Sandia National Laboratories: Development of a Design Review Process

Discipline: Interdisciplinary

Advisor: Anna Maria Szopa

This project aims to produce a new design review process for the National Solar Thermal Testing Facility of Sandia National Laboratories. The current design review and systems engineering process in place is very basic and incomplete, thus creating a need for a system to ensure consistency and traceability, enable scalable review, and integrate tools like MBSE effectively while also meeting ISO 9001 standards. Utilizing design thinking and systems engineering, this new design review process helps create a standardized method of project management to help facilitate the transition from ideas to drawings to builds. In return, scraps and reworks are minimized, timelines are shortened, and team collaboration is enhanced. Due to its scalability, this process can be applied to many different industries including but not limited to manufacturing, production, facility development, and data analytics.

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