Virtual SA Chapter Event – Sustainability in Systems Engineering

by Sharad Prasad

Date: 06 August 2024
Time: 17h00 – 18h30
Venue: Online
RSVP: To attend the event, please register online by
05 August 2024
The chapter event will be registered for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits with ECSA.

The concepts of sustainable development can be discussed together with alternative theoretical perspectives. In the most general terms, the sustainability of any system can be represented by a non-decreasing valuation function of the outputs of interest of the system considered.

Different perspectives on the system of reference are discussed, from the extreme anthropocentric to the extreme bio- or ecocentric positions and related to the criteria (based on the assumed substitutability between natural and manufactured capital); of very strong, strong, weak, and very weak sustainability.

A set of underlying determinants of sustainability is proposed and discussed, including availability of resources, adaptability/flexibility, homeostasis, capacity of response, self-reliance, and empowerment. The concept of sustainable development can be discussed and alternative theoretical perspectives.

About Sharad Prasad

Sharad Prasad works as a Lead Systems engineer & SME with Philips Healthcare India. He has led Advanced R&D Systems Engineering at the innovation center of a Fortune 500 company. Sharad helped advance the awareness, knowledge, and practices of systems engineering, and model-based systems engineering and led several research projects to show the value of SE in product development processes.

Sharad is a Mechanical Engineer who has a master’s in control Systems.

  • Professional with a wide array of skills to understand what needs to happen within a process, create/understand the system to make that process possible, and implement that system with monitoring & problem-solving discipline.
  • Systems lead for IGT-S Sustaining & Productivity programs. (Image Guided Therapy & Systems)
  • Experienced in Systems requirements for IGT-platform and subsystems with the intended use and functional safety on building block, v&v & traceability. (Productivity and Supplier transfer aspects)
  • Experienced in system impact and changes, requirements with levels of FMEA & Risk management attributes.
  • Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT & CAMEO (SysML- Approach)
  • Implementation of translation from System requirements Specification to User Validation
  • Good Knowledge in Medical standards (ISO-13485, ISO- 14971, IEC-60661)
  • Experience in developing Medical Products development (Renal Care for Peritoneal Dialysis Devices along with Surgical Power tools) @Medtronic & Stryker
  • (Expertise in Theory of operative process Systems & Logical-Diagrams) and its acceptable implementations. (Process & design)
  • Experienced in DOE & Critical transfer function.
  • Experienced in decomposing S/H needs to Product and user requirements with CAFCR methodologies.
  • Responsible for end-to-end delivery from requirements to characterization.
  • Verification and validation planning, Test method development for various subsystems, interfaces, and components.
  • Certified SAFe, Systems Engineering & MBSE practitioner & CRE-ASQ.
  • Technical Member INCOSE India.
  • TLI Cohort -9
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