Olivier de Weck

de Weck earned a Dipl. Ing. degree in Industrial Engineering from ETH Zurich in 1993. Between 1993 and 1997 he worked as a liaison engineer and engineering program manager on the Swiss F/A-18 fighter aircraft program in St. Louis, MO. He earned both a S.M. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1999 and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Systems in 2001 from MIT. His doctoral dissertation titled "Multivariable isoperformance methodology for precision opto-mechanical systems" was supervised by David W. Miller who served as NASA's Chief Technologist.{{cite thesis |last=de Weck |first=Olivier L. |date=September 2001 |title=Multivariable isoperformance methodology for precision opto-mechanical systems |type=Ph.D. |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |hdl=1721.1/29901 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/content/dr-david-w-miller-chief-technologist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708135536/http://www.nasa.gov/content/dr-david-w-miller-chief-technologist/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2014 |title=Dr. David W. Miller, Chief Technologist |access-date=10 June 2015}}

de Weck joined the MIT faculty in 2001 where he has a dual appointment with the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). He previously served on the National Research Council Committee on Cost Growth in NASA Earth and Space Science Missions (2009–2010) and as the Executive Director of the MIT Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE) Study (2010–2013).{{cite book |author= |title=Controlling Cost Growth of NASA Earth and Space Science Missions |url=http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12946/controlling-cost-growth-of-nasa-earth-and-space-science-missions |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=The National Academies Press |date= 2010-10-21|isbn=978-0-309-15737-7 |access-date=3 June 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/pie/commission/index.html |title=Production in the Innovation Economy Commission |access-date=27 May 2015}} Between 2011-2016 he served as the co-director of the Center for Complex Engineering Systems at KACST and MIT.{{cite web |url=http://www.cces-kacst-mit.org/directors-deputies |title=CCES Directors and Deputies |access-date=27 May 2015}} {{As of|2015}} he serves as the faculty director of the MIT-Switzerland program.{{cite web |url=http://misti.mit.edu/mit-switzerland-program |title=MIT-Switzerland Program |access-date=22 Nov 2015}}

de Weck leads the Strategic Engineering Research Group in the [http://systems.mit.edu MIT Engineering Systems Laboratory] which emphasizes "the process of architecting and designing complex systems and products in a way that deliberately accounts for future uncertainty and context in order to maximize their lifecycle value."{{cite web |url=http://strategic.mit.edu/ |title=MIT Strategic Engineering Research Group |access-date=8 June 2015}} Past research has been sponsored by organizations such as NASA, DARPA, Xerox, and BP.

de Weck developed or supervised development of a number of methods and tools including:

• Isoperformance method to find performance-invariant designs{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1002/sys.20043| title = Isoperformance: Analysis and design of complex systems with desired outcomes| journal = Systems Engineering| volume = 9| pages = 45–61| year = 2006| last1 = de Weck | first1 = O. L. | last2 = Jones | first2 = M. B. | s2cid = 6625099}}
• Adaptive Weighted Sum (AWS) method to find equidistant Pareto optimal solutions{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s00158-004-0465-1| title = Adaptive weighted-sum method for bi-objective optimization: Pareto front generation| journal = Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization| volume = 29| issue = 2| pages = 149| year = 2004| last1 = Kim | first1 = I. Y. | last2 = de Weck | first2 = O. L. | s2cid = 120316951}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s00158-005-0557-6| title = Adaptive weighted sum method for multiobjective optimization: A new method for Pareto front generation| journal = Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization| volume = 31| issue = 2| pages = 105| year = 2005| last1 = Kim | first1 = I. Y.| last2 = de Weck | first2 = O. L.| s2cid = 18237050}}
• Delta Design Structure Matrix (ΔDSM) to quantify the impact of new technology on an underlying system{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1002/sys.20061| title = Assessing risks and opportunities of technology infusion in system design| journal = Systems Engineering| volume = 10| pages = 1–25| year = 2007| last1 = Smaling | first1 = R. | last2 = de Weck | first2 = O. | s2cid = 30233474}}
• Time Expanded Decision Networks to make decisions under uncertainty{{cite patent

|country=US |number=8,260,652 |status=patent |title=Method and apparatus for determining and utilizing a time-expanded decision network |pubdate=2012-09-04 |fdate=2008-01-04 | invent1 = Matthew Silver | invent2 = Olivier de Weck | assign1 = Massachusetts Institute of Technology }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1002/sys.20069| title = Time-expanded decision networks: A framework for designing evolvable complex systems| journal = Systems Engineering| volume = 10| issue = 2| pages = 167| year = 2007| last1 = Silver | first1 = M. R. | last2 = de Weck | first2 = O. L. | s2cid = 15148840}}{{cite journal|last1=Mirshekarian|first1=Sadegh|title=Enhanced Time-Expanded Decision Network: The Original TDN and More|journal=Systems Engineering|volume=18|issue=4|date=August 2015|pages=415–429|doi=10.1002/sys.21313|s2cid=206523498 }}

