Douglas L. van Bossuyt
Engineering Director & Systems Engineering Professor | Risk Analysis • MBSE • Defense Systems • Digital Twin • Energy Resilience • UxS • Military Microgrids • MBSE • C-UAS • Kill Chain Analysis
- Role
- Systems Engineering Associate Professor at Naval Postgraduate School
- Location
- Monterey, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Douglas L. van Bossuyt
I am a proven engineering leader and systems thinker with 20+ years of experience managing multidisciplinary teams across academia, industry, and defense. My expertise spans systems engineering, automation and robotics, risk and resilience analysis, and energy systems.As an Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, I direct multi-million-dollar research programs supporting the U.S. Navy in improving the reliability and resilience of critical systems — from military vehicles to base microgrids.I am passionate about understanding and mitigating complex system behaviors before they result in mission failure or financial loss. My work integrates model-based systems engineering (MBSE), digital twin development, and risk-informed decision making to advance system safety, reliability, and performance.Specialties: Systems Engineering, Risk & Failure Analysis, MBSE, Resilience Engineering, Defense Systems, Energy Security, Digital Twin Technologies, Automation, RoboticsOpen to leadership or applied research opportunities in systems, defense, or energy engineering.
Experience
Systems Engineering Associate Professor
Jul 2023 — Present · Monterey, CA, US
Director of the Microgrid Innovations Research Center ($7M+ of funding)Graduated over 300 masters thesis and capstone studentsLeading major multi-year competitively funded Department of Defense and Department of the Navy R&D projects on military microgrids and unmanned systems
Education
University of Tunis El Manar
Arabic
2004 — 2005
Oregon State University
BS/BA, Mechanical Engineering / International Studies
2001 — 2007
Oregon State University
Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering
2009 — 2012
Oregon State University
MS, Mechanical Engineering
2007 — 2008
Skills
- Fluid Mechanics
- Machining
- Cad
- Engineering
- Wordpress
- Cnc
- Gme
- Technical Writing
- Lathe
- Mastercam
- Microsoft Office
- Phoenix Integration Modelcenter
- Ms Project
- Systems Engineering
- Machine Design
- Thermodynamics
- Latex
- Excel
- Pro/Engineer
- Square-D Plc
- System Design
- Saphire
- Product Design
- Microsoft Excel
- Robotics
- Mill
- Allen-Bradley Plc
- Pro Engineer
- Melcor
- Analysis
- Parliamentary Procedure
- Research
- Cpr Certified
- Optimization
- Hand Tools
- Labview
- Engineering Equation Solver
- Prima Vera
- Ansys
- Autocad
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