1st Edition

Thinking A Guide to Systems Engineering Problem-Solving

By Howard Eisner Copyright 2019
121 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

121 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

121 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Thinking: A Guide to Systems Engineering Problem-Solving focuses upon articulating ways of thinking in today’s world of systems and systems engineering. It also explores how the old masters made the advances they made, hundreds of years ago. Taken together, these considerations represent new ways of problem solving and new pathways to answers for modern times. Special areas of interest include... Read more
1. Aspects of Thinking. 2. Thinking Outside the Box. 3. Systems and Thinking. 4. Other Thinking Perspectives.
5. Innovation. 6. Thinking: Miscellany. 7. Engineers with Special Thoughts. 8. Top Dozen for Systems Engineers. 9. Final Thoughts. Appendix Selected Thinkers – Past and Modern Day.

Biography

Dr. Howard Eisner - Professor Emeritus of Engineering Management and Distinguished Research Professor, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), The George Washington University, Washington, DC

He holds a B.E.E., from City College of New York, an M.S., in Electrical Engineering, for Columbia University, and a Doctor of Science from George Washington University

Dr. Eisner was trained as an engineer and spent much of his career in the command, control, communications and intelligence (C3I) arena. For more than 30 years, he initiated, developed and technically managed contracts and programs dealing principally with engineering, computer systems, aerospace, communications and transportation. Major sponsors have been the Department of Defense (DoD), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Department of Transportation (DOT).

Dr. Eisner has written, published and presented over two hundred unclassified papers/reports/tutorials in various fields of engineering and related areas.