John Vail Farr, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
Office:
School of Systems and Enterprises Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030 Tel: 201-216-8103/8025
Fax: 201-216-5541 Email: [email protected]
Home:
4 Braden Place
Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY 12520 Tel: 845-534-7142 (H)
914-213-2444 (C) Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION, REGISTRAT
EDUCATION, REGISTRAT ION, SOCIETIES, AND ION, SOCIETIES, AND AWARDSAWARDS
Education
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 1986, Ph.D. Civil Engineering
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; 1981, M.S. Civil Engineering, Major- Geotechnical Engineering
• Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; 1979, B.S. Civil Engineering, Major- Structural Engineering
• Hinds Junior College, Raymond, MS; 1975, A.A.S. Drafting and Design Technology
• U. S. Army Command and General Staff College (Correspondence Program),
• Fort Leavenworth, KS; 1989-91
Professional Registration and/or Certification
• Registered Civil Engineer in the State of Mississippi, 1985, Registration No: 09388
• Registered Civil Engineer in the State of New York, 1996, Registration No: 073921
Professional or Technical Societies/Organizations
• International Council on Systems Engineering, Member (since 1999)
• American Society for Engineering Education, Member (since 1994)
• American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM), Fellow (since 2002),
• Member (since 1994)
• Military Operations Research Society, Member (since 1994)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Fellow (since 1999)
• Member (since 1978)
• International Society of Logistics (SOLE), Member Board of Advisors (2002-2003)
Honorary, Scientific, and Engineering Societies Awards and Special Recognition
• Chosen by the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) to be their first ABET sponsored program evaluator in systems engineering
• Henry Morton Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2007 through 2008
• Bernard R. Sarchet Award, Engineering Management Division, ASEE, 2006
• Appointment of Membership to the Air Force Studies Board of the National Academies, 2006
• Franklin W. B. Woodbury Service Award, ASEM, 2005
• Appointment of Membership to the Army Science Board, 2004
• Bernard R. Sarchet Award, ASEM, 2004
• Merl Baker Award, Engineering Management Division, ASEE, 2004
• Founding Member Epsilon Mu Eta (honorary Engineering Management), 2002
• Fellow, ASEM, 2002
• Appointment as a consultant to the Army Science Board, 2002
• Meritorious Civilian Service Award, 2000
• Fellow, ASCE, 1999
• Superior Civilian Service Award, 1997
• Phi Kappa Phi (national honor society), U. S. Military Academy, 1994
• President of Chi Epsilon Fraternity (Civil Engineering honor society), Mississippi State University, 1979
• Chi Epsilon, Mississippi State University, 1978
Miscellaneous
• Accreditation Board of Engineering Technology (ABET) Program Evaluator (since 2009)
Security Clearance
• Secret (since 1983)
• Top Secret/SBI (1990 – 2002)
WORK EXPERIENCE WORK EXPERIENCE
Academic
3/2007 to Present. Professor of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management and Associate Dean for Academics, School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE), Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point on the Hudson, Hoboken, New Jersey
Position Description
Evolved the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM) into a new school for focused on systems and enterprise solutions. Responsible for all academic (undergraduate and graduate) programs for the new school. Responsible for the professional development and supervision of all tenured and tenure track faculty. Oversees all aspects of program content, admissions, curricula content, assessment, accreditation (ABET and Middle States) etc., for the new school. Also serves as program director for the Engineering Management (EM) family of programs.
Serves on the leadership team and involved in all operational and business development aspects of a 50 plus person organization with research and graduate revenue in excess of $20M annually.
Achievements
• Integrated new graduate degrees to include Enterprise Systems, Space Systems Engineering, and Financial and Software Engineering into the SSE family of programs,
• Responsible for all undergraduate and graduate program content and assessment in the new school,
• Oversaw the supervision and professional development and hiring of tenure and tenure track faculty,
• Helped develop new processes, web, literature, etc., for the SSE,
• Served as the primary point of contact for all international and dual degree programs,
• Developed support infrastructure, positions, and processes for over 1000 graduate students,
• Lead all accreditation efforts for the new school to include Middle States (2008) and ABET (2009),
• Oversaw the business operations of the school to include developing a student and faculty support center, admissions, billing, etc., and
• Served as the Henry Morton Distinguished Teaching Professor for 2007 to 2008.
Courses Taught
• E 101 Engineering Seminar
• E 421 Engineering Economic Design
• EM 270 Management of Engineering and Technology
• EM 620 Engineering Cost Management (web and executive format)
7/2000 to 3/2007. Professor of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management and Founding Director of the Department of SEEM, Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point on the Hudson, Hoboken, New Jersey
Position Description
Served as the founding director for a new department focused on systems engineering and engineering management. Duties include coordinating curriculum content, research, counseling, assessment, faculty and support staff hiring and supervision, accreditation, and developing new graduate programs for the telecommunications, financial services, chemical, and consulting companies regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Achievements
• Lead the design of the curriculum and marketed six new graduate certificates, two new masters, and two PhD programs in SEEM including web, regional, and executive versions of the programs,
• Oversaw the hiring of thirty new diverse faculty and the recruiting of about twenty adjuncts/research faculty,
• Developed marketing material to include printed and department web site,
• Developed nationally and internationally recognized programs in Systems Engineering (currently the largest program in the U.S) and Engineering Management1,
• Received 6-year ABET accreditation and ASEM certification of EM graduate programs in 2004,
• Transformed the undergraduate EM program from a manufacturing theme to one focused on services by introducing five new courses,
• Lead the development of an interdisciplinary undergraduate program in Information Systems Engineering,
• Helped raise over $2M in funding for new office facilities,
• Developed executive education, web, regional, and on campus graduate programs that grew from 0 to over $6M in six years,
• Received the ASEM award for Academic Excellence for Leadership of Engineering and Technical Management for Undergraduate Programs (Best Undergraduate Program in 2001, 2003, Runner Up 2005), ASEM award for the Outstanding Student Chapter (2001, 2005, 2006), and
• Presidential Merit Award for Excellence in Logistics Education from the International Society of Logistics (2002).
