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5 Engineering Disasters That Could’ve Been Prevented with Systems Thinking

  What is Systems Thinking? According to the latest paper by WPI professors Jamie Monat and Thomas Gannon, it’s an approach to engineering that incorporates the full context of the problem at hand. And it might have helped avoid some of the most notorious disasters in engineering history. Here’s a summary of five catastrophes Monat…Continue Reading 5 Engineering Disasters That Could’ve Been Prevented with Systems Thinking

Engineer’s Corner: Systems Engineering & Motorcycle Safety

  • Publication date September 6, 2017
  • Categories: Hot Topics

by Don S. Gelosh, PhD, CSEP-Acq Motorcycling season is in full swing here in Virginia: one of the reasons I enjoy living in the Commonwealth. Sunny mornings, warm afternoons, and lots of twisty roads with a thousand smells of freedom. Anyone who has ridden a motorcycle understands what I am saying. Earlier this summer, as…Continue Reading Engineer’s Corner: Systems Engineering & Motorcycle Safety

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