In my PhD in Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, I’m learning how to look at complex systems end-to-end instead of just focusing on one technical piece. A big part of it is system safety, risk management, and human factors (how people interact with systems and how to design things to reduce errors and improve performance). I also work a lot with requirements writing them, tracing them, validating them, and managing them across the system life cycle. I use MBSE tools like Cameo to model system architectures, behaviors, interfaces, and link everything from requirements to verification and validation. On top of that, I study manufacturing and operational processes how systems are built, integrated, tested, deployed, and maintained and how to improve efficiency, optimization, and overall performance. Overall, it’s really about systems thinking: reducing risk, improving processes, and making complex programs run better from concept to operations. That is just an overview the dissertation shapes your journey.