Courses Taught
• E 101 Engineering Seminar
• E 421 Engineering Economic Design
• EM 302 Management of Engineering Design II
• EM 355 Engineering Economics
• H 184 Research Seminar II
• EM/SYS 611 Modeling and Simulation (executive, web, and traditional formats)
• EM/SYS 612 Project Management of Complex Systems (executive format)
1 From September 2001 through the spring of 2005 over 600 students have been enrolled in graduate programs or training classes.
7/97 to 7/2000. Professor (promoted in the Spring of 2000) and Associate Professor (promoted in the Spring of 1995) of Engineering Management and Director, Engineering Management Program, Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York Position Description
Performed professional functions to include coordinating curriculum content, research, and academic student evaluations and counseling. Planned, developed, evaluated, and taught upper-level courses in systems engineering, engineering management, and operations research. Program Director‘s duties include responsibility for accreditation, course content, and supervision of the faculty.
Achievements
• Served in the rating chain for up to eleven military officers between the rank of CPT and LTC,
• Developed and funded real-world capstone experiences for the Engineering Management Program (EMP) majors with private and government clients,
• Enrollments doubled from around 20 in 1996 to graduating between 40 and 60 majors a year in 2000 – the largest undergraduate major at USMA during 2000,
• Student evaluations of teaching exceeded department and Academy average for all courses taught since 1992,
• Served on the USMA admissions committee and was responsible for admissions for the U.S Military Point Preparatory School,
• Actively involved in athletics to include recruiting, served as Vice President of the Army Hockey Association, and served as the academic officer for the Army Lightweight Football Team, and
• Received the ASEM award for Academic Excellence for Leadership of Engineering and Technical Management for Undergraduate Programs (1999).
Courses Taught
• SE381 Engineering Economy
• SE387 Deterministic Models
• SE388 Probabilistic Models
• SE421 Engineering Management Applications and Practices
7/94 to 7/97. Associate Professor of Engineering Management, Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Position Description
Performed professional functions to include curriculum and course development, research, and academic student evaluations and counseling. Planned, developed, evaluated, and taught upper-level courses in systems engineering, engineering management, and operations research. Assisted in accreditation and program content for the EMP.
Achievements
• Helped establish an ASEM student chapter,
• Conceived and funded a facility to conduct infrastructure research to support the EMP,
• Actively involved in the Middle States accreditation process,
• Served on the USMA and U.S. Military Academy Prep School admissions committees,
• Actively involved in athletics to include recruiting and serving as the academic officer for the Judo club, and
• Participated in a successful ABET study in 1996.
Courses Taught:
• SE381 Engineering Economy
• SE387 Deterministic Models
• SE388 Probabilistic Models
• SE420 Production Operations and Systems
• SE421 Engineering Management Applications and Practices
• SE489 Advanced Individual Study in Systems Engineering
• SE491 Research Project in Systems Engineering
9/92 to 7/94. Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Position Description
Served as an Assistant Professor whose duties included teaching upper-level courses in systems engineering, engineering management, and operations research. Conducted curriculum development, research, academic student evaluations, and counseling.
Achievements
• The appointment in 1992 resulted in being the first permanent civilian professor in the Departments of Engineering and Systems Engineering at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point,
• Received ASEM Award for Academic Excellence for Leadership of Engineering and Technical Management for undergraduate programs (1992), and
• Participated in the civilianization of the USMA faculty to include contributing to the development of criteria for promotion and tenure, sabbatical criteria, etc.
Courses Taught:
• SE387 Deterministic Models
• SE388 Probabilistic Models
• SE489 Advanced Individual Study in Systems Engineering
8/82 to 5/83. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Position Description
Served as laboratory instructor for undergraduate courses in Civil Engineering. Duties included designing laboratory experiments, maintaining equipment, teaching, and student evaluations.
Courses Taught
• Field Sampling and Laboratory Testing
• Civil Engineering and Dynamic Measurements
1/80 to 8/81. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Position Description
Served as a grader for undergraduate courses in Civil Engineering.
Industrial
8/98 to Present. Farr Engineering and Management Consulting, Cornwall On Hudson, NY
Conducts modeling, database analysis, research and development portfolio analysis, and decision supports systems for a wide variety of corporate and government clients. Clients have included Jefferson Insurance Group (database mining), West Point Underwriters (database mining) and Toffler and Associates (portfolio management). Also associated with Assett Inc., Manassas, Virginia, which specializes in Systems Engineering (from 2002-2006), and Innovative Decision Inc., Reston, Virginia (as of March 2004). Currently consulting efforts are focused on infrastructure management and life cycle costing of complex systems.
5/98 to 8/98. U.S. Army Chief Information Office, Strategic and Advanced Computing Center, Washington, DC
Conducted research to develop models to quantify and assess the physical and telecommunications infrastructure for the Department of the Army. These models were used in a large decision support system to study resource tradeoffs.
5/93 to 8/93. Office of the Secretary of Defense, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Washington, DC Conducted research to develop optimization techniques for evaluating joint force structure for resource allocation studies and force design.
10/88 to 9/92. Team Leader, Combat Engineering and Simulations Group, Mobility Systems Division, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Responsible for the marketing, planning, direction, and conducting of major studies in the field of combat modeling and computer simulations. Managerial efforts involved the technical supervision of eight to ten professionals. Other duties included marketing programs to senior Army management, responsible for a $2M budget for the organization, and technical oversight of a $1.7M direct allotted basic and applied research program in the area of mobility. Typical work included the development and modifications of existing combat simulation models and mobility analysis of military equipment.
12/84 to 10/88. Research Civil Engineer, Geomechanics Division, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Worked as a senior project engineer in the research, development, and application studies in the field of soil dynamics as related to the response of the earth and buried structures under explosive loading.
Typical assignments were to design and direct material properties investigations and develop theoretical and/or computer codes to model the response of the earth or structures to dynamic loadings from conventional or nuclear sources.
5/83 to 12/84. Civil Engineer, Vicksburg District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Worked as a project geotechnical engineer in the design, evaluation, and construction of flood control structures. Performed cost and economic analysis and design work in the area of earthquake engineering of earthen dams.
8/82 to 5/83. Consulting Engineer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Employed by several local engineering firms on a part-time basis to perform consulting services such as machine vibration analysis and laboratory testing.
7/81 to 8/82. Project Engineer, McClelland Engineers Inc., Houston, Texas
Worked as a project geotechnical engineer in the offshore division. Duties included penetration studies for offshore jackup rigs and foundation analysis for fixed offshore structures. Served in a supervisory capacity for up to 20 employees in both the U. S. and Saudi Arabia. Marketed and supervised projects that typically cost clients between $20k to $100k per day (1983 dollars).
