SEc2
Systems Engineering Coaching & Consultancy
Mission
SEc2 provides support and consultancy in the field of Systems
Engineering, specifically in, but not limited to, the domain of Space
Engineering. Its special service is to design or select processes and tools
that have the right size and amount of detail for the job at hand and that are
well aligned with company or institute practices. SEc2
can introduce the selected methods and tools in the organization by means of
workshops or courses.
In addition SEc2 is performing research in the field of Systems
Engineering in general and Space Systems Engineering in particular.
History
SEc2 has started its activities end of 2008 and has been
established as a small company in July 2009. It makes use of the accumulated
knowledge of over 25 years of experience in industry and 10 years of research
and education in aerospace engineering.
Projects
The projects are executed exclusively by
Robbert
J. Hamann. Up till this day they
are the following:
Development of a beta
version for a Single Cell Maldi TOF Instrument
(Cirrus D20); review assistance, proposal evaluation, design documentation
generation
Feasibility Study and
Business Model NL SpaceCentre for the Netherlands
Space Office; AIT expertise and review assistance
Contribution to the system and subsystem design
section of the SEQ Airbus Defense & Space in-house course
Training for ISIS customers, ISIS
personnel and ESA/Estec in the use and application of
Systems Engineering tools and methods for small satellite projects (1-2.5 days)
Review of the assignments for the fall
and spring Design Synthesis Exercise projects of the Faculty of Aerospace
Engineering of the Delft University of Technology on content and management
aspects. The Design Synthesis Exercise is the formal conclusion of the BSc
curriculum Aerospace Engineering.
Sentinel 5P was a common satellite
project of the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) and the European Space
Organization (ESA). NSO contributes the TROPOMI instrument to the mission.
The main
research objective of the instrument is to contribute to a better
quantification and attribution of the sources and sinks of trace gases in the
Earth's troposphere and to a better understanding of the atmospheric transport,
chemistry and radiation processes that drive the interactions between
atmospheric composition, air quality and climate.
In addition the instrument plays an
essential role in the monitoring of the lowermost atmosphere and the
troposphere, and applications for operational and commercial use of the data.
The instrument measures radiation from
the Earth's atmosphere in the ultraviolet, visual, near infrared and short
wavelength infrared spectral bands with daily frequency and a spatial
resolution of up to 7x7 km. Prime contractor for the instrument is Dutch Space,
currently Airbus Netherlands. Prime contractor for mission and satellite was Astrium (Airbus) UK.
An integrated ESA-NSO
Joint Project Team at ESTEC managed the project. SEc2 supports NSO in its tasks in the project team.
The Smart Services Boulevard is an
initiative of the University of Applied Sciences Hogeschool
Zeeland in Vlissingen. One of its facilities is the Open Innovation Studio,
where projects are executed in an interactive, concurrent fashion involving all
relevant stakeholders. The concept is based on the Concurrent Design Facility
as used by ESA in ESTEC. SEc2 has been involved in the training of University staff
and project participants in Systems Engineering methods and tools.
The support to the Chair of Space
Systems Engineering concerned the authorship of a chapter for the textbook
Small Satellite Engineering (E.K.A. Gill editor), selected guests lectures and
supervision of MSc students. In addition research is done on selected subjects
in the field of Space Systems Engineering. SEc2 is affiliated with this chair of the TU Delft.
Brainstorm session on possible
participation in Dutch educational satellite projects.
Workshop
on concept selection process and trade-off methods (graphical, traditional and
AHP).
Assistance to TROPOMI Preliminary
Requirements Review.
As a sideline I have been developing resin 1/72 scale model kits of rather
unknown Dutch aircraft of Fokker, Koolhoven, Pander and Trompenburg
Spyker. Up till today some nine kits have been
issued. I am also contributing to a book on the Dutch aircraft designer Frits
Koolhoven.
Using a Requirement Management Tool for Verification
Management
Does Systems Engineering in Space
Projects Pay?
Factors in Technical Risk Assessment
Introducing
and Maintaining Systems Engineering in a Medium Sized Company
Delfi-C3 Preliminary Mission Results