Ask any engineer what they do, and once you drill down past the knee-jerk response of “build stuff/make stuff” to the real essence of their profession, they will tell you that they “solve problems.” The very word “engineer” is rooted in the Latin words ingenare (to create, contrive, devise) and …

Commonwealth: May it please the Court, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. The defendant in this case, Commonwealth v. Systems Engineer, stands charged with the modelslaughter of the system model. The deceased model in this case is not an ancillary or limited representation of some aspect of the system, but …

As one year turns into another, we are looking back to see what compelled our attention in 2018. What were the ideas and stories about systems engineering that caught our eye? Where were we challenged to re-think certain assumptions we held, and how did that change us? Where did we …

As systems problems and solutions become more complex, it is increasingly important to strengthen the connection between systems engineering and her sister disciplines. The work of each informs the others, and the solution-seeking process benefits from the consideration of all the engineering aspects inherent in the design. The use of …