Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Future of Systems Engineering Education

Dear Colleagues,

Systems Engineering is a growing field of activity, concerned with the design, development and conservation of complex socio-technical systems. Systems engineering can be applied in a diverse assortment of domains, ranging from complex systems applying recently developed technologies to organisations and systems developed to provide bespoke and carefully targeted support. Systems engineers need to engage with stakeholders and determine appropriate technologies to design and apply balanced solutions to challenges. In a world of emerging technologies, and emerging ambitions for what can be achieved with those technologies, the specific knowledge required by systems engineers changes continually. This generates challenges for educators. Systems engineering educators need to provide prospective systems engineers with the knowledge and resources to engage with specialists in many fields, to ask the right questions about needs and technologies, and to understand the answers in a way that enables them to propose appropriate system designs, management and interventions, maximising the benefit provided by the systems with which they work.

These needs demand a reflection on the current state of systems engineering education, and the proposal of a future curriculum and methods that will enable the development of graduates who are well prepared to work in a profession which is continually using novel methods to examine challenges which are as yet unaddressed.

Prof. Dr. William T. Scherer
Dr. Timothy Ferris
Dr. Oleg Pavlov
Prof. Dr. Dinesh Verma
Guest Editors

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