Awakened Systems Engineering

Awakened Systems Engineering

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  • Living Dangerously in Peru

    Living Dangerously in Peru

    The three most dangerous things that I do in Peru.

    March 13, 2025
  • Lima’s World Class Bad Traffic

    Lima’s World Class Bad Traffic

    Lima has world class bad traffic. Why?

    March 3, 2025
  • Being a Tourist in Peru

    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.

    March 3, 2025
  • Shopping in Lima

    Shopping in Lima

    Lima provides all kinds of shopping experiences: everything from street vendors to high end department stores in elegant shopping malls.

    March 3, 2025
  • Crime in Lima

    Crime in Lima

    Crime – and the fear of crime – has shaped the urban landscape of Lima in many ways.

    March 3, 2025
  • Density in Lima

    Density in Lima

    The density of the city increases as the original townhouses are replaced by apartment buildings.

    February 15, 2025
  • Lima’s Delightful Parks

    Lima’s Delightful Parks

    Metropolitan Lima has almost 3,000 parks. In many parts of the city, you are no more than 300 meters from a park.

    January 27, 2025
  • Garbage Collection in Peru

    Garbage Collection in Peru

    Garbage collection is handled differently in Lima.

    January 25, 2025
  • 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…

    December 2, 2024
  • 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…

    February 22, 2024
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