President
William Luk
BAE Systems
Bill Luk has served in various positions in systems engineering for BAE Systems for 23 years following a career in the Army Signal Corps for 26 years. He presently supports company SE process, training, and education, and MBE in the Electronics Sector. His experience is with systems engineering for sensors, network management, Link-16, and army communications programs. Bill was an while being a SE Director for 2 product Ines and Chief of Staff of a 100 SE group. Bill has a BS concentrating in EE from USMA and an MSEE from Naval Post Graduate School, and taught EE at USMA. Bill is currently serving as the BAE Systems North America POC for NDIA SE and AIA Engineering committees. Bill lives in Amherst, NH.
Vice President
Amro Farid
Stevens Institute of Technology
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Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair Professor in Economics of Engineering — School of Systems and Enterprises Stevens Institute of Technology
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Visiting Scientist – CSIRO
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Visiting Professor — MIT Mechanical Engineering
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CEO of Engineering Systems Analytics LLC
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Chair of IEEE Smart Cities R&D Committee
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Co-Chair of IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Intelligent Industrial Systems
Prof. Amro M. Farid is the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair Professor in Economics of Engineering at the School of Systems and Enterprises at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He is also a Visiting Scientist at CSIRO – Australia’s National Science Agency, a Visiting Professor at MIT Mechanical Engineering, and CEO of Engineering Systems Analytics LLC. Dr. Amro M. Farid is an 𝐌𝐈𝐓 and 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 (𝐔𝐊) educated systems engineering expert in the fields of energy, infrastructure, defense, manufacturing, chemical, automotive, and semiconductor sectors. He leads the Laboratory for Intelligent Integrated Networks of Engineering Systems (LIINES) and has has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications and 140 invited presentations in Smart Power Grids, Hydrogen-Energy-Water Nexus, Electrified Transportation Systems, Industrial Production & Supply Chain Energy Management, Smart Cities, Regions & Nations.
As an Environment and Greenhouse Gases Specialist, he designed and implemented Air Liquide’s Worldwide Environmental Management System and was the lead technical advocate for Air Liquide’s position on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. In 2010, he began his academic career as a visiting scholar at the MIT Technology Development Program and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (UAE). He is known outside of the classroom as having 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐋𝐋𝐂 which is a consultancy startup delivering automation, operations research, and big data analytics solutions to the domains of smart power grids, water distribution, transportation, manufacturing, and sustainable health. In 2021, he became a Fulbright Future Scholar to investigate the energy-water-hydrogen nexus in Australia.
Dr. Farid is 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, and 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 not only in his academic research but also with industry and the public. He has made active contributions to the MIT-Masdar Institute Collaborative Initiative, the MIT Future of the Electricity Grid Study, and the IEEE Control System Society Smart Grid Vision. He currently serves as Chair of the IEEE Smart Cities R&D Technical Activities Committee, and Co-Chair of the IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics (SMC) Technical Committee on Intelligent Industrial Systems. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the ASME and INCOSE.
Treasurer
Shamsnaz Bhada
WPI
Shamsnaz Virani Bhada is an Assistant Professor in Systems Engineering Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She earned her Ph.D.in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The University of Alabama at Huntsville.
Prior to joining WPI, Dr. Bhada worked at The Pennsylvania State University and The University of Texas at El Paso building her research and teaching portfolio in systems engineering. Dr. Bhada’s research interests include Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Systems Engineering Education and Engineering and Public Policy.
She is a founding member of Empowering Women as Leaders in Systems Engineering (EWLSE) and is leading the Social Systems working group at the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). Since 2008, her research as received funding from National Science foundation, Veterans Affairs, MITRE and Department of Defense.
She has authored or Co-Authored peer reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings and has had national and international speaking engagements in the form of conference or webinars. She was awarded the Texas STEM Award for Leadership in Engineering Education in 2015 for her contributions to developing a four-year engineering curriculum in a public charter school.
Secretary
Michael Tymm
C.S. Draper Laboratory
Mike Tymm is a Principal Systems/Software Engineer with over 30 years of experience as an individual contributor, manager and director in the design and development of medical devices in addition to defense work on Army and Air Force programs. Mike has worked for an Army R&D center, GE Aerospace (Over-the-Horizon radar), Siemens Medical (patient monitors), Summit Technology/Alcon (laser vision correction), Hemedex (measuring blood flow in tissue for reconstructive and transplant surgery as well as for brain injury monitoring and treatment), Corindus Vascular Robotics/Siemens Healthineers (robotic vascular surgery) and Vicarious Surgical (robotic general surgery).
He has a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT, 1983), a Masters of Science in Computer Systems Engineering from Northeastern University (1992), has taken many computer and premed courses at Harvard Extension School, and a professional certificate program in Architecture and System Engineering from MIT (2018). He has been a member of INCOSE since 2018 and continues as secretary of the INCOSE NE chapter since 2019.
