Dr. Nicole Hutchison is a senior research scientist at the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC). She personally helped collect most of the data and conducted substantial analyses into skills, career paths, and personal enabling characteristics of systems engineers which comprised the Helix project. The work focused around career paths formed the basis of her dissertation. She has over 15 years of analytic and systems engineering experience. At the SERC, she has developed competency models in system, mission, and digital engineering and is currently working on a competency model in artificial intelligence. Nicole is currently the Editor in Chief of the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK). Prior to the SERC, she supported many branches of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services through her prior role at analytic services (ANSER) in Virginia. She is a Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) through INCOSE and has over three dozen publications on systems engineering. Nicole is proudly married to a US Army officer and they have two boys who keep them on their toes.
- SERC-2013-TR-038-1-The Helix Project
- SERC-2013-TR-038-2-Helix – Phases 1 and 2
- SERC-2014-TR-038-3-Helix – Phase 3
- SERC-2014-TR-038-4-Atlas: The Theory of Effective Systems Engineers, Version 0.25
- SERC-2014-TR-038-3-Helix – Phase 3
- SERC-2015-TR-108-Atlas: The Theory of Effective Systems Engineers, Version 0.5
- SERC-2016-TR-106-Atlas 0.6: Expanding on the Theory of Effective Systems Engineers
- SERC-2016-TR-119-The Development of Atlas: The Theory of Effective Systems Engineers
- SERC-2010-TR-013-1-Technical Leadership Development Program– Year 1
- SERC-2014-TR-013-5-Technical Leadership Development Program – Year 5
- SERC-2012-TR-013-2-Technical Leadership Development Program– Year 2
- SERC-2012-TR-013-3-Technical Leadership Development Program– Year 3
- SERC-2013-TR-013-4-Technical Leadership Development Program – Year 4
- SERC-2018-TR-106-Mission Engineering Competencies
- SERC-2015-TR-110-Extending Atlas to Non-Defense Systems Engineers and to Classic Engineers
- SERC-2018-TR-101-Helix
- SERC-2018-TR-101-A-Atlas 1.1: An Update to the Theory of Effective Systems Engineers
- SERC-2018-TR-101-B-Atlas 1.1 Implementation Guide: Moving from Theory into Practice
- SERC-2018-TR-101-C-Atlas Career Path Guidebook: Patterns and Common Practices in Systems Engineers’ Development
- SERC-2019-TR-001-Helix: Developing an Understanding of Organizational Systems Engineering Effectiveness
- SERC-2020-TR-007-WRT-1004: Helix
- SERC‐2020‐TR‐007‐A-Atlas: Effective Systems Engineers and Systems Engineering
- SERC-2020-TR-010-WRT-1006 Technical Report: Developing the Digital Engineering Competency Framework (DECF), Version 1.0
- SERC-2021-TR-005-WRT-1006 Technical Report: Developing the Digital Engineering Competency Framework (DECF) – Phase 2
- SERC-2021-TR-008-WRT-1018: DAU Credential Development
- SERC-2022-TR-003-WRT-1043: DAU Digital Simulations (Base Year)
- SERC-2023-TR-007-WRT-1043: DAU Digital Engineering Simulation (Option Year 1)
- SERC-2024-TR-004-WRT-1043: DAU Digital Engineering Simulation Option Year 2
Lead Author
- Conference Paper - Analysis of the References From the Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK)
- Conference Paper - Experiences From Creating the Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) V. 1.0
- Conference Paper - Whatʼs in a Wiki?
- Conference Paper - Program Accreditation and the Graduate Reference Curriculum in Systems Engineering (GRCSE™)
- Conference Paper - Developing Systems Engineering Graduate Programs Aligned to the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) Guidelines
- Conference Paper - Research Issues Raised by the Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge
- Journal Article - Managing the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge
- Poster - The Helix Project
- Poster - SSRR 2015: RT-130 & 135: The Helix Project
- Poster - RT 173: Helix
- Poster - RT 171: Mission Engineering Competencies
- Poster - Investigating the DNA of the System Engineering Workforce
- Poster - The Helix Project
- Poster - Helix: Developing an Understanding of Organizational Systems Engineering Effectiveness
- Presentation - RT4 Systems Engineering Technical Leadership
- Presentation - Mission Engineering Competencies
- Presentation - Developing an Understanding of Organizational Systems Engineering Effectiveness
- Presentation - SSRR 2021 "WRT-1043 | DAU Digital Engineering Simulation"
- Presentation - ARR 2022 | WRT-1006: Developing the Digital Engineering Competency Framework (DECF)
- Presentation - ARR 2022 | WRT-1043: Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Digital Engineering Simulation
- Workshop Report - Report on the First Helix Workshop: Exploring the Theory of Systems Engineers’ Effectiveness
- Other - Research Transition Report 2017 “Transitioning research into practice – crossing boundaries through integrative collaboration”
- Other - AIRC Perspectives: Critical Competencies to Support Digital Transformation in Acquisition
- Other - Executive Summary: Agile Acquisition: History and Recommendations
Co-Author
- Poster - Mission Engineering Competencies
- Helix – Developing Effective Systems Engineers
- Developing Systems Engineering Technical Leadership
- Mission Engineering Competencies
- Body Of Knowledge And Curriculum To Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE)
- Digital Engineering Competency Framework
- DAU Credential Development
- DAU – Digital Engineering Simulation