• Generalized Multi-commodity Network Flows (GMCNF) to find optimal resource routing through geospatially distributed infrastructure{{cite thesis |last=Ishimatsu |first=Takuto |date=June 2013 |title=Generalized Multi-Commodity Network Flows: Case Studies in Space Logistics and Complex Infrastructure Systems |type=Ph.D. |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |hdl=1721.1/82470 }}{{cite web |url=https://news.mit.edu/2015/mars-mission-save-weight-fuel-on-moon-1015 |title=To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars |publisher=MIT News |date=14 Oct 2015 |author=Jennifer Chu |access-date=22 Nov 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2015/10/16/why-an-interplanetary-fuel-stop-makes-sense-for-human-missions-to-mars/ |title=NASA's Human Mars Missions Could First Fuel Up Near Moon |work=Forbes |date=16 Oct 2015 |author=Bruce Dorminey |access-date=22 Nov 2015}}
• SpaceNet space logistics discrete event simulation software{{cite web |url=http://spacenet.mit.edu/ |title=SpaceNet Project Homepage |access-date=10 June 2014}}

From 2017-2018 de Weck took a two-year professional leave of absence from MIT to serve as the Senior Vice President for Technology Planning and Roadmapping at Airbus in Toulouse, France.{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/news/enews/sept16/ |title=MIT AeroAstro eNews September 2016 |date=Sep 2016 |access-date=4 Jan 2018}} His recent research focuses on long term Technology Planning and Roadmapping.

• INCOSE Systems Engineering Journal Best Paper of the Year (2007){{cite web |url=https://news.mit.edu/2008/aandh-0716 |title=de Weck receives 2007 Best Paper Award from Systems Engineering |access-date=22 Nov 2015}}
• Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising (2010){{cite web |url=http://www.mentoringexcellence.net/honorees_mit.html |title=Honorees by MIT |access-date=3 June 2015}}
• INCOSE Systems Engineering Journal Best Paper of the Year (2010){{cite web |url=http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2011/de-weck-best-paper-award |title=De Weck and co-authors win best paper award |access-date=3 June 2015}}
• International Conference on Engineering Design 2011 Reviewer's Favorite Paper Award (2011){{cite web |url=http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2011/iced-paper-award |title=MIT paper wins award at International Conference on Engineering Design |access-date=3 June 2015}}
• Honorable Mention, American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in Engineering and Technology (2011){{cite web |url=http://www.proseawards.com/current-winners-2011.html |title=The PROSE Award: 2011 Winners |access-date=10 June 2015}}
• INCOSE Systems Engineering Journal Best Paper of the Year (2020)

de Weck co-authored a book presenting the argument for Engineering Systems as a new discipline:

• {{cite book |last1=de Weck |first1=Olivier L. |last2=Roos |first2=Daniel |last3=Magee |first3=Christopher L. |title=Engineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World |date=October 2011 |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=9780262016704 |url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/engineering-systems}}

He appears in videos discussing the need for and technical challenges of interplanetary space exploration:

• {{cite web |url=http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Adapt-Thrive-Olivier-De-Weck-at- |title=Humanity as a multi-planet species |date=14 May 2014 |publisher=Adapt & Thrive: TEDxLakeGeneva}}
• {{cite web |url=http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/353-interplanetary-space-logistics-enabling-new-frontiers |title=Interplanetary Space Logistics: Enabling New Frontiers |date=11 September 2007 |publisher=MIT TechTV}}

and is quoted in media coverage of research to use planetary bodies such as the moon as intermediate in-situ sources of propellants and other resources:

• {{cite web |url=https://news.mit.edu/2015/mars-mission-save-weight-fuel-on-moon-1015 |title=To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars |publisher=MIT News |date=14 Oct 2015 |author=Jennifer Chu |access-date=22 Nov 2015}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2015/10/16/why-an-interplanetary-fuel-stop-makes-sense-for-human-missions-to-mars/ |title=NASA's Human Mars Missions Could First Fuel Up Near Moon |work=Forbes |date=16 Oct 2015 |author=Bruce Dorminey |access-date=22 Nov 2015}}

He has also published many articles in professional and academic publications such as:

• {{cite web |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/what-to-pack-for-mars |last=de Weck |first=Olivier |title=What To Pack For Mars: A successful mission requires a well-planned supply strategy |date=1 June 2009 |access-date=10 June 2015}}
• {{Cite journal | doi = 10.2514/1.6346| title = Staged Deployment of Communications Satellite Constellations in Low Earth Orbit| journal = Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication| volume = 1| issue = 3| pages = 119| year = 2004| last1 = de Weck | first1 = O. L. | last2 = Neufville | first2 = R. D. | last3 = Chaize | first3 = M. }}
• {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1002/sys.20043| title = Isoperformance: Analysis and design of complex systems with desired outcomes| journal = Systems Engineering| volume = 9| pages = 45–61| year = 2006| last1 = de Weck | first1 = O. L. | last2 = Jones | first2 = M. B. | s2cid = 6625099}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://systems.mit.edu MIT Engineering Systems Laboratory]
• [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GFEciiAAAAAJ Olivier de Weck's Google Scholar Citations]

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