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Olivier de Weck

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de Weck joined the MIT faculty in 2001 where he has a dual appointment with the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). He previously served on the National Research Council Committee on Cost Growth in NASA Earth and Space Science Missions
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From 2017-2018 de Weck took a two-year professional leave of absence from MIT to serve as the Senior Vice President for Technology Planning and Roadmapping at Airbus in Toulouse, France. His recent research focuses on long term Technology Planning and Roadmapping.
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which emphasizes "the process of architecting and designing complex systems and products in a way that deliberately accounts for future uncertainty and context in order to maximize their lifecycle value." Past research has been sponsored by organizations such as
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Systems in 2001 from MIT. His doctoral dissertation titled "Multivariable isoperformance methodology for precision opto-mechanical systems" was supervised by David W. Miller who served as NASA's Chief Technologist.
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Kim, I. Y.; de Weck, O. L. (2005). "Adaptive weighted sum method for multiobjective optimization: A new method for Pareto front generation".
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Honorable Mention, American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in Engineering and Technology (2011)
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de Weck, O. L.; Neufville, R. D.; Chaize, M. (2004). "Staged Deployment of Communications Satellite Constellations in Low Earth Orbit".
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Generalized Multi-commodity Network Flows (GMCNF) to find optimal resource routing through geospatially distributed infrastructure
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Silver, M. R.; de Weck, O. L. (2007). "Time-expanded decision networks: A framework for designing evolvable complex systems".
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Kim, I. Y.; de Weck, O. L. (2004). "Adaptive weighted-sum method for bi-objective optimization: Pareto front generation".
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multidisciplinary system optimization, space exploration, systems engineering, "ilities", space logistics, remote sensing
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de Weck, O. L.; Jones, M. B. (2006). "Isoperformance: Analysis and design of complex systems with desired outcomes".
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de Weck, O. L.; Jones, M. B. (2006). "Isoperformance: Analysis and design of complex systems with desired outcomes".
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Smaling, R.; de Weck, O. (2007). "Assessing risks and opportunities of technology infusion in system design".
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Generalized Multi-Commodity Network Flows: Case Studies in Space Logistics and Complex Infrastructure Systems
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in 1993. Between 1993 and 1997 he worked as a liaison engineer and engineering program manager on the Swiss
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He appears in videos discussing the need for and technical challenges of interplanetary space exploration:
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Mirshekarian, Sadegh (August 2015). "Enhanced Time-Expanded Decision Network: The Original TDN and More".
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and is quoted in media coverage of research to use planetary bodies such as the moon as intermediate
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Delta Design Structure Matrix (ΔDSM) to quantify the impact of new technology on an underlying system
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de Weck co-authored a book presenting the argument for Engineering Systems as a new discipline:
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International Conference on Engineering Design 2011 Reviewer's Favorite Paper Award (2011)
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de Weck developed or supervised development of a number of methods and tools including:
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He has also published many articles in professional and academic publications such as:
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and MIT. As of 2015 he serves as the faculty director of the MIT-Switzerland program.
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Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising (2010)
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Adaptive Weighted Sum (AWS) method to find equidistant Pareto optimal solutions
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Multivariable isoperformance methodology for precision opto-mechanical systems
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fighter aircraft program in St. Louis, MO. He earned both a S.M. degree in
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Engineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World
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de Weck, Olivier L.; Roos, Daniel; Magee, Christopher L. (October 2011).
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Time Expanded Decision Networks to make decisions under uncertainty
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Controlling Cost Growth of NASA Earth and Space Science Missions
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Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication
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de Weck leads the Strategic Engineering Research Group in the
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SpaceNet space logistics discrete event simulation software
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Isoperformance method to find performance-invariant designs
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Miller, Chief Technologist" 537:"AIAA 2021 Honorary Fellows and Fellows" 93:École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 483: 612:de Weck, Olivier L. (September 2001). 179:de Weck earned a Dipl. Ing. degree in 159:, where together with colleagues from 607: 605: 304:Journal Best Paper of the Year (2020) 291:Journal Best Paper of the Year (2010) 281:Journal Best Paper of the Year (2007) 89:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7: 1101:"MIT AeroAstro eNews September 2016" 345:"Humanity as a multi-planet species" 137:. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the 1231:MIT Engineering Systems Laboratory 217:MIT Engineering Systems Laboratory 115:MIT Engineering Systems Laboratory 14: 140:Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 588:PRLog Press Release Distribution 495:"MIT AeroAstro: Olivier de Weck" 411:de Weck, Olivier (1 June 2009). 355:. 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Bern, Switzerland
Astronautics
Systems Engineering
Design optimization
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
ETH Zurich
Airbus
MIT Engineering Systems Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
INCOSE
AIAA
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
Systems Engineering
Design optimization
Space Logistics
JPL
Remote Sensing
Industrial Engineering
ETH Zurich
F/A-18
Aeronautics
Astronautics
Aerospace
KACST
MIT Engineering Systems Laboratory
NASA
DARPA
Xerox

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