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The Center for System Studies at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is a unique research center dedicated to advancing the state-of-practice of systems engineering. We work across disciplines and collaborate with government, industry, and academia to provide innovative research that enhances the understanding of our world's most complex and critical systems.

An artist's rendering of the $25 million Center for System Studies building to be constructed on the UAHuntsville campus.

Dr. Elizabeth Newton, CSS Director of Policy Research Program, Mr. Chuck Atkins, former Chief of Staff to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, and Laurie Provin, CSS Manager for Partner Programs.

Dr. Peter Hays, Associate Director of the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies, USAF Academy, speaks to students of the PSC 580 class, Space Policy in the 21st Century: Issues, Analysis and Implications.

Dr. Mike Griffin meets with students after a speaking engagement at Purdue University.

General Kevin Patrick Chilton, USAF, Commander U.S. Strategic Command, speaking at UAHuntsville's Distinguished Speaker Series on April 22, 2010.

General Ron Kadish, Senior Vice President, and Partner Booz, Allen, Hamilton, Dr Mike Griffin, Director, Center for System Studies, Gary Peyton, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space Programs, and John Thomas Senior Vice President, Booz, Allen, Hamilton after the Learning from Failure in Systems Engineering panel discussion.

January, 2012
Dr. Paul Collopy delivers his paper, A Research Agenda for the Coming Renaissance in Systems Engineering , at the 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. (Read Paper)
October, 2011
Dr. Mike Griffin delivers his paper, Enabling Complimentary Commercial and Government Enterprise in Space, at the International Astronautical Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. (Read Paper)
October, 2011
Dr. Elizabeth Newton and Dr. Maudood Khan deliver their paper, International Cooperation for the Next Generation Decision and Policy Analysis System at the 2011 International Astronautical Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. (Read paper)
May, 2011
Dr. Mike Griffin Receives Honorary Doctorate from Notre Dame (Read More)
May 21, 2010
Learning from Failure in Systems Engineering - A Panel Discussion (Read More)
August 4th, 2010
Future - Focused - The International Space Station, missile defense, smart power grids, even the response to the Gulf...(Read More)
May 10, 2010
Take the Chaos Out of U.S. Space Policy Space News. The current debate over U.S. civil space policy makes for...(Read More)
October 1, 2010
How Do We Fix System Engineering? (Read More)
April 6, 2011
Student Career Exploration Forum with Chuck Atkins, Former Chief of Staff to the US House of Representatives...(Read More)
July 18, 2011
Leading Expert in Systems Engineering Design Process to Join The Center for System Studies at UAHuntsville...(Read More)

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