5/80 to 8/80. Civil Engineer, Northern Testing Laboratories, Boise, Idaho
Worked as a summer employee with duties that included supervision of field investigation and the design of conventional foundations and earth dams. Performed supervisory functions for two employees.
1/76 to 12/79. Student Trainee, Vicksburg District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Worked as a student trainee in the cooperative education program. Duties included structural design, construction inspection, evaluation of existing structures, construction management, and the review of plans and specifications.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICA
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICA TIONS TIONS
Books
1. Merino, Donald M., and Farr, John V., Engineering Management Handbook, Editors, Published by ASEM, July 2009.
2. Farr, John V., Systems Life Cycle Costing: Economic Analysis, Estimation, and Management, under development, expected date of publishing, July 2009.
3. Griffis, Fletcher H., and Farr, John V., Construction Planning for Engineers, McGraw Hill Inc., October, 1999.
Book Chapters
1. Kotnour, Timothy, and Farr, John V., “Chapter ?: Engineering Management – Past, Present and Future,” ASEM Handbook, expected date of publishing, July 2009.
2. Kljajić, Miroljub, and Farr, John V., “The Role of Systems Engineering in the Development of Information Systems,“ Strategic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Edited M. Gordon Hunter, 4 Volumes, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, June 2009.
3. Jiang, Wei, and Farr, John V., “Chapter 3: Process Control for Quality Improvement,”
Handbook of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Editor, Adedeji B. Badiru, CRC Press, December, 2005.
Refereed Publications in Journals of Professional or Technical Societies
Infrastructure Systems1. Ramirez-Marquez, Jose Emmanuel, and Farr, John V., “Decision-making Approach for Catastrophic Scenario Selection in Disaster Recovery Planning,” International Journal of Decision Support and System Technology, Volume 1, Number 2, pp 36-51, April - June, 2009.
2. Day, Thomas, Farr, John, V., and Koeller, Charles T, “A Systems Approach in the Analysis for Outsourcing Publicly Owned Treatment Works,” Journal of Public Works Management and Policy, accepted for publication April 2008.
3. Carroll, Lora M., Farr, John V., and Trainor, Timothy, “Weighted Scoring Model for Resource Allocation in Post-Conflict Reconstruction.” Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp 169-177, September 2008.
4. Ezell, Barry C. and, Farr, John V., “An Infrastructure Risk Analysis of a Municipal Water Distribution System,” Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp 114-117, September 2000.
5. Ezell, Barry C., Farr, John V., and Wiese, Ian D., “The Infrastructure Risk Analysis Model,” Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp 118-122, September 2000.
6. Lind, Elizabeth A., and Farr, John V., “Resource Allocation for Army Installation Management,” Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 87-92, December, 1997.
7. O’Hara, Thomas E., Kays, James L., and Farr, John V., “The Installation Status Report,”
Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 87-92, June, 1997.
Education and Training
8. Farr, John V. and Brazil, Donna M., “Developing the Leadership Skills Needed for Technical Based Organizations in the Global Economy,” Engineering Management Journal, American Society of Engineering Management, Invited Paper for Special Edition on Engineering Leadership, Vol 21, No. 1, pp 9-14, March 2009.
9. Kotnour, Timothy, and Farr, John V.,” Engineering Management – History, Trends, and Professional Issues,” IEEE Engineering Management Review2, Volume 33, Number 3, Third Quarter 2005, pgs 39-52.
10. Verma, Dinesh, Farr, John V., and Johannesen, Line H., “System Training Metrics and Measures: A Key Operational Effectiveness Imperative,” INCOSE Journal on Systems Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp 238 - 248, 2003.
11. Farr, John V., and Buede, Dennis, “Systems Engineering and Engineering Management:
Keys to the Efficient Development of Products and Services,” Engineering Management Journal, American Society of Engineering Management, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp 3 – 11, September 2003.
12. Farr, John V., and Buede, Dennis, “Systems Engineering and Engineering Management:
Keys to the Efficient Development of Products and Services,” IEEE Engineering Management Review, Volume 32, Number 1, First Quarter 2004, pgs 49-56.
13. Farr, John V., and Merino, Donald M., “Educating Entry Level Engineers: Are Broad- based Business/Management Skills a Key to Sustaining the U.S. Innovation Based Economy?”
International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp 252 - 259, 2003.
14. Farr, John V., and Verma, Dinesh, “Training Issues Associated With COTS-Based Information Intensive Systems,” Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 26, No. 9, pp 442-452, 2002.
15. Farr, John V., Lee, Marc A., Metro, Richard P., and Sutton, James P., “Using a Systematic Engineering Design Process to Conduct Engineering Management Capstone Projects,”
Educational Brief, Journal of Engineering Education, American Society of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp 193–197, April, 2001.
2 The IEEE Engineering Management Review (EMR) is a collection of the best papers from refereed journals on engineering management. A committee reviews all of the relevant publications and chooses the best refereed articles for publication. The two IEEE, EMR articles referenced are essentially reproductions of the similarly named articles.
16. Bowman, Bruce A., and Farr, John V., “Embedding Leadership In Civil Engineering Education,” Journal of Professional Issues and Engineering Education, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126, No. 1, pp 16-20, January, 2000.
17. Farr, John V., and Bowman, Bruce A., “Why ABET Accredited Programs are Important to the Engineering Management Profession,” Engineering Management Journal, American Society of Engineering Management, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp 7-13, December, 1999.
18. Farr, John V., Walesh, Stuart G., and Forsythe, George B., “Leadership Development for Engineering Managers” Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp 38-41, May, 1997.
19. Farr, John V., and Sullivan, James F., “Re-Thinking Training in the 90s,” Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp 29-33, May/June, 1996.
General Engineering Management/Systems Engineering
20. Kljajić, Miroljub, and Farr, John V., “A System View of Systems Engineering and a System Approach to Information Systems Development,” Invited Paper for the Inaugural Issue of the International Journal of Information Technology and Systems Analysis, Vol 1(1), 49-63, January- June 2007.
