On June 24, 2009, Stevens Institute of Technology led by the School of Systems and Enterprises conducted a systems engineering leadership workshop for the first graduating class of NASA’s Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP), held on-site at NASA’s headquarters in Washington, DC.

NASA's Chief Engineer, Mike Ryschkewitsch, was present, together with Christine Williams, Director SELDP, and technical leadership from each of the NASA Centers, including Johnson Space Center, Ames Research Center, Dryden Flight Research Center, Glenn Research Center, Kennedy Space Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, Stennis Space Center,  Wallops, and Goddard Space Flight Center to recognize the 15 graduates of the elite SELDP program.

Systems engineering technical leaders, Victoria Cox, Senior Vice President, NextGen and Operations Planning Services, Air Traffic Organization, FAA, Dr. J. Stephen Rottler, Vice President of Weapon Engineering and Product Realization at Sandia National Laboratories, and Allen Fairbairn, Systems Engineer, Channel Tunnel Design & Development, gave insightful presentations discussing their first-hand experiences and perspectives on the challenges of systems engineering, and their roles and responsibilities they as technical leaders in the management of complex systems and enterprises.

Dr. Dinesh Verma, Dean, School of Systems and Enterprises, Dr. Wiley Larson, Program Director, Space Systems Engineering, and Mary Doherty, Executive Director, Washington, DC operations, represented Stevens at the NASA graduation event.

 “The School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens is honored to have hosted NASA’s first graduating class of the SELDP program.  The SELDP program represents NASA’s commitment to enhancing the systems engineering technical leadership of the Administration, and the skill competencies of its talented engineers” said Dr. Wiley Larson.

Following the NASA SELDP ceremony, Stevens hosted a Leadership Reception at the School’s Washington, DC offices, located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, St. G-17, The Ronald Reagan Building, to acknowledge the accomplishments of the 15 SELDP graduates, and to welcome the School’s Washington, DC partners and collaborators.

Image provided courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

For more information, please contact:

Wiley Larson, PhD
Program Director, Space Systems Engineering, and Distinguished Service Professor
Phone: 719.582.0111
wlarson@stevens.edu