Systems engineering expertise
by Vincent Ciccarello
UniSA’s Systems Engineering and Evaluation Centre (SEEC) has been recognised as a world-class centre of systems engineering by notching up an impressive list of achievements at this year’s symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) in Orlando, Florida, the premier world gathering of systems engineers and academics.
Systems engineering deals with the business and technical needs of customers with the goal of providing a quality product that meets the users needs.
Associate Professor Joseph Kasser was acknowledged as one of the world’s top systems engineering academics by being made a Fellow of INCOSE for his contribution to systems engineering as both practitioner and educator.
He and Associate Professor Amihud Hari also received the "Best Paper Award", the second year in a row SEEC’s academic staff have won the honour.
SEEC research staff wrote and presented six of the symposium’s 44 papers, second only to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (seven papers).
The INCOSE Australia Chapter, hosted by SEEC, received the prestigious Gold Circle Chapter Award for the second year in a row.
In addition, UniSA and Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, negotiated an agreement to cooperate in research and education and which has already produced a joint application to the US National Science Foundation’s graduate traineeship program.
"These programs give graduates the edge needed to become leaders in their chosen fields," Prof Kasser said.
The agreement will also allow UniSA to offer courses to Stevens postgraduates, increasing the number of non-residential overseas full-fee paying students at UniSA.