Handbook of Systems Engineering and Analysis of Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Applications, Tools, and Techniques [Hardcover]

There has been a lot of innovation in systems engineering as well as some fundamental advances in the field of optics, imaging, lasers, and photonics that warrant attention. This volume focuses on applications, tools, and techniques of systems engineering-related topics from government, industrial, and academic settings.

Section 1: Application of Systems Engineering Tools, Methods, and Techniques to Optical Systems. 1. Problem Definition. 2. Feasibility Studies, Trade Studies, and Alternative Analysis. 3. Systems and Requirements. 4. Maintenance and Support Planning. 5. Technical Performance Measures and Metrics. 6. Functional Analysis and Detector Cooling. 7. Requirements Allocation. 8. Introduction to Systems Design. 9. Quality Production and Manufacturing. 10. Optical Systems Testing and Evaluation. 11. Optical System Use and Support. 12. Disposal and Retirement of Optical Systems. Section 2: Bringing It All Together& 13. Bringing It All Together & 14. Bringing It All Together: Integrated Lifecycle Cost & Schedule Estimate (ILCaSE) in Systems Engineering. 15. Appendix: Mathematical Formulas.

Dr. William Wolfgang Arrasmith is currently a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Systems Engineering at FIT. He has 20 years of experience with government research and development programs and has had extensive exposure to electrooptical, infrared, and laser detection systems. Before his position at Florida Tech, Dr. Arrasmith served as program manager of Physics and Electronics at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) in Washington, DC. In 1997, he moved to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland to teach courses in Engineering and Linear Adaptive Optics. He was then reassigned to the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) at Patrick Air Force Base where he became chief of the Systems and Technology Division.lóÅ