Julio M. Ottino (NAE) is dean of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Northwestern University, and Distinguished Robert R. McCormick Institute Professor and Walter P.

Samantha Planas is a systems engineer at Fenwal and member of the INCOSE Chicagoland chapter as well as a current MEM student. In this post she shares an overview of systems engineering and offers ...

The lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi accident have focused on preventive measures designed to protect nuclear reactors, and crisis management plans. Although there is still no end in sight ...

For William Woodburn, a background in engineering was the perfect segue into a career in business. As founding partner of Global Infrastructure Partners, one of the world’s leading infrastructure ...

This is the simplest and easiest way to understand the concept and idea of creativity at merely the surface level. Creativity is unique in the way that it can be found anywhere in everyday life, even ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Birgitta Böckeler, Distinguished Engineer at ...

Engineering needs rigour to fix gender imbalances. By treating inclusion as a design challenge with intent and accountability, firms build better teams and more resilient system ...

Engineering is commonly thought of in terms of specialization and branches, and there is still a tendency to equate engineering and engineers with their products instead of the underlying thinking ...