21. Jain, Rashmi, Farr, John V., and Verma, Dinesh, “A Taxonomy and Holistic Approach to Risk Assessment of Network-Centric Systems,” Journal of the Operational Research Society of India, Vol. 42, No. 2, June 2005.
22. Kotnour, Timothy, and Farr, John V., ” Engineering Management – History, Trends, and Professional Issues,” Engineering Management Journal, American Society of Engineering Management, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp 15-26, March 2005.
23. Farr, John V., Johnson, William, R., Birmingham, Robert P., “A Multi Tiered Approach to Army Acquisition.” Defense Acquisition Review Journal, pp 234-246, April-July, 2005.
24. Farr, John V., “Commodities and Value Based Pricing of Engineering Services,” Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp 224-228, October, 2001.
25. Farr, John V., and LeBoeuf, Eugene J., “Simple Services Inc: A Case Study in Ownership Transition for a Small Consulting Company,” Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp 68-77, May 2000.
Quantitative
26. Kobylski, Gerald C., Buede, Dennis M, and Farr, John V., and Peters, Douglas
“The Use of Dynamic Decision Networks to Increase Situational Awareness in a Networked Battle Command,” Journal of Military Operations Research, Accepted for the Special Issue on Value- Focused Thinking Applied to the Challenges of the Long War, Volume 12, Number 2, November, 2007.
27. Jiang, Wei and Farr, John V., “Integration of Statistical Process Control and Engineering Process Control for Quality Improvement”, Journal of Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 345 - 363, 2007.
28. Farr, John V., "Evaluating One-Dimensional Loading Rate Effects," Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 119-135, January, 1990.
29. Farr, John V., and Woods, Richard D., "A Device for Evaluating One-Dimensional Compression Loading Rate Effects," American Society for Testing and Materials, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 269-275, December, 1988.
Product Development/Engineering Management
30. Ganguly, Anirban, Nilchiani, Roshanak and Farr, John, V., “Quantifying Agility in Corporate Enterprises,” International Journal of Production Economics, accepted December 2008 with final revisions.
Studies of Significant National Interest
1. National Research Council of the National Academies, “Pre-Milestone A Systems Engineering - A Retrospective Review and Benefits for Future Air Force Systems Acquisition,” Air Force Studies Board, Co-Lead Author for Chapter 1 and Lead Author for Appendix C, August 2007.
Publications in Refereed Conference Proceedings
1. Ganguly, Anirban, Nilchiani, Roshanak, and Farr, John V., “Using a Systems Process to Access the Potential for Disruptive Technology, Conference on Systems Engineering Research, University of Southern California, October 2008.
2. Ganguly, Anirban, Nilchiani, Roshanak, and Farr, John V., “Using Metrics to Assess the Disruptiveness of a Technology,” 28th Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Chattanooga, TN, October 2007.
3. Farr, John V., Hole, Eirik, and Gully, John, “Systems Approach to the Army’s Evolving Role in Support of Civil Authorities,” 27th Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Huntsville, AL, October, 2006 (Session Chair for Systems Engineering Management).
4. Farr, John V., Sauser, Brian J., Jain, Rashmi, and Verma, Dinesh, “Engineering Management Education - Technology Integration, Manufacturing, or the Management of Engineers and Scientists?”, 26th Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, October, 2005 (Session Chair for Engineering Management Education).
5. Farr, John V., Verma, Dinesh, and McFadden, Willie, “Technology Insertion Strategies for Spiral Development of Complex Weapon Systems,” 25th Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Washington, D.C., pp 541 - 546, October, 2004.
6. Dey, Sujoy, Kloeber, Jack M., and Farr, John V. “Using Simulation to Understand the Effect of Uncertainties in the Drug Development Process,” 25th Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Washington, D.C., pp 389 - 396, October, 2004.
7. Osipenko, Leeza, and Farr, John V., “System Dynamics and Dynamic Systems Integration in Regulatory Environments,” 22nd Annual International Conference on Systems Dynamics, Oxford, United Kingdom, http://www.systemdynamics.org/conf2004/indexpapers.htm, 2004.
8. Barr, Paul, Vickers, Lucas, Jiang, Wei, and Farr, John V., “Real-Time Enterprise Stream- Oriented C2 Decision Making Architecture,” 2nd Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER)3, University of Southern California, March 2004.
9. West, Paul, Farr, John, Verma, Dinesh, Buede, Dennis, and Merino, Donald M.
“Reliability Taxonomy for Network-Centric Systems,” 24th Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, St. Louis, MO, pp 110 - 114, October, 2003.
10. Verma, Dinesh, Pennotti, Michael, Buede, Dennis, and Farr, John V., “The System Design and Operational Effectiveness (SDOE) Program: Experiences and Lessons Learned,” 4th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 03), Stockholm, Sweden, August 19, 2003.
11. Buede, Dennis M., Farr, John V., Powell, Robert, and Verma, Dinesh, “Considerations in the Design of an Air Traffic Management Systems,” 21st Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Irvine, CA, October, 2002 (best paper award in the Session and the Systems Track and a Finalist for Best Conference Paper).
12. Farr, John V., and Verma, Dinesh, “Involving Industry in the Design of Courses, Programs, and a Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Department,” ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, June 16-19, 2002 (Session Chair for Focus on Undergraduate Impact).
13. Merino, Donald M., and Farr, John V., “Commercializing Technology – What Do Engineers Need to Know and When Do They Need to Know It?” Twenty Second Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Huntsville, AL, pp 454 -459, October, 2001.
14. Farr, John V., and Parnell, Gregory S., “A Comparison of Portfolio Analysis Techniques for Research and Development Program,” 21st Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Washington, DC, pp 293-304, October, 2000 (finalist for the Merritt Williamson best paper award).
15. Kewley, Robert H., Jr., and Farr, John V., “Performance Based Management for Military and Municipal Services,” 20th Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, pp 367-374, October, 1999 (Session Chair for Engineering Management Issues).
16. Bowman, Bruce A., and Farr, John V., “Learning to Lead: A Lifelong Pursuit,”
19th Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, pp 158- 163, October, 1998.
3 The CSER was founded at Stevens with the first conference in March 2003. It was originally titled the Conference on Systems Integration (CSI) but the name was later changed to the CSER. I served as the first conference co chair. The conference rotates annually between the University of Southern California and Stevens. For 2005, over 300 people attended the conference at Stevens.
