 Prof. Peter Sandborn
Phone: 301-405-3167
Email: sandborn@umd.edu
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Class Timings
Tuesday, 1:00 pm to 3:40 pm (JMP 2217)
Also available as an online class
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 Research Prof. Bill Lucyshyn
Phone: 301-405-8257
Email: lucyshyn@umd.edu
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“Sustainment” (as commonly defined by industry and government), is comprised of maintenance, support, and upgrade practices that maintain or improve the performance of a system and maximize the availability of goods and services while minimizing their cost and footprint or, more simply, the capacity of a system to endure. Sustainment is a multi-trillion-dollar enterprise for critical systems, in both government (infrastructure and defense) and industry (transportation, industrial controls, data centers, energy generation).
This course introduces the important attributes of system sustainment by integrating data analytics, engineering analysis and public policy necessary to develop technologies, processes, and policy aimed at the sustainment management processes and practices. The specific topics covered are:
- Acquisition of Critical Systems
- Contracting for Sustainment
- System Failure - Reliability
- Maintenance – Managing System Failure
- Availability and Readiness
- Sustainment Inventory Management
- Supply-Chain Management
- System Sustainment Enablers (Workforce, Redesign, Test and Qualification, Cost-Benefit Analysis, End-of-Life)
- Contracting for Sustainment
This is an interdisciplinary course and students in many areas, including engineering (aerospace, civil, electrical, energy, mechanical, and engineering management), public policy, and business. Students will get the opportunity to learn the basic scientific foundations that enable sustainment and work on its implementation for real-life applications. Lectures in this course will be taught by experts from industry, government, and academia.
For more information (and a more detailed topic list), contact: Prof. Peter Sandborn or Research Prof. Bill Lucyshyn.
Frequently Asked Questions for Advanced Special Students
1. Criteria for admission:
There are three options to take UMD graduate courses without pursuing a graduate degree: Advanced Special Student Status, Visiting Graduate Student Status, or Golden Identification Cardholder Status (for Senior Citizens). Among these three options, the Advanced Special Student option is the most suitable option for most practicing engineers.
2. To qualify as an Advanced Special Student, you must:
- Have achieved a cumulative 3.0 (on a 4 point scale) average for work done at the undergraduate level; OR
- Have earned a master’s, doctoral, or a post-baccalaureate professional degree (MD, JD, DVM, etc.) from a regionally accredited institution; OR
- Have attained a score that places you in the upper 50th percentile of an appropriate national standardized aptitude examination, such as the GRE, GMAT, or Miller Analogies Test; OR
- Provide a letter of support from the graduate director of the degree program in which you plan to take a course (we will help applicants obtain this letter)
- Submit a personal statement.
3. To apply, applicants must:
Submit a completed online application, which includes uploading official transcripts showing a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution and a personal statement. After successfully submitting the application, please send out an email to the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Office informing them that you have completed the application for taking the class.
4. Other information:
- If the interested prospective students are NOT US citizens or permanent residents, contact International Student and Scholar Services to determine how to apply for Advanced Special Student status. US citizens or permanent residents with international credentials, can apply for Advanced Special Student Status here.
- To apply for Advanced Special Student status, international applicants may be required to submit results of English proficiency tests (TOEFL, IELTS or PTE) unless the Advanced Special Student applicant holds a degree from one of the waived countries (on previous link). If an Advanced Special Student is not a native English speaker and doesn’t have a degree from of those countries, then he/she MUST submit an English proficiency score to be considered for admission.
- Information on tuition and fees can be found here. Please visit the following website for more information.
5. Fall 2023 application deadline (Advanced Special Student):
The deadline for application is the first day of classes, August 29th, 2023.
6. Course Registration:
Open to UMD and Advanced Special, and D.C. CONSORTIUM Students. Students outside of UMD and the consortium universities need to get admission as an Advanced Special Student to register for the class.
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