Joseph Eli Kasser, DSc, has been a practising systems engineer for almost 50 years,a project manager for more than 35 years and an academic for 20 years. He is a Fellowof the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a Fellow of the Institution ofEngineers (Singapore), the author of Systemic and Systematic Project Management;The Systems Thinkers Toolbox: Tools for Managing Complexity; Perceptions ofSystems Engineering; Holistic Thinking: Creating Innovative Solutions to ComplexProblems; A Framework for Understanding Systems Engineering; Applying TotalQuality Management to Systems Engineering, two books on amateur radio andmany International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) symposia and otherconference and journal papers.He received the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA)Manned Space Flight Awareness Award (Silver Snoopy) for quality and technicalexcellence for performing and directing systems engineering. He holds a Doctorof Science in Engineering Management from George Washington University. Heis a Certified Manager, a Chartered Engineer in both the UK and Singapore andholds a Certified Membership of the Association for Learning Technology. Hehas been a project manager in Israel and Australia, and performed and directedsystems engineering in the United States, Israel and Australia. He gave up hispositions as a Deputy Director and DSTO Associate Research Professor at theSystems Engineering and Evaluation Centre at the University of South Australiain early 2007 to move to the UK to develop the world’s first immersion course insystems engineering as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor at Cranfield University.He spent 2008–2016 as a Visiting Associate Professor at the National Universityof Singapore where he taught and researched the nature of systems engineering,systems thinking and how to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learningin postgraduate and continuing education. He is currently based in Adelaide,Australia. His many awards include:• National University of Singapore, 2008–2009 Division of Engineering andTechnology Management, Faculty of Engineering Innovative TeachingAward for the use of magic in class to enrich the student experience.• Best Paper, Systems Engineering Technical Processes track, at the16th Annual Symposium of the INCOSE, 2006, and at the 17th AnnualSymposium of the INCOSE, 2007.• United States Air Force (USAF) Office of Scientific Research Window onScience program visitor, 2004.• Inaugural SEEC ‘Bust a Gut’ Award, SEEC, 2004.• Employee of the Year, SEEC, 2000.• Distance Education Fellow, University System of Maryland, 1998–2000.• Outstanding Paper Presentation, Systems Engineering Management track,at the 6th Annual Symposium of the INCOSE, 1996.• Distinguished Service Award, Institute of Certified Professional Managers(ICPM), 1993.• Manned Space Flight Awareness Award (Silver Snoopy) for quality andtechnical excellence, for performing and directing systems engineering,NASA, 1991.• NASSA Goddard Space Flight Center Community Service Award, 1990.• The E3 award for Excellence, Endurance and Effort, Radio AmateurSatellite Corporation (AMSAT), 1981, and three subsequent awards for outstandingperformance.• Letters of commendation and certificates of appreciation from employersand satisfied customers including the:• American Radio Relay League (ARRL)• American Society for Quality (ASQ)• Association for Quality and Participation (AQP)• Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat)• Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)• Defence Materiel Organisation (Australia)• IET Singapore Network• Institution of Engineers (Singapore)• Loral Corporation• Luz Industries, Israel• Systems Engineering Society of Australia (SESA)• United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM)• University of South Australia• University System of Maryland• Wireless Institute of Australia.When not writing and lollygagging he provides consulting services and training.
