull, the Fraunhofer Principal Investigator for this work.
“This is a major recognition of Stevens Institute of Technology’s leadership, consolidated during the last decade, in the field of Complex
Systems Engineering,” said Dr. Dinesh Verma, Dean of Stevens’ School of Systems & Enterprises, and the Executive Director of the Systems
Engineering Research Center. “It is also a great measure of Stevens’ standing within the systems engineering community that we have been
joined in this successful initiative by an impressive consortium of academic collaborators.”
Collectively, the SERC collaboration is unparalleled in its depth and breath, leadership and citizenship in Systems Engineering research.
In addition to CESE, the SERC collaborators include: Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, Air Force
Institute of Technology, Auburn University, Carnegie Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Missouri University of
Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University,
University of Alabama at Huntsville, University of California at San Diego, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts at
Amherst, University of Virginia, and Wayne State University.
Additional information regarding the SERC and the Department of Defense is available on their respective web sites,
www.sercuac.org and www.defenselink.mil
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