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Scott Jackson
Lecturer in Systems Engineering and Resilience Architecting
Associate Director, Systems Architecture and Engineering Program
Phone: (949)-854-0519
E-mail: jackessone@cox.net

Education
Mr. Jackson received his BS degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Texas in 1957 and an MS degree from UCLA in 1966 in fluid mechanics. He also has an MA in Liberal Arts from CSU Long Beach.

Experience
Since 1965 Mr. Jackson has focused on systems engineering culminating in a focus on the application of systems engineering to commercial aircraft at Boeing. He has been an adjunct faculty member at USC since the year 2000.


Research Interests
  • Architecting of systems to avoid, survive and recover from disruptions.

Honors                                                  
  • Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).
  • Distinguished Engineer Award, Orange County Engineering Council, 2006
  • Boeing Associate Technical Fellow in Systems Engineering

Participation on Panels, Workshops, and Committees
  • Chair, INCOSE Resilient Systems Working Group

Recent Publications
  • Systems Engineering for Commercial Aircraft, Ashgate Publishing Limited (1997)
  • Architecting Resilient Systems, John Wiley & Sons (to be published in 2009)
  • “A Multidisciplinary Framework for Resilience to Disasters and Disruptions,” Journal of Design and Process Science, 2007
  • “Towards a Conceptual Framework for Resilience Engineering,” with A. M. Madni, IEEE Systems Journal, 2009


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