Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
and Engineering Systems

Olivier L. de Weck, Ph.D.

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems Division
33-410
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 253-0255
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Web site: http://strategic.mit.edu/

Dipl. Ing. Industrial Engineering, 1993, ETH Zurich
S.M., 1999, Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT
Ph.D., 2001, Aerospace Systems, MIT

My Professional Statement

Specialization and Research Interests

Systems Engineering for Commonality and Changeability, Interplanetary Space Logistics, Systems Architecture and Engineering, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Integrated Modeling and Simulation

Teaching Interests

Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization (16.888/ESD.77), System Project Management (ESD.36), Space Systems Engineering (16.89), Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping (16.810), Satellite Engineering (16.851), Product Platform and Product Family Design: From Strategy to Implementation (ESD.39s)

Positions Held Outside MIT

Swiss Air Force Officer, 1987-2000; ETH Zurich, Research Assistant, 1987-1992; Swiss Aircraft & Systems Co., R&D Staff Engineer, 1992-1997; McDonnell Douglas, Swiss F/A-18 Engineering Program Manager, 1995-1997; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Visiting Scientist, 1998, Co-Founder Intelligent Action Inc., 2007

Editorships

Review Editor, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, since June 2006

Associate Editor, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, since January 2007 

Honors and Awards

Auszeichnung ETH Zurich, 1993; Carroll L. Wilson Award MIT, 1998; INCOSE 2004 Systems Engineering Best Paper Award, 2004; NASA Certificate of Appreciation Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, 2005; Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising, 2006, Associate Fellow AIAA, 2006; AIAA MDO TC Outstanding Service Award, 2007; Logistics Spectrum Best Paper Award (2nd prize - honorable mention),2007

Society Memberships

AIAA Associate Fellow, AIAA MDO Technical Committee (chair of conference sub-committee), AIAA Space Logistics Technical Committee, Member ASEE, ASME, INCOSE (New England Chapter Officer), Sigma Xi

MIT Affiliations

Space Systems Laboratory (SSL)
Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Engineering Systems Divisions (ESD)