Women in Science & Technology :Samantha Brown

Ada Lovelace Day Pledge

For the Ada Lovelace 2010 Day, I pledged to write a blog on a woman in science and technology who has inspired me.

For me, an inspirational woman in science and technology is Samantha Brown, president of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).

Samatha Brown at Cranfield University, Systems Engineering Presentation

What is Systems Engineering

"Systems Engineering is an engineering discipline. It creates and executes an interdisciplinary process that ensures customer and stakeholder's needs are satisfied in a high quality, trustworthy, cost efficient and schedule compliant manner throughout a system's entire life cycle."

The complexity involved in the above definition can be decomposed, the decomposed elements retained, managed and controlled within the systems engineering.

"Engineers are now taking functionalities from human and placing them in machine. Embedding decision making in systems" - Professor Philip John, Head of Department, Systems Engineering, Cranfield University.

Samantha Brown as president of INCOSE, wants to increase awareness and application of systems engineering in everyday life and in schools...










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