Dinesh Verma, PhD

Dean and Professor, School of Systems and Enterprises, and Executive Director, Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) *

Faculty/Professor
Building: Babbio
Room: 508
Phone: 201.216.8645

Publications

  1. Accelerated System Concept Assessment and Selection Through Weighted Wedge Defuzzification
  2. Simultaneously Considering Life-Cycle Cost and Effectiveness for System Design Evaluation
  3. System Design to Affordability in a Collaborative Systems Engineering Environment
  4. A Hybrid QFD/AHP Methodology to Support Conceptual Design Decisions
  5. Development of a Fuzzy Requirements Matrix to Support Conceptual System Design
  6. An Evaluation Framework for System Architectures
  7. Investigation of Defuzzification Techniques for Conceptual Design Evaluation
  8. Identification of Inconsistencies and Strategic Opportunities within a Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Matrix: An Expert System Based Approach
  9. Fuzzy Set Based Multi-Attribute Conceptual Design Evaluation
  10. Analyzing the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Matrix: An Expert System Based Approach to Identify Inconsistencies and Opportunities
  11. Systematically Identifying System Engineering Practices and Methods
  12. Application of Fuzzy Logic to Address System Supportability Synthesis and Analysis During Conceptual and Preliminary Design
  13. Development of a Fuzzy Weighted Mechanism for Feasibility Assessment of System Reliability During Conceptual Design
  14. Graduate Program in System Design and Operational Effectiveness (SDOE): Interface Between Developers/Providers and Users/Consumers
  15. Supportability Assessment and Evaluation during System Architecture Development
  16. Systems Engineering and Supportability Analysis Technology Refreshment for COTS-Intensive Systems
Fax: 201.216.5541
Email: dinesh.verma@stevens.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. (Industrial and Systems Engineering) - December, 1994
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Ph.D. (Honoris Causa) - January 2007
    Växjö Universitet, Växjö , Sweden
  • M.S. (Industrial and Systems Engineering) - May, 1991
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • B.S. (Mechanical Engineering) - June, 1986
    Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India

Research: 

Dr. Verma is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), the first University Affiliated Research Center established by the DoD for Systems Engineering Research. The mission of the Systems Engineering Research Center is to enhance and enable the Department of Defense’s (DoD) capability in Systems Engineering for the successful development, integration, testing and sustainability of complex defense systems, services and enterprises. The SERC provides research competencies addressing innovative methods, processes, tools, and technology, and concept prototypes and developments.

His professional and research activities emphasize systems engineering and design with a focus on conceptual design evaluation, preliminary design and system architecture, design decision-making, life cycle costing, and supportability engineering.

Dr. Verma has authored over 100 technical papers, book reviews, technical monographs, co-authored two textbooks: Maintainability: A Key to Effective Serviceability and Maintenance Management (Wiley, 1995), and Economic Decision Analysis (Prentice Hall, 1998), and co-edited a third textbook: Applied Space Systems Engineering. In addition to his publications, Dr. Verma has received two patents and has another pending in the areas of life-cycle costing and fuzzy logic techniques for evaluating design concepts.

He is a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), a senior member of SOLE, and was elected to Sigma Xi, the honorary research society of America. He serves as the Scientific Advisor to the Director of the Embedded Systems Institute (ESI) in the Netherlands. He has received an honorary doctoral degree (Honoris Causa) from Växjö universitet, Sweden (2007), and an honorary masters degree (Honoris Causa) from Stevens Institute of Technology (2009).

Research Projects Interests

  • Systems Engineering and Product Development
  • Conceptual System Design
  • System Architecture
  • Life Cycle Costing
  • System Supportability

Awards and Honors

President's Leadership Award, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2007

Professional Organizations and Societies

Fellow, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

Patents/Inventions

  • Inventors: Verma, D. and L.H. Johannesen; Supportability Evaluation of System Architectures; Application Submitted.
  • Inventors: Myers, K., D.A. Mroczek, J.D. Beckley, Q.A. Nguyen, G. Plunkett, and D. Verma; Collaborative Engineering Environment for Product Centered Lifetime Support; Number: 631,694; August 1999; Patent Pending.
  • Inventors: Myers, K., J.D. Beckley, G. Plunkett, and D. Verma; Multi-Disciplinary Information Engine for Total Ownership Cost Estimation of Complex Systems; Number: 577, 039; May 1999; Patent Pending.
  • Inventors: Verma, D. and C. Smith; Weighted Wedge Defuzzification for Conceptual System Design Evaluation; Number: 518,213; March 1999; Patent Pending.

Grants/Contracts/Funds

Executive Director of the DoD funded Systems Engineering Research Center, the first University Affiliated Research Center focused on Systems Engineering Research in the United States.

Academic Activities/Services

  • Dean, School of Systems and Enterprises
  • Executive Director, Systems Engineering Research Center
  • Professor of Systems Engineering