17. Farr, John V., West, Paul D., and McGinnis, Michael L., “PLOWSHARES:
Transferring Military Combat Simulation Technology to Civilian Emergency Management Training,”
18th Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, pp 237- 244, October, 1997 (Session Chair for Environment and Technological Issues).
18. Kays, James L., Thomas, David A., and Farr, John V., “Lessons Learned From ABET Accreditation Process,” 17th Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Dallas, TX, pp 125-132, October, 1996.
19. Olsen, Richard S., and Farr, John V., "Site Characterization Using the Cone Penetrometer," ASCE Specialty Conference, Use of In-Situ Testing in Geotechnical Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, pp 854-869, June, 1986.
Publications in Proceedings of Non Refereed Professional Conferences and/or Symposia
1. Charbonneau, Steven M., Thomas, David A., and Farr, John V., “ Traditional Versus Technology Based Education: Lessons Learned from Re-engineering a Quantitative Methods Course”, Zone I Spring Meeting, American Society of Engineering Education, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, April, 1997.2. Wood, Douglas D., Farr, John V., Horsley, Michele, and Petty, Mikel D.,
“PLOWSHARES: Hurricane, Tornado, and Fire Modeling In TERRA”, Southeastern Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL, October, 1995.
3. Farr, John V., Dunn, William H., and Ratzenberger, Annette C., "A Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Methodology for Distributed Interactive Simulations," Army Operations Research Symposium, Ft Lee, VA, October, 1993.
4. Farr, John V., Dunn, William H., and Ratzenberger, Annette C., "A Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Methodology for Distributed Interactive Simulations," The 9th Workshop on the Standards for the Interoperability of Defense Simulations, Orlando, FL, September, 1993.
5. Griffis, F. H., Farr, John V., and Pagdadis, Sotiris, “Design of Urban Construction Processes,” Joint Triennial Conference, Kent, United Kingdom, September, 1993.
6. Loental, David A. and Farr, John V., "Verification, Validation, and Accreditation of the Engineer Functional Area Model," Army Operations Research Symposium, Fort Lee, VA, November 1992.
7. Farr, John V., Cain, Mark J., and Oliver, Kim M., "Mine Plowing Performance and Combat Effectiveness in Support of the Combat Mobility Vehicle (CMV) Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis (COEA)," Army Operations Research Symposium, Fort Lee, VA, November 1991.
8. Farr, John V., "Strength Properties from Cone Index Tests," 5th International Conference on Terrain-Vehicle Systems, Budapest, Hungary, September 1991.
9. Copes, John G., Pijor, Thomas D., Meier, Roger W., and Farr, John V., "Minefield Attrition, Delay, and Mobility Model," Army Operations Research Symposium, Fort Lee, VA, October 1989.
10. Meier, Roger W., and Farr, John V., "Enhancing Mine Warfare in Vector-In- Commander," Army Operations Research Symposium, Fort Lee, VA, October 1989.
Technical Reports
41. Farr, John V., “Claims Data and Policy Holder Characteristics for Calendar Years 2002 – 2004,” West Point Federal Credit Underwriters Technical Report, July 2005.
2. Farr, John V., “Training IPT Report,” Acoustic-Rapid COTS Insertion Guaranteed Operational Effectiveness (A-RCI GOE) Pilot, Final Report, Lockheed Martin, Manassas, Virginia, 2001.
3. Farr, John V., Duracinsky, Joseph M., Ivanova, Elena I., and Parranto, Gregory B., Jr.,
“Examination and Standardization of the Loss Pick Credit Program of AIGC, Inc.,” Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Technical Report No. 99/2, July 1999.
4. Farr, John V., Stinson, Gregory K., Keys, Ryan D., Surrey, Nathan S., Taylor, Robert W., and Wanzeck, Matthew J., “Conceptual Representation of the Infrastructure Functional Area for the Army Flow Model,” Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Technical Report No. 99/1, January 1999.
5. Goldberg, Jeffrey B., Farr, John V., Robinson, Stephen R. and Davis, David F., “Force Allocation Modeling In Support of Contingency Operations,” Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Technical Report No. 97/2, January 1997.
6. West, Paul D., Farr, John V., Fortier, Gregory S., Lilly, Kevin A., Ingalls, Gerald D.,
“The Effects of Cold Weather on Tactical Operations,” Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Technical Report No. 97/1, January 1997.
7. Farr, John V., West, Paul D., and Melendez, John A., “Summary of USMA PLOWSHARES Initiative,” Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Technical Report No. 96/1, October 1995.
8. Gade, Patton S., Petty, John R., McIntyre Stephen R., Farr, John V., and Barr, Donald R.,
“Detectability and Effectiveness of the Wide Area Mine,” Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Technical Report No. FY94/2, July 1994.
9. Farr, John V., Nelson, Michael S., and Diaz, Alfonso A., “Resource Allocation Methodology to Support Mission Area Analysis,” Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Technical Report No. FY94/1, July 1994.
10. Green, John G., Farr, John V., and Mason, George L., "Engineer Model Improvement Program, Report 9, Enhancements to the Road Networks for the Vector-In-Commander and Engineer
4 Many of these reports represent funded research or consulting projects from government or industry each funded in amounts from a few to several hundred thousand dollars. Many underwent significant internal and external peer review. However, many were proprietary or sensitive in nature and were not published in archival journals.
Functional Area Models," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Technical Report GL-90-8, August 1992.
11. Perkins, William E., Meier, Roger W., and Farr, John V., "Strength Property Estimation For Dry, Cohesionless Soils Using The Military Cone Penetrometer," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Technical Report GL-92-5, May, 1992.
12. Farr, John V., Ahlvin, Richard B., and Drinkard, Rhonda M., "Evaluation of Skipped Zones for the Combat Engineer Vehicle Mine Rake," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Miscellaneous Paper GL-91-10, March, 1991.
13. Farr, John V., Rabalais, Conrad P., Underwood, Robert B., and Ahlvin, Richard B.,
"Mobility and Plowing Capabilities of Combat Mobility Vehicle," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Technical Report GL-91-6, April, 1991.
14. Meier, Roger W., Farr, John V., and Green, John G., "Engineer Model Improvement Program, Report 2, Enhanced Representation of Minefield Effects for the Vector-In-Commander and Engineer Functional Area Models," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Technical Report GL-90-8, September 1990.
