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Living Dangerously in Peru
The three most dangerous things that I do in Peru.
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Lima’s World Class Bad Traffic
Lima has world class bad traffic. Why?
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Being a Tourist in Peru
I spend some of my time in Peru just being a tourist. Here are some trips we took in 2025.
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Shopping in Lima
Lima provides all kinds of shopping experiences: everything from street vendors to high end department stores in elegant shopping malls.
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Crime in Lima
Crime – and the fear of crime – has shaped the urban landscape of Lima in many ways.
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SE for Medical Devices
Four aspects of systems engineering – regulations, ethics, iterative improvement and communication – may not be covered in academic coursework.
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Reuse: a Creative Use of Systems Thinking
Why do systems engineers resist reuse when Picasso himself created art by reusing old bicycle parts? Can we too view reuse in a positive way?
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Is Fashion a User Need?
Given the prevalence of fashion in many times and places, I conclude that it is indeed a user need. Like other emotional user needs, systems engineers must take it seriously during the design process.
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The Ephemeral and Enduring
Analyzing my experience developing requirements, I identify the skills I acquired and categorize them as ephemeral or enduring.
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Mentoring Modeling
I presented my experiences mentoring modeling to a group of systems engineering students at the University of Utah during a meeting of the Wasatch Chapter of INCOSE.