Editors-in-Chief:
Dr. Azad Madni is the Executive Director of University of Southern California’s graduate program in Systems Architecting and Engineering, and a Professor of Astronautics in USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering. He also has a courtesy appointment in USC’s Keck School of Medicine and Rossier School of Education. He is the founder and CEO of Intelligent Systems Technology Inc., a high-tech R&D company specializing in cross-disciplinary approaches to Model-Based Systems Engineering.
Hon. Norman Augustine served as the Chairman of the Board of Lockheed Martin Corp. from August 1997 to March 1998, Chief Executive Officer from January 1996 to July 1997 and from March 1995 to June 1996. Mr. Augustine previously served as the President and Chairman of the Association of the United States Army, President of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Chairman of the National Academy of Engineering. He serves as Trustee Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University and is an Advisory Board member to the Department of Homeland Security, an Honorary Member of Space Foundation, and a Member of the Board of Regents at University System of Maryland, and a Trustee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Augustine received a M.S. and a B.S., both in Aeronautical Engineering, from Princeton University.
Associate Editor:
Dr. Michael Sievers is a Senior Systems Engineer and Systems Architect at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Southern California where he teaches classes in MBSE, system architecting, and engineered resilience. At JPL he is responsible for the design, analysis, and fault handling of spacecraft and ground systems. He also conducts cybersecurity research focusing on trust and reputation, model-based systems engineering, and resilience.
