Strategic Foresight and Analysis of Critical Infrastructure Systems

Systems Conversation with Darryl Farber, Assistant Professor of Engineering Design in the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs, Pennsylvania State University

Reporting on a research initiative that explores the interdependencies of a system of systems—the built environment, energy, and transportation—related to the redevelopment of The Navy Yard in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Metropolitan Region as well as to future planning that broadens the scope to include the mid-Atlantic region from New York City to Hampton Roads, Virginia. The goal of the project is a clearer understanding of the dynamics of multi-scale interactions and interdependencies of sociotechnical systems that will be useful to the professionals that own, operate, and invest in the systems, and that will advance the scientific understanding of complex systems of systems.

Darryl Farber is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Design in the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs in the College of Engineering at Penn State University and serves as the Managing Director of the Engineering Systems and Policy Program. His main scholarly interest is strategic foresight and analysis of critical infrastructure systems. Dr. Farber earned a B.S.