15. Mason, George L., Dean, Tommy C., and Farr, John V., "Engineer Model Improvement Program, Report 1, Standardization of Terrain Data for the Vector-In-Commander and Engineer Functional Area Models," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Technical Report GL-90-8, September 1990.
16. Farr, John V., "MINUTEMAN Hardness Assessment Program, Report 3, Estimated Groundwater Table Depths at Each Launch Control Center (LCC) and Launch Facility (LF)," U. S.
Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Technical Report SL-87-17, February, 1989.
17. Andersen, John M., Farr, John V., Meier, Roger W., and Mosher, Reed M., "Analysis of Pile Load Tests, Olmsted Lock and Dam," Letter Report to Louisville District, Corps of Engineers, Louisville, KY, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg MS, October, 1988.
18. Farr, John V., "Results of Laboratory Tests on Subgrade Samples From Malmstrom Air Force Base," Letter Report to Ballistic Missile Office, Norton Air Force Base, CA, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, June, 1988.
19. Farr, John V. and Jackson, Andrew E. Jr., "Research Studies on the Behavior of NTS Tuffs and Containment Grouts, Report 2, Results from FY 87 Laboratory Tests on DSRM-2, HSSL- 50/50, and ME8-05 Grouts," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Technical Report SL-88-27, May, 1988.
20. Farr, John V., "Fort Riley Earth Penetration Program: Materials Properties Investigation," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Technical Report SL-88-26, April, 1988.
21. Farr, John V., "Installation and Rehabilitation of Groundwater Monitoring Wells at Selected MINUTEMAN Sites," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Miscellaneous Paper SL-87-2, May, 1987.
22. Farr, John V., "Loading Rate Effects on the One-Dimensional Compressibility of Four Partially Saturated Soils," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, Technical Report SL-86-46, December, 1986.
23. Bieganousky, Wayne A., and Farr, John V., "The Sardis Earthquake Study, Design Memorandum 1, Introduction, Geology, Seismology and Selection of Design Earthquake," U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Vicksburg, MS, November, 1984.
24. Farr, John V., "Jack-Up Rig Site Investigation, Boring 2, Block 32 4424' FSL & 7292' FEL, Grand Isle Area, Gulf of Mexico,” Report No. 0182-0514 to CONOCO, McClelland Engineers, Inc., Houston, TX, March, 1982.
25. Farr, John V., "Geotechnical Investigation, Boring 2, Block 438 L, 528' FNL & 2020' FEL, Brazos Area, Gulf of Mexico," Report No. 0182-0514 to Champlain Petroleum, Co., McClelland Engineers, Inc., Houston, TX, March, 1982.
Other Miscellaneous Publications
1. Farr, John V. “Special Issue on Systems of Systems” Engineering Management Journal, served as special edition editor, Vol 20, No. 4, December 2008.
2. Farr, John V. “Preparing a Curriculum Vitae for Entry Level Academic Position” ASEM Practice Periodical, Vol VIII, Number 1, Fall/Winter 2008.
3. Farr, John V. “Visibility, Perception, and Technical Competence – Keys to Success?”
ASEM Practice Periodical, Vol VI, Number 2, pp 7 - 9, Fall/Winter 2007.
4. The National Academy Press, “Pre-Milestone A Systems Engineering: A Retrospective Review and Benefits for Future Air Force Systems Acquisition,” Air Force Studies Board of the National Research Council of the National Academies, 2007, Chapter 1 and Appendix C Responsible Author.
5. Farr, John V. “A Formal Leadership Program for Young Engineers?” ASEM Practice Periodical, Vol V, pp 7 - 9, Fall/Winter 2006.
6. Farr, John V. “Are Dollars the Most Important Measure of Job Compensation?” ASEM Practice Periodical, Vol II, pp 10 - 11, Fall 2004.
7. Buede, Dennis M., Farr, John V., Powell, Robert, and Verma, Dinesh, “Considerations in the Design of an Air Traffic Management Systems,” IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, Volume 18, Number 10, pp 3-8, 2003 (Invited Paper).
8. Farr, John V., “Book Review of Building a Project-Driven Enterprise - How to Slash and Boost Profits Through Lean Project Management," written by Ronald Mascitelli, Engineering Management Journal, American Society of Engineering Management, pp 40-41, September, 2002.
9. Farr, John V., “How to Measure Total Job Compensation,” Feature Article, Leadership and Management in Engineering, ASCE, Special Issue on Compensation, Jan, 2002.
10. Farr, John V., “Develop you Oral Communication Skills,” Forum Article, Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE, Nov/Dec, 2000.
11. Farr, John V., “Visibility, Perception, and Technical Competence - Keys to Success”
Forum Article, Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE, Nov/Dec, 1999.
12. Farr, John V., “An On-line Education,” Forum Article, Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE, Sept/Oct, 1999.
13. Farr, John V., “Are Changes Needed In Engineering Education?” Feature Editorial, Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE, Nov/Dec, 1997 (served editor for a special edition on engineering education).
14. Farr, John V., “The Impacts of Technology on Engineering Education,” Feature Editorial, Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE, Nov/Dec, 1996.
15. United States Military Academy, “Curriculum 2000 - A Study of the Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Curriculum” (One of seven authors), United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, June 1995.
16. Colby, Anthony H., and Farr, John V., “Report Writing Handbook: A Basic Guide to Writing Effective Reports for a Decision Maker,” Department of Systems Engineering Report, West Point, NY, August, 1994.
17. Engineers Strategic Study Center, "Analysis of the Engineer Training Aspects of the JANUS Combat Simulation," Report CETEC-ES-R-92-3, Fort Belvoir, VA (Wrote Annex D Entitled U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Analysis of the Engineering Representation of the JANUS(A) Combat Simulation Model), 1992.
18. Farr, John V., "Terrain Representation Research Analysis Supports Engineer Model Improvement Program,” Digital Data Digest, Volume 2, Number 1, published by U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering Center, Fall, 1991.
19. Farr, John V., "Loading Rate Effects on the One-Dimensional Compressibility of Four Partially Saturated Soils," Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1986.
Professional Conferences in Which Papers and/or Presentations Were Presented Without Published Proceedings
1. Kobylski, Gerald C., Buede, Dennis M., and Farr, John V., “Optimizing Time Sensitive Decisions in a Networked Battle Command”, 73rd Military Operations Research Symposium, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 2005.
