FEATURES

Lessons from Latin America for sustainable, healthier cities

ISE teams create solutions for recreation, traffic, pollution problems
By Andrés Medaglia

Better together: A transdisciplinary approach to disrupt human trafficking

ISE tools, advisory group guidance applied to tackle global crisis
By Thomas C. Sharkey, Kayse Lee Maass, Yongjia Song, Kelle Barrick, Amy Farrell and Lauren Martin

Global effort building a supply chain to the moon

Systems engineers create logistics plan to stock orbiting lunar platform
By Keith Albertson

A welcome return to face-to-face networking

#Lean6Data2021 attendees celebrate in-person experience in Atlanta
Compiled by Keith Albertson

THE FRONT LINE

Top stories in this month's news from the field

• Iowa State alums’ gift to fund new IE facility
• VR can ease young patients’ pain, anxiety
• Artificial skin can house working sensors
• Should AI drive the same way we do?
• Whisky maker Glenfiddich uses distillery waste to power trucks
• University chapters earn Alpha Pi Mu honors
• Book of the month: Green Internet of Things for Smart Cities: Concepts, Implications, and Challenges

PERSPECTIVES

Performance by Kevin McManus

What’s missing matters most

Health Systems by Valerie Boelman

Thinking of healthcare as a repair shop

Innovation by Joseph Byrum

The economic rationalist’s approach to AI

Systems Engineering by Ricardo Valerdi

The ‘Hole in the Wall’ experiment

ISE Body of Knowledge by Denis Cormier

Applying BoK to additive manufacturing, 3D printing

THE INSTITUTE

This month in IISE news ...

• IISE #Lean6Data2021 conference includes top speakers at in-person event
• Nursing entrepreneur, advocate to address HSPI
• IISE ramps up international training efforts