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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
This post discusses four aspects of systems engineering in the medical device field that may not be covered by academic coursework. It is based on a talk that I gave to system engineering students at the University of Utah on December 2, 2024. Topic 1: Regulation Medical devices are heavily regulated by government agencies. In…
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Reuse: a Creative Use of Systems Thinking
Reuse provides many benefits to the systems engineer, but it requires a creative mindset that can see how to incorporate existing components into a new whole. What is Reuse? In systems engineering, reuse is the practice of incorporating components that have been used in other products into a new design. We can reuse components acquired…
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Is Fashion a User Need?
Does a systems engineer need to consider fashion a user need?
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The Ephemeral and Enduring
Note: This post is based on a guest lecture I presented the systems engineering students at the University of Utah on April 17, 2023. Some skills that I acquired during my career as a systems engineer served me well for a few years and then became obsolete. Other skills have served me well my entire…
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Lessons Learned from Mentoring Modeling
The Wasatch chapter of INCOSE met with systems engineering students at the University of Utah on September 8, 2022. It was a pleasure to share some our knowledge with the students. Judging by the quality and quantity of their questions, the students also got a lot out of the event. Four of us gave presentations.…