{"id":1365,"date":"2009-07-17T14:11:29","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T18:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2017-07-28T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T18:23:15","slug":"jhu-engineering-partnership-raytheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2009\/07\/jhu-engineering-partnership-raytheon\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Connections: Launching a Robust Partnership with Raytheon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Raytheon Company was looking to augment its systems engineering education for its top engineers, the company had its pick of universities nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the company selected the Whiting School of <a href=\"http:\/\/ep.jhu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Engineering\u2019s Engineering for Professionals<\/a> (EP) program to offer the innovative Master of Science in Systems Engineering to an initial group of 130 employees at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raytheon.com\/businesses\/rms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raytheon Missile Systems<\/a> in Tucson, Arizona. JHU-EP\u2019s ability to make the curriculum relevant to its industry partners, to offer courses taught by instructors with systems engineering experience, to incorporate learning objectives applicable to the workplace, and to have courses at Raytheon sites, were key factors in making the partnership possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very exciting partnership,\u201d says Allan W. Bjerkaas, associate dean for the school\u2019s EP programs. \u201cWe expect to see a strong benefit to both Raytheon and Johns Hopkins. Raytheon engineers will earn a degree in Systems Engineering and Hopkins instructors will cross-pollinate ideas with the Raytheon co-instructors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From Raytheon\u2019s perspective, \u201cThis curriculum provides a critical element in our strategy to promote a systems engineering approach throughout our product life cycle,\u201d notes Missile Systems Engineering Vice President Bob Lepore.\u201cWe also appreciate that employees can take advantage of online learning and on-site classes, while completing work-relevant projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program is innovative because it allows Hopkins educators to design cutting-edge programs targeted at specific needs. In this case, Raytheon will use systems engineering eduction to aid in their work as the world\u2019s leading designers, developers, and producers of complex systems.<\/p>\n<p>The program follows on the heels of two other successful corporate partnerships. In the 1990s, Hopkins\u2019 EP program launched its first partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baesystems.com\/WorldwideLocations\/UnitedStates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BAE Systems<\/a>, a global defense and aerospace company. EP also has teamed up with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitre.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MITRE Corporation<\/a>, a technology nonprofit organization.<\/p>\n<p>Under the latest program, 130 engineers at Raytheon Missile Systems have enrolled to receive their MS. An initial 24-student cohort started the first of 10 required courses in January. New cohorts start about every 10 weeks. As interest grows, other business units will add additional cohorts with the curriculum tailored to the local unit needs. Students will complete the curriculum in two years, compared to three years in a conventional on-campus setting. \u201cThe program is accelerated by about 30 percent,\u201d says Bjerkaas.<\/p>\n<p>Employees take nine consecutive nine-week courses and one 14-week capstone project course that requires they demonstrate their skill and knowledge of systems engineering. Weekly class sessions combine traditional and distance learning. Hopkins professors teach in Tucson on the first, fifth, and last class sessions of the courses. Other class sessions are conducted over the Internet using Sakai, Polycom, and Adobe Connect. Each weekly class lasts four hours.<\/p>\n<p>At least two Hopkins instructors, some of whom are from the Applied Physics Laboratory, teach each course. They are assisted by at least one company employee, hired as an additional instructor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis way the courses will be tailored to Raytheon\u2019s business,\u201d Bjerkaas says.<\/p>\n<p>Bjerkaas expects such partnerships to be a model for the future\u2014allowing the nation\u2019s top corporate engineers to receive a valuable Hopkins education without missing a beat on their day jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raytheon selects JHU Engineering to provide a new online and on-site systems engineering master&#8217;s program for top-level employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-development","issue-summer-2009"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Corporate Connections: Launching a Robust Partnership with Raytheon - JHU Engineering Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2009\/07\/jhu-engineering-partnership-raytheon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Corporate Connections: Launching a Robust Partnership with Raytheon - JHU Engineering Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Raytheon selects JHU Engineering to provide a new online and on-site systems engineering master&#039;s program for top-level employees.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2009\/07\/jhu-engineering-partnership-raytheon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JHU Engineering Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-07-17T18:11:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-28T18:23:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abby Lattes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abby Lattes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/engineering.jhu.edu\\\/magazine-archive\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/jhu-engineering-partnership-raytheon\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/engineering.jhu.edu\\\/magazine-archive\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/jhu-engineering-partnership-raytheon\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abby Lattes\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/engineering.jhu.edu\\\/magazine-archive\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0244393be370fbc3ead8ec26062e9742\"},\"headline\":\"Corporate Connections: Launching a Robust Partnership with Raytheon\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-07-17T18:11:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-28T18:23:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/engineering.jhu.edu\\\/magazine-archive\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/jhu-engineering-partnership-raytheon\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":523,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Research &amp; 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