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Alejandro Salado is an associate professor of systems engineering with the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. He conducts research in problem formulation, design of verification and validation strategies, model-based systems engineering, and engineering education. Before joining academia, Dr. Salado spent over 10 years in the space industry, where he held positions as a systems engineer, chief architect, and chief systems engineer in manned and unmanned space systems of up to $1B in development cost. He has published over 85 technical papers, and his research has received federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Naval Surface Warfare Command (NSWC), the Naval Air System Command (NAVAIR), and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), among others. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the International Fulbright Science and Technology Award, the Omega Alpha Association’s Exemplary Dissertation Award, and several best paper awards. Dr. Salado holds a BS/MS in electrical and computer engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, an MS in project management and an MS in electronics engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, the SpaceTech MEng in space systems engineering from the Technical University of Delft, and a Ph.D. in systems engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology. Alejandro is a member of INCOSE and a senior member of IEEE and AIAA.Show Less
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systems engineering, theory of systems engineering, problem formulation, design of VandV strategies,...
Courses
- ACSEAdvanced Concepts in Systems Engineering
- TSEPThe Systems Engineering Process
- EDMUUEngineering Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Grants
- WRT-1071: Digital Transformation in Test and Evaluation for AI/ML, Autonomous, and Continuously Evolving Systems
Principal Investigator (PI)
2022
$170.0K
Active - WRT 1057: Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC) Core Research
Principal Investigator (PI)
2022
$42.9K
Active - CAREER: Belief Formation in Verification Strategies and the Evaluation of Verification Evidence
Principal Investigator (PI)
2021
$392.6K
Active - WRT-1049: Acquisition Innovation Research Center: Innovation for Digital Transformation and Policy Analytics
Principal Investigator (PI)
2022
$60.0K
- WRT-1049: Acquisition Innovation Research Center: Innovation for Digital Transformation and Policy Analytics
Principal Investigator (PI)
2022
$33.0K
- Assisted Model-Based Systems Engineering (A-MBSE)
Principal Investigator (PI)
2021
$122.2K
Publications (71)
Recent
- Initial Systems Theoretic Metamodel of Verification Artifacts
2022
- Design of an IoT System for the Palletized Distribution Supply Chain with Model-Based Systems Engineering Tools
2022
- An experimentation framework for validating architectural properties as proxies for the ilities
2022
- A Mathematical Approach to Design Verification Strategies that Incorporate Corrective Activities as Dedicated Decisions
2022
- Formalizing the Representativeness of Verification Models using Morphisms
2022
- A Formalization of Verification Artifacts through Morphisms
2022
- Closed Systems Paradigm for Intelligent Systems
2022
- Understanding Redundancy Requirements in the Design of Non-Serviceable Systems
2022
- Towards Developing Metrics to Evaluate Digital Engineering
2021
- Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach.
2021
- An Experimentation Framework for Validating the Adequacy of Using Architectural Properties as Proxies for the Ilities
2021
- Definition of New Space mdash;Expert Survey Results and Key Technology Trends
2021
- Modeling correction activities in the context of verification strategies
2021
- p Conformal 3D printing of non-planar antennas on wrinkled and folded kapton films using point cloud data /p
2021
- A Parallel Tempering Approach for Efficient Exploration of the Verification Tradespace in Engineered Systems
2021
- A Methodology to Assess the Re-purposing of Manned Aircraft Airworthiness Standards for Unmanned Aircraft
2021
- True Model-Based Requirements (TMBR): Application to an Earth Observation Satellite
2021
- Optimal Verification Strategies in Multi-Firm Projects
2021
- A Mathematical Approach to Design Verification Strategies that Incorporate Correction Activities as Dedicated Decisions
2021
- Coordination of verification activities with incentives: a two-firm model
2021
- A Modeling Methodology to Enable Digital Twin Development for Industry 4.0 Human Augmentation Experiments in Smart Factories
2021
- Measurement Framework for MBSE
2021
- The role of aesthetic reasoning in knowledge management: the case of elegant systems architecture design
2020
- Efficient Population of the Verification Tradespace Using Bayesian Inference
2020
- A Reinforcement Learning Approach to Design Verification Strategies of Engineered Systems
2020
- Is Verifying Frequently an Optimal Strategy? A Belief-Based Model of Verification
2020
- From Model-Based Requirements to a Virtual Systems Engineering Advisor that Identifies Gaps in Requirements: An Application to Space Systems
2020
- Model-Based Security Requirements for Cyber-Physical Systems in SysML
2020
- Structural Rules for an Intelligent Advisor to Identify Requirements Gaps using Model-Based Requirements
2020
- Expert Opinion Fusion Framework Using Subjective Logic for Fault Diagnosis.