2. Kobylski, Gerald C., Buede, Dennis M., and Farr, John V., “A Theoretic Approach for Comparing Heuristics to Dynamic Programming”, 2004 INFORMS Conference.
3. Farr, John V., and Parnell, Gregory S., “A Comparison of Research and Development Portfolio Analysis Techniques,” 68th Military Operations Research Symposium, U.S. Air Force Academy, June, 2000.
4. Farr, John V., Entner, Mark, West, Paul, Williams, Mike, and Delapena, James,
“Measures of Effectiveness for Civil Emergency Management Planning and Peacekeeping,” Military Operations Research Symposium, U.S. Naval Academy, June, 1995.
5 Diaz, Alfonso A., and Farr, John V., “Mission Area Analysis (MAA) A Tradeoff for Making DoD - Wide Tradeoff Decisions,” 62nd Military Operations Research Symposium, U.S. Air Force Academy, June, 1994.
6. Farr, John V., and Meier, Roger W., “Conventional Minefield Play in VIC,”
Mobility/Countermobility Simulation and Analysis Symposium, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, 1992
7. Farr, John V., “Terrain Representation in VIC,” Special Working Party on Combat Modeling of the Effects of Terrain (SWP/CMET), Vicksburg, Mississippi, January, 1991.
8. Farr, John V., and Meier, Roger W., “Mine Warfare in Aggregated Combat Simulation Model,” Operations Research Society of America/The Institute of Management Sciences (ORSA/TIMS) annual meeting, New York City, NY, 1989.
Publications Currently Under Review or Being Revised
1. Ganguly, Anirban, Nilchiani, Roshanak and Farr, John, V., “Defining a Set of Metrics to Evaluate the Potential Disruptiveness of a Technology,” submitted to the EMJ, November 2008.
2. Julian, Cotye S., Lucy, Tana B., and Farr, John V., “Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Component Evaluation and Selection Process,” submitted to the IEEE Journal of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, November 2008.
3. Ganguly, Anirban, Nilchiani, Roshanak and Farr, John V., “Identification, Classification and Prioritization of Risks Associated with a Disruptive Technology Process” submiited to the European Journal of Management, March 2009.
GRADUATE STUDENTS GRADUATE STUDENTS
Dissertation Advisor (Served as Chair or Co-chair)
Gerald Charles Koblyski, “Comparing Dynamic Decision Networks to Dynamic Programming,”
Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy - Interdisciplinary (Systems Engineering and Statistics), Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2005.
Sujoy Dey, “Managing Process Uncertainties for Increased Productivity in Pharmaceutical Drug Development Using Modeling and Simulation,” Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy - Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2005.
Apichart Choopavang, “Integration of the Dominant Node Identification and Separation Processes into Conditional Probability Distribution Elicitation Process in Bayesian Networks,” Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy - Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, August, 2005.
Leeza Osipenko, “Systems Dynamics Models of the ELI-P Test,” Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy - Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, September, 2005.
Thomas J. Day, “A Systems Approach to Privatization and Outsourcing of Publicly Owned Treatment Works,” Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy – Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2007.
Mitchell C. Kerman, “The Application of Robust Metamodel for Salinity Uncertainty Quantification and Event Detection Confirmation with New York Harbor Oceanographic Data,” Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy - Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2009
Dissertation Advisor (Passed Qualifying Exam or Student Has a Working Title)
Margret Smith, “Using Process Simulation to Manage New Product Development Pipeline Throughput,” Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy – Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, December, 2009
Patricia E. Cataruozolo, “Systems Dynamics Model for Suicide Prevention for the U.S. Army,”
Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy – Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2010
Tod M. Schuck, “Processing Information for Compact Combat Identification Knowledge Representation in Distributed Tactical Military Information Systems,” Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy - Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2010
Leone Young, “Systems Integration Costing,” Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy - Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, December, 2010 Janet Oren, “Leveraging Commonality in the Safety and Security Engineering Processes on Avionics Systems,” Dissertation Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy - Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, December, 2010
Thesis Advisor
Lora M. Carroll, “A Decision Support Model for Nation Reconstruction,” Thesis Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, serves as thesis advisor, December, 2005.
George L. Mason, “Effects of Road Degradation on Convoy Movement," Thesis Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Master's Degree of Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University, Served as co- advisor, 1990.
Thesis Reader 5
Arpit Kotak, “Identification and Repriorization of System Failures Using Failure Mode and Effects and Analysis and Classification Trees,” Thesis Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2009.
William Carr, "Examining the use of Air Traffic Control Procedures for Exit Utilization to Reduce Runway Occupancy Times," Thesis Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2009.
Dhanashri Sathaye, “Detecting Disease Outbreaks Using Wavelets and CUSUM,” Thesis Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, December, 2008.
Elizabeth Ann Lennon, " Systematic Design of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Decomposition Microreactors for Oxidant Supply to Air‐Independent Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) for Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) Power Applications," Thesis Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, December, 2007.
Ozge Doguc, “A Bayesian Network Framework for System Operational Effectiveness Assessment and Analysis,” Thesis Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2006.
Masters Degree Special Project
Jonathan Fratello, “E-2C Aircraft Subsystem Operating and Support Cost Trending Via Linear Regression,” Special Project Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2009.
Anthony Lombardo, “Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Software Evaluation and Selection Process,” Special Project Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2009.
Joseph Darney, “The Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model (COSYSMO) and its Application in Future Combat Systems (FCS),” Special Project Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2009.
5 Stevens uses a two-advisor system for a master’s degree. One serves as the primary advisor and is responsible for the content of the thesis. Another faculty member servers as a reader and also serves as a secondary or co advisor.
Cotye S. Julian and Tana B. Lucy, “Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Component Evaluation and Selection Process,” Special Project Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, December, 2009.
Bruce Wight, “Simulating Received Signal Performance for Systems Employing Frequency Diversity,” Special Project Submitted in Partial Requirements for a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, May, 2009.