His passion is applying system engineering to startup medical device companies developing high quality, safe, reliable and effective products and the application of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) towards this end.
Director
Peter Huie
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
As Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships at WPI, Peter has opened many doors of collaboration between industry and academia. He is passionate about helping corporations achieve high levels of innovation and productivity through WPI’s cutting-edge research, educational and training programs, and access to the university’s talented students and faculty. Peter has been successful at helping companies transition from Systems Engineering awareness to expertise in the field, by facilitating and developing tailored Systems Engineering degree programs for their engineers. He has also been influential with the development of custom Systems Engineering short courses and technical training, based on the needs of industry. Peter has been an INCOSE member since 2011.
Director
Madhu Rao, Ph.D.
Belcan Engineering, LLC
Dr. Rao joined INCOSE in 2015. With an undergraduate and graduate education in Chemical Engineering, he shaped himself as a strong Systems Engineer at UTC Power working on the design, development and engineering of fuel cell power plants for over 8 years. Skills that he acquired help him transition seamlessly into Aerospace industry and he currently serves as a Section Leader for the Systems & Software Engineering group at Belcan Engineering, leading a team of over 130 professionals in the development of aerospace systems.
Dr. Rao has over 16 years of product design and engineering experience in diverse areas such as polyester manufacturing units, refinery process modeling and optimization, fuel cell power plants and aerospace systems. The underlying thread seaming through these areas of his experience is systems engineering. His current interests lie in supporting the growth of Systems & Software discipline at Belcan with special emphasis on continuous learning and training. With his engagement in INCOSE, Dr. Rao would like to expand his outreach in the Systems Engineering community through networking with experts and help grow the community and the discipline.
Dr. Rao earned a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, NY.
Director
Brian M. Sheehan
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.
Brian is a Systems Engineer at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., a not-for-profit research and development institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He specializes in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods as well as the execution of Systems Engineering (SE) activities from concept to deployment for new technologies in aerospace systems. He has been a member of the Draper team since June 2019. In his primary role Brian supports Draper’s largest U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) customer, the Department of the Navy, as a Systems Engineering Lead for Reentry Flight Systems and as a MBSE Subject Matter Expert for Strategic Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems. Brian also supports other DoD and Strategic Programs in standing up MBSE framework and the curation of system models and model data. He is a thought leader for Draper’s Digital Engineering Roadmap and consults R&D proposal submittals in the field of Digital Engineering.
Brian’s enthusiasm for Systems Engineering continues beyond his professional role. He was recently appointed to the International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE)’s New England Chapter Board of Directors. In that role, he provides and collects insight on Systems Engineering across industry and academia. Additionally, he enjoys mentoring new staff and students in the discipline and is regularly emphasizing systems thinking and the importance of good verifiable requirements. Brian is committed to thought sharing and cultivating an inclusive workspace to arrive at the best solution possible for customers. Brian also engages with academia and is a member of a Draper working group dedicated to strengthening ties between Draper and top engineering universities across the country.
Prior to joining Draper, Brian was a Performance and Diagnostics Engineer for Belcan Engineering LLC, an outsourcing firm headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio. Brian joined the Windsor Connecticut team in May 2016 and was partnered with Belcan’s main customer in that area, Pratt & Whitney. In that role Brian developed and executed performance simulations for Pratt’s Next Generation Propulsion Family (NGPF) of engines to understand new engine design, test data anomalies, and fielded system performance. Additionally, he developed and tested system health diagnostics algorithms for predictive maintenance and sustainment of Pratt’s F135 military engines.
Education wise, Brian received a Master’s of Engineering in Advanced Systems Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2019. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor’s of Art in German which were both awarded in 2016 from the University of Connecticut.
Director
Amy Thompson, Ph.D
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology
Dr. Thompson joined INCOSE in 2008 and has been teaching systems engineering and coordinating systems engineering education programs for 14 years at the University of New Haven and most recently, at the University of Connecticut. Over the past 28 years, she has held engineering and management positions in several industries, including gaming, agricultural chemicals, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, software, building energy efficiency, and engineering consulting. Her current research focuses on applying an MBSE approach for designing complex products, manufacturing systems, manufacturing facilities, maintenance and support systems, and supply chains.
Dr. Thompson's systems engineering education interests lie in developing effective online systems engineering teaching programs, developing best practices for teaching systems engineering at the graduate level, and developing best practices for infusing systems engineering education into undergraduate engineering curriculum. She earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering, and Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. She currently works as the Associate Director at the UConn Pratt & Whitney Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering directing the graduate education programs and outreach activities. She also leads the SmartBuildings CT program at UConn and serves as the Operations Director for the new US Department of Energy Industrial Assessment Center at UConn. Her research and projects have been funded by the Navy NIUVT program, AFRL, Pratt & Whitney, US Department of Energy, Eversource, and United Illuminating-Avangrid.
