UCL CENTRE FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

UCL Centre for Systems Engineering

• About Us
• Courses
• Research
  • Systems Modelling and Optimisation
  • Risk Modelling and Management
  • Technology Planning
  • Project Management
  • Defining Systems Engineering
• Consultancy

Research

We conduct research projects sponsored by research councils, the Technology Strategy Board, and industry. We have experience in working in a broad range of industry sectors including aerospace, transport, defence, energy, health and pharmaceuticals. Wherever there are complex systems, whether 'hard' technology-based systems or 'soft' human-based systems, we are interested in understanding how to make them work better. Across the different industry sectors, we have five broad research themes:

We have five research themes:

• Systems Modelling and Optimisation - System dynamic modelling, Cost-benefit analysis, Soft Systems Methodology, Intelligent systems, Adaptive modelling.
• Risk Modelling and Management - System failure, System integrity, Risk management, Decision making under uncertainty.
• Technology Planning - Technology maturity, Technology roadmapping, Scenario planning, Game theory, Technology valuation, Technology decision making.
• Project Management - Causes of failure in technology projects, Management of special projects where normal project management approaches do not apply, Sources and consequences of variability within projects.
• Defining Systems Engineering - Systems engineering competencies, Principles for systems engineering management, Systems engineering standards and terminology, Relationship between systems engineering and project management, Scope of systems engineering, Value of systems engineering, Definition of Systems Architecture.