SESA Administrator
We are pleased to announce that SETE24 will include a INCOSE Knowledge Exam.
The exam will be held on Monday the 23rd of September at 13:30 AEST at the conference venue, Pullman on the Park, Melbourne.
Registration will close on the 10th of September and will cost 30USD.
Follow the steps below to register:
- Log in to https://portal.incose.org
- Click on “Certifications” in the menu banner
- Select “Register for an Exam”
- Click on tile for appropriate exam.
- Click on hyperlink for “Registration” and follow the prompts to complete registration.
We are excited to welcome Paul Pearce to the SESA committee as our new Treasurer!
Paul holds bachelor’s degrees in mechatronic engineering and mathematical and computer sciences, and postgraduate qualifications in defence industry leadership, nuclear engineering and military systems integration. Paul has worked in naval submarine engineering for nearly twenty years, principally at the front end of major programs, including the replacement of the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class submarines. Paul is a Chartered Professional Engineer and has held senior engineering leadership and management positions in industry and as a government representative.… Read more
We have a new committee member joining us, Marco Meloni our new Defence and Aerospace Domain Lead. Please join me in welcoming him to the committee!
Marco is a passionate engineering executive with over 20 years’ experience in the field of engineering in both the Defence Industry and Government sectors. Throughout his career, Marco has had direct leadership responsibility for the design and engineering assurance of mission-critical systems for medium and large projects in Australia and Europe.
Marco joined Jacobs Australia in January 2015 and following a series of appointments to senior roles with the AIR5431 Phase 3 project team within the Airservices Australia OneSKY program, he was appointed to his current role as Chief Engineer of Air Defence Systems (ADS) Branch in early 2021.… Read more
The Systems Engineering Society of Australia (SESA) is calling for expressions of interest (EOIs) for Branch Committee members across the following states:
- Queensland
- New South Wales
- Victoria
If you are from another state outside of the above three, please let us know by return email which state you are in, and if you would be interested in volunteering for a future SESA Branch – we can then review dependant on interest.
The SESA Executive Committee has developed the Branch Committee Terms of Reference for State Branches.… Read more
We have new committee members joining us this year, including Mikaela Stewart our new Communications and Engagement Lead. Please join me in welcoming her to the committee!
Mikaela was previously our Early Career Manager from 2020 and was pivotal in establishing the 2020 and 2021 SESA mentoring programs and was also involved in the Australian Systems Engineering Workshops (ASEW) during 2020 and 2021.
Mikaela is a Senior Systems Engineering Lead at Cubic Transportation Systems, with over 6 year experience as a Systems Engineer in the transportation industry.… Read more
As we farewell 2023 we also farewell some of our SESA Executive Committee members. Emma has been the SESA Communications and Engagement Lead for the past two and a half years, a difficult role in a time of lockdowns and video conferencing overload, with some key achievements with the help of volunteers Chris Browne, Mikaela Stewart, Sui Yi, Simon Sinnott, Ryan Messina, and many more, these achievements include:
- Two successful SESA Mentoring Programs
- Development of SESA Digital Strategy
- Refresh of SESA Microsoft Accounts
- Management of key digital channels including a significant uplift in SESA LinkedIn followers
- Promotion of SESA events
Emma started volunteering for SESA in 2016 when our Victorian member Paul Street invited her to join some like minded systems engineers in the Victrorian transport industry.… Read more
We are pleased to announce our new SESA Technical Director – Thomas Manley.
Thomas has held the role of the SESA Telecommunications domain lead for the past two years.
Thomas has over 20 years experience working in in the Telecommunications industry as a Systems Engineer / Architect with strong experience in capability development, systems engineering, enterprise architectire, technical delivery, business and leadership.
He has a BE in Systems Engineering, a BSc in Chemistry and an MBA from ANU.
Thomas has been an active part of many SESA and INCOSE initiatives and working groups including:
- Supporting the delivery of SESA virtual Systems Events following the cancellation of SETE 2020 due to the Covid pandemic
- SESA Initiative towards developing a resilience framework of Australia as a System
- SESA Response to Australian Governments Consultation Paper on Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Systems of National Significance (October 2020)
- SESA Response on Exposure Draft Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020 (November 2020)
- SESA telecommunications working group
- SETE 2022 planning towards delivery in September as our first physical conference following the cancellation of SETE 2020
Welcome Thomas!… Read more
The Victorian Transportation Working Group (TWG) is calling for Expressions of Interest to join the group. The Transportation Working Group is an group of Systems Engineering Professional with a special interest in application for the Transportation Sector.
More information about the TWG can be found here: https://www.sesa.org.au/sesa-working-groups/transport-working-group/.
We are inviting all Victorian SESA members to express their interest to join the TWG and/or nominate themselves to become the new Chair of the Victorian TWG.
We would appreciate if you could write a short response covering the following:
- Your motivation to join or lead the VIC TWG
- Your ability to free up time for the TWG
- Your vision/ alignment with the TWG Goals: https://www.sesa.org.au/sesa-working-groups/transport-working-group/
Great news for SESA members – ANU has released a new Graduate Certificate of Systems Engineering.
This Graduate Certificate can be completed as a standalone postgraduate qualification or used as a pathway to a Master of Engineering at ANU.
Applications close Sunday 31 January. Apply now to start studying in 2021.
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There are many ways to study systems engineering in Australia. Below is a list of existing Australian providers of systems engineering courses and training:
Undergraduate:
- Single unit – University of South Australia – Principles of Systems Engineering
- Single unit – Bond University – Systems Thinking & Management Modelling for Projects
- Single unit – James Cook University – Introduction to Systems Engineering and Project Management
- Major – Curtin – Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Major – University of Adelaide – Defence Systems
Postgraduate:
- University of New South Wales- Master of Systems Engineering
- University of South Australia – Master of Defence Systems Integration
- University of South Australia – Graduate Certificate in Defence Systems Integration
- Single unit – University of Melbourne – High Integrity Systems Engineering
Short:
- Acmena – Systems engineering training available across multiple areas available for private delivery by prior arrangement
- University of New South Wales – Systems engineering training available across multiple areas available in person or online via Coursera with ability to attain credits for the UNSW Masters of Systems Engineering
- Eggler Technology – Systems engineering training available across multiple areas available in person or online on demand
- Project Performance International – Systems engineering training available across multiple areas available in person and live online
- Nova Systems – Systems engineering training available across multiple areas available in person
- Engineering Education Australia – Introduction to Systems Engineering for Public Transport
Please note that this list includes the Australia providers of systems engineering courses and training available at this time as known to the author.… Read more