Systems Engineering (SE) tools and methods developed and used in consulting and IT systems integration business are presented in the paper. Effectively managing the uncertainty and unknowns, clearly translating customers’ needs into requirements and further verifying and validating them, as well as the preliminary estimation and the strong control of the full scope of project work (timeline, re...

The Nobel Foundation was established by the will of Alfred B. Nobel, engineer and chemist, who died in 1895. The will funded annual prizes to “those who shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” The prize in physics was to go to “the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention.” In 1912 the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Nils Gustaf Dalén, an enginee...

Should we use recombinant DNA techniques to create pigs genetically engineered to suit the preferences of fanners and consumers? In 1982, scientists injected a rat growth hormone gene into the chromosome of a mouse. The resultant animal expressed the rat gene and quickly grew to twice its parents' size.! In 1985, researchers at the United Slates Department ofAgriculture hoped to attain similar ...