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6.2.1 The Concepts of Systems Engineering as Practiced by the Wright Brothers
Author(s) -
Buede Dennis
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2002.tb02473.x
Subject(s) - wright , engineering , engineering ethics , engineering management , systems engineering
To the best of our knowledge the term “systems engineering” was first used at AT&T's Bell Laboratories some time in between 1920 and 1940. [Buede, 2000] The systems engineering profession made rapid progress for 20‐30 years after World War II, as did all of engineering. Nonetheless it is possible to see the concepts of systems engineering being practiced prior to 1920. The purpose of this paper is to explore one of those cases: the development and ultimate production of the airplane by the Wright brothers.