Served on the Following PhD Committees (Completed)
John Escobar (November, 2001) COL Robert Powell (June, 2002) Fred Chang (January, 2003) Paul West (May, 2003)
Tom Herald (May 2006) Fangyi He (September 2007) Jason Cook (May 2008) Michael DiMarino (May 2009) Abhro Ganguly (May 2009) John Wirbinski (May 2009) Active (Completed Qualifying Exam)
Shereazad Gandhi (Expected 2008) Ozge Doguc (Expected 2009)
Alice Squires (Expected 2009) Robert Barnett (Expected 2010) Stuart Van Weele (Expected 2010) Zhen Sullivan (Expected 2009)
Anita Chandrasekaran (Expected 2009) Pierre Brice (Expected 2008)
Ilona Murynets (Expected 2009) Patrick Eigbe (Expected 2010) Romulo Magnaye (Expected 2010) Eirik Hole (Expected 2010)
RESEACH FUNDING
RESEACH FUNDING –– ACADEMIC ACADEMIC
Agency and Description Amount
• Definition, and construction of a Systems Engineering Laboratory, U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Center (PI, 2006)
$466,000
• Simulation Model for Drug Pipeline Costs, Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development – Part II (PI, 2005)
$30,000
• Simulation Model for Drug Pipeline Costs, Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development – Part I (PI, 2004)
$19,000
• Dynamical Decision Networks as a Decision Support Tool for the Future Combat Systems, DARPA (Co PI with LTC Gerald C. Kobylski, 2003)
$9,954
• Simulation Model for Drug Pipeline Costs, Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development (PI, 2003)
$12,750
• Probabilistic Decision Support for Evaluating Technology Insertion and Assessing Aviation Safety System Risk, subcontractor to Rutgers and NASA (PI, 2003)
$45,724
• Performance Based Logistics Strategies (subcontractor to Decisive Analytics from the Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for Logistics, Plans, and Programs (Co-PI with Dr. Dinesh Verma, 2002)
$70,000
• NASA as a subcontractor to Rutgers to develop reliability models for human and hardware (PI, 2002)
$37,225
• United Defense titled “Assessment of the Crusader Technology
Refreshment/Obsolesce Avoidance Strategy and Suggest a Plan Framework,” (Co-PI with Dr. Dinesh Verma, 2001)
$27,000
• Lockheed Martin Corporation, to develop training procedures and metrics for using commercial of the shelf software (COTS) for the next generation submarines sonar systems (Co-PI with Dr. Dinesh Verma, 2000)
$108,809
• Lockheed Martin Corporation, to develop an assessment and evaluation
methodology for COTS-intensive open systems architecture (Co-PI with Dr. Dinesh Verma, 2000)
$40,000
• Assistant Secretary of the Army Financial Management and Comptroller
(ASAFM&C) for installation support in the areas of BPR and critical infrastructure protection, (PI, 1999)
$22,400
• American International Group, Consultants (AIGC), Inc., to document and recommend improvement for loss pick credit methodology for general causality insurance, (PI, 1999)
$8,500
• ASAFM&C for developing minimal sets of service standards and predictive models for Army installations, (PI, 1999)
$33,400
• AIGC, Inc., to develop decision support systems for construction industry insurance assessment, (PI, 1998)
$8,000
• U.S. Army Artificial Intelligence Center to develop an infrastructure model as part of decision support systems for cross-functional analysis of Army funding, (PI, 1998)
$25,000
• ASAFM&C for installation support in BPR and environmental management, (PI, 1998)
$50,000
• ASAFM&C for an ABC measures of effectiveness study, (PI, 1998) $35,000
• ASAFM&C for installation decision support system, (PI, 1997) $57,800
• Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory for studying cold weather effects on the modern battlefield using computer simulation, (PI, 1997)
$15,000
Agency and Description (continued) Amount
• Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory for studying cold weather effects on the modern battlefield using computer simulations, (PI, 1996)
$7,500
• ASAFM&C for installation re-engineering, (PI, 1996) $95,000
• Office of the Secretary of Defense, Program Analysis and Evaluation to conduct joint force structure analysis for various roles and mission, (PI, 1996)
$25,000
• Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) to develop a civilian emergency management simulation, (PI, 1995)
$270,000
• Office of the Secretary of Defense, Program Analysis and Evaluation to analyze joint force structure for various roles and mission, (PI, 1994)
$5,000
• Program Manager, Combat Mobility Vehicle to perform analysis of minefield breaching, (PI, 1993)
$7,500
Total $1,530,5626
Proposals Written and Under Consideration:
Agency and Description Amount
• Defense Acquisition University/Systems Engineering Research Center to develop a curriculum for senior leadership program for systems engineering and technical leaders (PI, 2009)
$300,000 over 2 years
• Market Survey for NextGen Systems Engineering and Environmental (NSEE) Public-Private Academic Partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration (Lead Proposal Writer, 2009)
$140,000,000 over 10 years
• Support Services for the Weapons and Software Engineering Center (WSEC), Weapon System and Technology Directorate, related and supporting elements of WSEC and ARDEC located at Picatinny Arsenal (part of a team lead by HPTi, PI for all Stevens work and proposal development)
$10,000,000 over 5 years
Research Proposals Written and Not Funded:
Agency and Description Amount
• National Science Foundation, Developing System of Systems-based Resilience and Sustainability Frameworks and Metrics for Interconnected Infrastructure Systems Design, Operation and Management (Co PI, 2007)
$1,802,218
• New Jersey Department of Transportation, Comprehensive Impact Assessment of Transportation Infrastructure Investments on the New Jersey State Economy (Co PI, 2007)
$191,998
• Ford Foundation, to study the historical and engineering aspects of postwar reconstruction (PI, 2005)
$260,000
• James S. McDonnell Foundation, to study the historical and engineering aspects of postwar reconstruction (PI, 2004)
$260,000
• U.S. Navy, Earle Facility, New Jersey title “Simulation of the Ship-to-Ship Weapons Supply Chain,” (PI, 2004)
$35,000
• United Defense titled “Cost Modeling, Technology Refreshment Template, and
• Concepts for Operations Architecture for the COTS Service Center
• In Support of the Advanced Gun System,” (Co PI, 2001)
$78,690
• Winstar Corporation titled “Strategic Resource Planning Using Simulation for Financial Reporting,” (PI, 2001)
$47,118
6 Any funding between 1997-2000 was obtained in the role as a major program director supervising 11 faculty.
Any funding obtained after the fall of 2000 through March 2007 was obtained in the role as a Department Director. Significant research funding was obtained after 2002 was assigned to new assistant professors starting the tenure process and is not shown.