2020
- Towards an Interface Description Template for Reusing AI-enabled Systems
2020
- A Concept for Set‐based Design of Verification Strategies
2019
- Systems Thinking and Mathematical Problem Solving.
2019
- Constructing True Model-Based Requirements in SysML
2019
- Elemental patterns of verification strategies
2019
- A perspective on systems thinking, architecting, and art
2019
- Can Wymore rsquo;s Mathematical Framework Underpin SysML? An Initial Investigation of State Machines
2019
- Integrating Reliability in Systems Engineering Management
2019
- Conceptualization of a T-Shaped engineering competency model in collaborative organizational settings: Problem and status in the Spanish aircraft industry
2018
- Reality gaps in industrial engineering senior design or capstone projects
2018
- Properties of the Utility of Verification
2018
- Art and architecture: Effectively communicating models of systems
2018
- An Elemental Decomposition of Systems Engineering
2018
- Elegance as Complexity Reduction in Systems Design
2018
- A mathematical model of verification strategies
2018
- Understanding how problem formulation in systems engineering influences system affordability: a systems thinking investigation
2017
- A contribution to the scientific foundations of systems engineering: Solution spaces and requirements
2017
- The Tension Matrix and the Concept of Elemental Decomposition: Improving Identification of Conflicting Requirements
2017
- Improving the Systems Thinking Skills of the Systems Architect via Aesthetic Interpretation of Art
2017
- Reducing Excess Requirements Through Orthogonal Categorizations During Problem Formulation: Results of a Factorial Experiment
2017
- Painting Systems: From Art to Systems Architecting
2016
- The Concept of Order of Conflict in Requirements Engineering
2016
- Effects of Fractionation on System Security in Space Systems
2016
- Exile: A natural consequence of autonomy and belonging in systems-of-systems
2016
- On the Evolution of Solution Spaces Triggered by Emerging Technologies
2015
- Defining Better Test Strategies with Tradespace Exploration Techniques and Pareto Fronts: Application in an Industrial Project
2015
- Adaptive Requirements Prioritization ARP: Improving Decisions between Conflicting Requirements
2015
- Systems Engineering Practices Exhibited in the Creation of a Film Original Score
2015
- A Research on Measuring and Reducing Problem Complexity to Increase System Affordability: From Theory to Practice
2015
- A Set of Heuristics to Support Early Identification of Conflicting Requirements
2015
- Abandonment: A natural consequence of autonomy and belonging in systems-of-systems
2015
- The Concept of Problem Complexity
2014
- A Categorization Model of Requirements Based on Max-Neef s Model of Human Needs
2014
- Increasing the Probability of Developing Affordable Systems by Maximizing and Adapting the Solution Space
2014
- Fractionated Space Systems: Decoupling Conflicting Requirements and Isolating Requirement Change Propagation
2013
- Contextual- and Behavioral-Centric Stakeholder Identification☆
2013
- Using Maslow s hierarchy of needs to define elegance in system architecture
2013
- 11.4.2 Assessing the Impacts of Uncertainty Propagation to System Requirements by Evaluating Requirement Connectivity
2013
- Using Requirements-Induced Complexity to Anticipate Development and Integration Problems: Analysis of Past Missions
2013
- Elegant space systems: How do we get there?
2013
- Taxonomy and Categorization of Uncertainties in Space Systems with an Application to the Measurement of the Value of Adaptability
2012