Hitchins joined the Royal Air Force in 1952 as an apprentice and retired as a wing commander in 1973 to join industry. From 1975 to 1976 he worked as the system design manager of the Tornado ADV aviation company and technical coordinator for UKAIR CCIS. From 1975 to 1979 he was head of Integrated sciences in a grammar school, teaching physics, integrated science, mathematics, electronics, biology and astronomy to advanced level, with music, gymnastics and athletics as additional subjects.
In 1980 he returned to industry and held posts at two leading systems engineering companies as Marketing Director, Business Development Director and Technical Director. He also worked as UK Technical Director for the NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS) project in Brussels before becoming an academic in 1988.[1]
In 1988 he became professor in Engineering Management at City University, London. From 1990 to 1994 he held the British Aerospace Chairs in Systems Science and in Command and Control, Cranfield University at RMCS Shrivenham. After his retirement in 1994 he continued as a part-time consultant, teacher, visiting professor and international lecturer.
He was the inaugural president of the UK chapter of INCOSE, and also the inaugural chairman of the Institution of Electrical Engineers’ (IEE’s) Professional Group on Systems Engineering. For many years he was an independent member of the UK Defence Scientific Advisory Board.
Workedit
His current research is into system thinking, system requirements, social psychology & anthropology, Egyptology, command & control, system design and world-class systems engineering.
Publicationsedit
Hitchins wrote several books and article.[2] A selection:
1990. Conceiving Systems. Thesis (Ph.D.) City University, 1990.
1992. Draft Guide to the Practice of System Engineering. With John C. Boarder and Patrick D. R. Moore. Institution of Electrical Engineers.
1993. Putting Systems to Work,
2000.
2003, Advanced Systems Thinking, Engineering and Management, Norwood MA: Artech House.
2003. The Pyramid Builder's Handbook
2003. The Secret Diaries of Hemiunu
2007. Systems Engineering: A 21st Century Systems Methodology.
^For an overview, see Hitchins CV 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, Feb 2005.
External linksedit
Hitchins homepage.
, INCOSE 2007.
, Feb 2005.
April 10, 2024
derek, hitchins, derek, hitchins, born, 1935, british, systems, engineer, professor, engineering, management, command, control, systems, science, cranfield, university, cranfield, bedfordshire, england, contents, biography, work, publications, references, exte. Derek K Hitchins born 1935 is a British systems engineer and was professor in engineering management in command amp control and in systems science at Cranfield University at Cranfield Bedfordshire England Contents 1 Biography 2 Work 3 Publications 4 References 5 External linksBiography editHitchins joined the Royal Air Force in 1952 as an apprentice and retired as a wing commander in 1973 to join industry From 1975 to 1976 he worked as the system design manager of the Tornado ADV aviation company and technical coordinator for UKAIR CCIS From 1975 to 1979 he was head of Integrated sciences in a grammar school teaching physics integrated science mathematics electronics biology and astronomy to advanced level with music gymnastics and athletics as additional subjects In 1980 he returned to industry and held posts at two leading systems engineering companies as Marketing Director Business Development Director and Technical Director He also worked as UK Technical Director for the NATO Air Command and Control System ACCS project in Brussels before becoming an academic in 1988 1 In 1988 he became professor in Engineering Management at City University London From 1990 to 1994 he held the British Aerospace Chairs in Systems Science and in Command and Control Cranfield University at RMCS Shrivenham After his retirement in 1994 he continued as a part time consultant teacher visiting professor and international lecturer He was the inaugural president of the UK chapter of INCOSE and also the inaugural chairman of the Institution of Electrical Engineers IEE s Professional Group on Systems Engineering For many years he was an independent member of the UK Defence Scientific Advisory Board Work editHis current research is into system thinking system requirements social psychology amp anthropology Egyptology command amp control system design and world class systems engineering Publications editHitchins wrote several books and article 2 A selection 1990 Conceiving Systems Thesis Ph D City University 1990 1992 Draft Guide to the Practice of System Engineering With John C Boarder and Patrick D R Moore Institution of Electrical Engineers 1993 Putting Systems to Work 2000 Getting to Grips with Complexity or A Theory of Everything Else 2003 Advanced Systems Thinking Engineering and Management Norwood MA Artech House 2003 The Pyramid Builder s Handbook 2003 The Secret Diaries of Hemiunu 2007 Systems Engineering A 21st Century Systems Methodology Articles a selection 2003 Systems Methodology paper 2003 What s in a System of Systems paper References edit Derek Hitchins INCOSE website retrieved Sept 2007 For an overview see Hitchins CV Archived 2007 08 09 at the Wayback Machine Feb 2005 External links editHitchins homepage Derek Hitchins INCOSE 2007 Hitchins CV Feb 2005 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Derek Hitchins amp oldid 1216628537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
