Devanandham (Deva) Henry

Devanandham Henry

Assistant Professor
devanandham.henry@mahindrauniversity.edu.in

Dr. Deva Henry is a Systems Engineering faculty member at Mahindra University. He comes with a unique mix of international experiences from government, academia, and industry.

Dr. Deva Henry started his career as a Scientist/Engineer with the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Ministry of Defense, Government of India, Bangalore, working on the Air Force and Naval versions of the Indian Light Combat Aircraft – Tejas. He then moved to the US for a PhD in Systems Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, where he taught graduate systems engineering courses and also worked on many systems engineering projects at the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) including the development of the Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK – www.sebokwiki.org)

Recently he was a Principal Consultant with BlueKei Solutions Pvt. Ltd working on systems engineering implementation / workforce development projects for industries in different domains, and conducting training on various systems engineering topics.

He is a member of the Systems/Systems Engineering panel of the Aeronautics Research & Development Board (ARDB), DRDO, the Global Convenor for the ISO Working Group on Systems Resilience (ISO/JTC 1/SC 7/WG 30), and an ABET Program Evaluator.

Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – Systems Engineering (2016) Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA

M.Tech

Master of Technology (M.Tech.) – Aerospace (Systems) Engineering (2002) Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay, Mumbai, India

B.Tech

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) – Aeronautical Engineering (1997) Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai, India Anna University, Chennai, India

B.Sc.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) – Physics (1994) Voorhees College, Vellore, India
University of Madras, Chennai, India

Present

  • Dr. Deva Henry is a Systems Engineering faculty member at Mahindra University.

2021 - 2024

  • Principal Consultant – Systems Engineering (2021- ) BlueKei Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
    Bangalore, India

2019–2020

  • Head of Systems Engineering / Chief of Operations & Delivery (2019–2020)
    General Aeronautics Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, India

2017–2019

  • Assistant Professor – Systems Engineering (2017–2019) Department of Engineering & Computer Science Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA.

2012–2017

  • Research Engineer (2012–2017) Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC)
    Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA

2009–2012

  • Lecturer (2009–2012) School of Systems & Enterprises Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA

2006–2009

  • Research Assistant (2006–2009) School of Systems & Enterprises Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA

1997–2006

  • Scientist / Engineer (1997–2006) Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Bangalore, India Ministry of Defense, Government of India

Publications

2016

  • Henry, D., & Ramirez-Marquez, J. E. (2016). On the Impacts of Power Outages during Hurricane Sandy – A Resilience-Based Analysis. Systems Engineering, 19(1), 59-75.

2012

  • Pyster, A., Olwell, D., Hutchison, N., Enck, S., Anthony, J., Henry, D., & Squires, A. (2012). Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) v 1.0 & 1.0.1.
  • Pyster, A., Olwell, D., Ferris, T., Hutchison, N., Enck, S., Anthony, J., Henry, D., & Squires, A. (2012). Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSETM) v 1.0 & 1.1 Hoboken, NJ, USA: Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology.
  • Henry, D., & Ramirez-Marquez, J. E. (2012). Generic Metrics and Quantitative Approaches for System Resilience as a Function of Time. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 99, 114–122.

2009

  • Pyster, A., Turner, R., Henry, D., Lasfer, K., & Bernstein, L. (2009). Master’s Degrees in Software Engineering: An Analysis of 28 University Programs. IEEE Software, 26(5), 94–101.

2008

  • Sauser, B. J., Ramirez-Marquez, J. E., Henry, D., & DiMarzio, D. (2008). A System Maturity Index for the Systems Engineering Life Cycle. International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 3(6), 673–691.

Sponsored Research in Academia

  1. Model Centric Engineering (MCE) & Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization (MDAO) [2016-2017]

Sponsoring Agencies: U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) and U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

  1. Helix: Investigating the DNA of Effective Systems Engineers [2012-2016]

Sponsoring Agency: Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (ODASD) – Systems Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense

  1. BKCASE Project (Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering) – SEBoK and GRCSE [2012-2014]

Sponsoring Agencies: Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and IEEE Computer Society.

  1. Competencies required for the development of Complex System of Systems [2009-2011]

Sponsoring Agency: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

  1. Graduate Software Engineering Reference Curriculum (GSwE2009) [2007-2009]

Sponsoring Agency: Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (ODASD) – Systems Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense

  1. System Readiness Level (SRL) [2006-2007]

Sponsoring Agency: Northrop Grumman Corporation
Research and Development in Government

  1. Tejas Air Force Variant – Development & Flight Testing [1997-2006] at Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Ministry of Defense, Government of India
  1. Tejas Naval Variant – Configuration & Design [1999-2006] at Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Ministry of Defense, Government of India

Product Development and Consultancy in Industry

  1. Drone Design & Development, Operations, and Management [2019-2020] at General Aeronautics Pvt. Ltd.
  1. Process Definition & Improvement, and Preparation for AS9100D Certification [2020-2022] at General Aeronautics Pvt. Ltd.
  1. Development of Competency Model and Assessment Framework [2021-2022] at John Deere Technology Center, India
  1. Development of Competency Model and Role Descriptor Framework [2022-2023] at Whirlpool Global Technology and Engineering Center, India