Systems Design and Engineering: Facilitating Multidisciplinary Development Projects

Systems Engineering is gaining importance in the high-tech industry. The development of present-day systems like Digital Single-Lens Reflex cameras, Medical Imaging scanners, Industrial Production systems, and Traffic guidance systems require new ways of working that can deal with uncertainty in the early phases of development. Systems engineering is that needed approach. While it is widely applied in space and aircraft engineering, the systems engineering approach is often seen as an administrative burden. Yet, the essence of systems engineering is quite simple. This book treats this essence and provides several tools for application in systems development.

Systems Design and Engineering: Facilitating Multidisciplinary Development Projects, Second Edition, with its additions and updates, including the tools chapter, a new section on running projects, and many new exercises, continues to be the go-to resource for all complex systems designing.

Designed as a concise guide, this resource introduces systems design and engineering to engineers, designers, and those new to the field of complex systems design. It acts as a foundational toolkit for Systems Engineers, offering essential insights and practical knowledge to support their work.

Maarten Bonnema, a full professor in Systems Engineering and Multidisciplinary Design at the University of Twente in The Netherlands, specializes in advancing Systems Engineering competence for the high-tech industry. He applies a systems perspective to critical areas such as energy transition and electric mobility. In addition to his academic role, Dr. Bonnema is an industry trainer and has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific publications, general articles, two course books, and several patents. With more than two decades of academic experience and a strong background in the high-tech industry, his goal is to enhance the adoption of Systems Engineering in multidisciplinary development environments.

Jan Broenink is an emeritus associate professor of Embedded Control Systems and Program Director of the MSc program Robotics at the University of Twente, having set up this MSc program. He teaches Robot Software Design and Systems Engineering, using the latter methods for doing and supervising MSc final projects. Research interests are robot-software architectures and real-time software for Robotics, using Systems Engineering approaches in multidisciplinary systems design in the area of robotics.