Systems Engineering is a discipline whose responsibility it is to create and operate technologically enabled systems that satisfy stakeholder needs throughout their life cycle. Systems engineers reduce ambiguity by clearly defining stakeholder needs and customer requirements, they focus creativity by developing a system’s architecture and design and they manage the system’s complexity over time. Considerations taken into account by systems engineers include, among others, quality, cost and schedule, risk and opportunity under uncertainty, manufacturing and realization, performance and safety during operations, training and support, as well as disposal and recycling at the end of life. The journal welcomes original submissions in the field of Systems Engineering as defined above, but also encourages contributions that take an even broader perspective including the design and operation of systems-of-systems, the application of Systems Engineering to enterprises and complex socio-technical systems, the identification, selection and development of systems engineers as well as the evolution of systems and systems-of-systems over their entire lifecycle.
Systems Engineering integrates all the disciplines and specialty groups into a coordinated team effort forming a structured development process that proceeds from concept to realization to operation. Increasingly important topics in Systems Engineering include the role of executable languages and models of systems, the concurrent use of physical and virtual prototyping, as well as the deployment of agile processes. Systems Engineering considers both the business and the technical needs of all stakeholders with the goal of providing a quality product that meets the user needs. Systems Engineering may be applied not only to products and services in the private sector but also to public infrastructures and socio-technical systems whose precise boundaries are often challenging to define.

Editor-in-Chief
 
Clifford Whitcomb
NAval Postgraduate School
Systems Engineering
cawhitco@nps.edu
 
 
Deputy Editor
 
Rob Vingerhoeds 
ISAE-Supaéro France
rob.vingerhoeds@isae-supaero.fr
 
 
Managing Editor
 
Mary Vizzini
mhvizzini@hotmail.com
 
 
E d i t o r i a l   B o a r d
Vassilis Agouridas
AIRBUS Helicopters
vassilis.agouridas@airbus.com
 
 
Jaemyung Ahn
KAIST
jaemyung.ahn@kaist.ac.kr
 
 
Dennis Buede
Innovative Decisions Inc.
dbuede@innovativedecisions.com
 
 
Michel-Alexandre Cardin
Imperial College London
m.cardin@imperial.ac.uk
 
 
Darryl Farber
Penn State University
dlf112@psu.edu
 
 
Eberhard Gill
Technical University Delft
E.K.A.Gill@tudelft.nl
 
 
Alessandro Golkar 
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
a.golkar@skoltech.ru
 
 
Paulien Herder
Technical University Delft
P.M.Herder@tudelft.nl
 
 
Babak Heydari
Northeastern University
b.heydari@northeastern.edu
 
 
Keith W. Hipel
University of Waterloo, Canada
kwhipel@uwaterloo.ca
 
 
Daniel Krob
Ecole Polytechnique
dk@lix.polytechnique.fr
 
 
 
James Martin
 
Aerospace Corporation
James.N.Martin@aero.org
 
 
Gerrit Muller
University of South-Eastern Norway
gerrit.muller@gmail.com
 
 
Sarah A. Sheard
Carnegie Mellon University
sheard@seiNaNu.edu
 
 
Keiko Shimazu
 
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
keikosan.i@gmail.com
 
 
Eun Suk Suh
Seoul National University
essuh@snu.ac.kr
 
 
Zoe Szajnfarber
The George Washington University
zszajnfa@gwu.edu
 
 
Fei-Yue Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
feiyue@ieee.org
 
Ali Yassine
American University of Beirut
ay11@aub.edu.lb
 
Haifeng Zhu
 United Technologies Research Center
ZhuHF@utrc.utc.com
 
 
B o a r d   o f   D i r e c t o r s 
O f f i c e r s 
P r e s i d e n t
 
Garry Roedler, ESEP, Fellow
Lockheed Martin Corporation
 
 
S e c r e t a r y
Tina Srivastava
MIT and Gigavation
P r e s i d e n t   E l e c t
 
Kerry Lunney, ESEP
Thales Australia
 
 
T r e a s u r e r
René Oosthuizen
Monzé Consultants CC
A t - L a r g e   D i r e c t o r s 
Rachel LeBlanc, Marketing & Communications
 
Ryan Mortimer, IT
Lockheed Martin Corporation
 
Tat Soon Yeo, International Growth
Temasek Defence Systems Insitute
 
Bill Chown, Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Serge Landry, ESEP, Asia-Oceania Sector
 
Christine Kowalski, Operations Manager
 Gina Guillame-Joseph, ASEP, Outreach
 
Jonas Andersson, Strategy
Decisionware AB
 
Ariela Sofer, Academic Matters
 
Art Pyster, Strategic Integration
 
Tony Williams, ESEP, Americas Sector
 
Paul Schreinemakers, ESEP, EMEA Sector
 
Andy Pickard, Chief of Staff
T e c h n i c a l   D i r e c t o r 
David Endler, ESEP
Systems Engineering Consultant
 
 
Deputy Technical Director
Gretchen Peacock 
C o r p o r a t e   A d v i s o r y   B o a r d   C h a i r 
Zane Scott, ASEP
 
Corporate Advisory Board Co-Chair
Donald M. York, CSEP
M e m b e r s h i p
 
Eric Belle
Academic Council Organizations
 
Carnegie Mellon University
 
Software Engineering Institute
 
Colorado State University Systems Engineering Programs
 
Cranfield University
 
Drexel University
 
Eindhoven University of Technology
 
George Mason University
 
Georgia Institute of Technology
 
ISAE - Supaero
 
Johns Hopkins University
 
KEIO University
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
Missouri University of Science & Technology
 
 
Pennsylvania State University
 
Singapore Institute of Technology
 
Skoltech
 
Stevens Institute of Technology
 
Tsinghua University
 
University of Arkansas
 
University of Connecticut
 
University of Maryland
 
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
 
University of New South Wales, The, Canberra
 
University of Southern California
 
University of Texas at Dallas
 
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
 
Virginia Tech
 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute- WPI
 
 
 
 
 
C o r p o r a t e   A d v i s o r y   B o a r d   M e m b e r   O r g a n i z a t i o n s
 
Aerospace Corporation, The
 
Airbus Defense and Space
 
AM General LLC
 
Analog Devices, Inc.
 
Analytic Services
 
Australian Department of Defence
 
Aviation Industry Corporation of China
 
BAE Systems
 
Bechtel
 
Boeing Company, The
 
Bombardier Transportation
 
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
 
C.S. Draper Laboratory, Inc.
 
CACI International
 
Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
 
Change Vision, Inc.
 
Colorado State University Systems Engineering Programs
 
Cranfield University
 
Cubic
 
Cummins Inc.
 
Cybernet Systems Co, Ltd
 
Defense Acquisition University
 
Deloitte
 
Drexel University
 
Eindhoven University of Technology
 
EMBRAER
 
Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)
 
Ford Motor Company
 
Fundacao Ezute
 
General Dynamics
 
General Electric
 
General Motors
 
George Mason University
 
Georgia Institute of Technology
 
Honeywell International
 
IBM Corporation
 
Idaho National Laboratory
 
ISAE - Supaero
 
ISDEFE
 
ISID Engineering, LTD
 
iTiD Consulting, Ltd
 
Jacobs
 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 
John Deere
 
Johns Hopkins University
 
KBRwyle
 
KEIO University
 
L3 Technologies
 
Leidos
 
Lockheed Martin Corporation
 
Los Alamos National Laboratory
 
ManTech International Corporation
 
Maplesoft
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
MBDA (UK) Ltd
 
Medtronic, Inc.
 
Missouri University of Science & Technology
 
MITRE Corporation, The
 
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (Heavy Industries Group)
 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
 
National Security Agency Enterprise Systems
 
Naval Postgraduate School
 
Nissan Motor Co, Ltd
 
No Magic Inc.
 
Noblis
 
Northrop Grumman Corporation
 
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 
Pennylvania State University
 
PERA Global
 
Perspecta
 
Prime Solutions Group, Inc
 
Project Performance International (PPI)
 
Raytheon Corporation
 
Roche Diagnostics
 
Rolls-Royce
 
Saab AB
 
SAIC
 
Sandia National Laboratories
 
Shell
 
Siemens
 
Singapore Institute of Technology
 
Skoltech
 
SPEC Innovations
 
Stellar Solutions
 
Stevens Institute of Technology
 
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV)
 
Systems Planning and Analysis
 
Tetra Pak
 
Thales
 
TNO
 
Tsinghua University
 
UK MoD
 
United Technologies Corporation
 
University of Arkansas
 
University of Connecticut
 
University of Maryland
 
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
 
University of New South Wales, The, Canberra
 
University of Southern California
 
University of Texas at Dallas
 
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
 
US Department of Defense
 
Veoneer
 
Virginia Tech
 
Vitech Corporation
 
Volvo Construction Equipment
 
Woodward Inc
 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute- WPI
Editor-in-Chief

Clifford Whitcomb
NAval Postgraduate School
Systems Engineering
cawhitco@nps.edu

Deputy Editor

Rob Vingerhoeds 
ISAE-Supaéro France
rob.vingerhoeds@isae-supaero.fr

Managing Editor

Mary Vizzini
mhvizzini@hotmail.com
 
 
E d i t o r i a l   B o a r d
 
Vassilis Agouridas
AIRBUS Helicopters
vassilis.agouridas@airbus.com

Jaemyung Ahn
KAIST
jaemyung.ahn@kaist.ac.kr

Dennis Buede
Innovative Decisions Inc.
dbuede@innovativedecisions.com

Michel-Alexandre Cardin
Imperial College London
m.cardin@imperial.ac.uk

Darryl Farber
Penn State University
dlf112@psu.edu
Eberhard Gill
Technical University Delft
E.K.A.Gill@tudelft.nl

Alessandro Golkar 
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
a.golkar@skoltech.ru

Paulien Herder
Technical University Delft
P.M.Herder@tudelft.nl

Babak Heydari
Northeastern University
b.heydari@northeastern.edu

Keith W. Hipel
University of Waterloo, Canada
kwhipel@uwaterloo.ca

Daniel Krob
Ecole Polytechnique
dk@lix.polytechnique.fr
 
James Martin
Aerospace Corporation
James.N.Martin@aero.org

Gerrit Muller
University of South-Eastern Norway
gerrit.muller@gmail.com

Sarah A. Sheard
Carnegie Mellon University
sheard@seiNaNu.edu

Keiko Shimazu
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
keikosan.i@gmail.com

Eun Suk Suh
Seoul National University
essuh@snu.ac.kr

Zoe Szajnfarber
The George Washington University
zszajnfa@gwu.edu


Fei-Yue Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
feiyue@ieee.org

Ali Yassine
American University of Beirut
ay11@aub.edu.lb
Haifeng Zhu
 United Technologies Research Center
ZhuHF@utrc.utc.com
 
 
 
B o a r d   o f   D i r e c t o r s 
 
O f f i c e r s 
 
P r e s i d e n t
Garry Roedler, ESEP, Fellow
Lockheed Martin Corporation
S e c r e t a r y
Tina Srivastava
MIT and Gigavation
P r e s i d e n t   E l e c t
Kerry Lunney, ESEP
Thales Australia
T r e a s u r e r
René Oosthuizen
Monzé Consultants CC
 
 
A t - L a r g e   D i r e c t o r s 
 
Rachel LeBlanc, Marketing & Communications

Ryan Mortimer, IT
Lockheed Martin Corporation
 
Tat Soon Yeo, International Growth
Temasek Defence Systems Insitute
 
Bill Chown, Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Serge Landry, ESEP, Asia-Oceania Sector
 
Christine Kowalski, Operations Manager
 Gina Guillame-Joseph, ASEP, Outreach

Jonas Andersson, Strategy
Decisionware AB

Ariela Sofer, Academic Matters
 
Art Pyster, Strategic Integration
 
Tony Williams, ESEP, Americas Sector
 
Paul Schreinemakers, ESEP, EMEA Sector
 
Andy Pickard, Chief of Staff
 
 
T e c h n i c a l   D i r e c t o r 
David Endler, ESEP
Systems Engineering Consultant
 
Deputy Technical Director
Gretchen Peacock 
 
C o r p o r a t e   A d v i s o r y   B o a r d   C h a i r 
Zane Scott, ASEP
 
Corporate Advisory Board Co-Chair
Donald M. York, CSEP
 
 
M e m b e r s h i p
Eric Belle
Academic Council Organizations
Carnegie Mellon University
Software Engineering Institute
Colorado State University Systems Engineering Programs
Cranfield University
Drexel University
Eindhoven University of Technology
George Mason University
Georgia Institute of Technology
ISAE - Supaero
Johns Hopkins University
KEIO University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Missouri University of Science & Technology
 
Pennsylvania State University
Singapore Institute of Technology
Skoltech
Stevens Institute of Technology
Tsinghua University
University of Arkansas
University of Connecticut
University of Maryland
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of New South Wales, The, Canberra
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Dallas
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Virginia Tech
Worcester Polytechnic Institute- WPI
 
 
C o r p o r a t e   A d v i s o r y   B o a r d   M e m b e r   O r g a n i z a t i o n s
Aerospace Corporation, The
Airbus Defense and Space
AM General LLC
Analog Devices, Inc.
Analytic Services
Australian Department of Defence
Aviation Industry Corporation of China
BAE Systems
Bechtel
Boeing Company, The
Bombardier Transportation
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
C.S. Draper Laboratory, Inc.
CACI International
Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
Change Vision, Inc.
Colorado State University Systems Engineering Programs
Cranfield University
Cubic
Cummins Inc.
Cybernet Systems Co, Ltd
Defense Acquisition University
Deloitte
Drexel University
Eindhoven University of Technology
EMBRAER
Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)
Ford Motor Company
Fundacao Ezute
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
George Mason University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Honeywell International
IBM Corporation
Idaho National Laboratory
ISAE - Supaero
ISDEFE
ISID Engineering, LTD
iTiD Consulting, Ltd
Jacobs
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
John Deere
Johns Hopkins University
KBRwyle
KEIO University
L3 Technologies
Leidos
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Los Alamos National Laboratory
ManTech International Corporation
Maplesoft
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MBDA (UK) Ltd
Medtronic, Inc.
Missouri University of Science & Technology
MITRE Corporation, The
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (Heavy Industries Group)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Security Agency Enterprise Systems
Naval Postgraduate School
Nissan Motor Co, Ltd
No Magic Inc.
Noblis
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pennylvania State University
PERA Global
Perspecta
Prime Solutions Group, Inc
Project Performance International (PPI)
Raytheon Corporation
Roche Diagnostics
Rolls-Royce
Saab AB
SAIC
Sandia National Laboratories
Shell
Siemens
Singapore Institute of Technology
Skoltech
SPEC Innovations
Stellar Solutions
Stevens Institute of Technology
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV)
Systems Planning and Analysis
Tetra Pak
Thales
TNO
Tsinghua University
UK MoD
United Technologies Corporation
University of Arkansas
University of Connecticut
University of Maryland
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of New South Wales, The, Canberra
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Dallas
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
US Department of Defense
Veoneer
Virginia Tech
Vitech Corporation
Volvo Construction Equipment
Woodward Inc
Worcester Polytechnic Institute- WPI