Prof Joseph Kasser is a visiting associate professor. Before joining NUS, he gave up his positions as a Deputy Director and DSTO Associate Research Professor at the Systems Engineering and Evaluation Centre at the University of South Australia in early 2007 to move back to the UK to develop the world's first immersion course in systems engineering as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor at Cranfield University.

Prior to joining academia, he was a practising systems engineer and manager for 30 years (in the domains of space flight hardware, telemetry tracking and control, control electronics and ground station data processing systems) before joining academia. He is:

• the author of two published books on systems engineering and more than 50 peer reviewed journal and conference publications ;
• an International Council on Systems Engineering ( INCOSE ) Fellow.

Academic qualifications:

• Doctor of Science in Engineering Management from The George Washington University ;
• Chartered Engineer;
• Certified Manager ;
• Certified Membership of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT).

His awards include:

• Best Paper, Systems Engineering Technical Processes track, at the 16th Annual Symposium of the INCOSE, 2006, and the 17th Annual Symposium of the INCOSE, 2007. 
• United States Air Force (USAF) Office of Scientific Research Window on Science program visitor , 2004.
• Inaugural SEEC "Bust a Gut" Award, SEEC, 2004. 
• Employee of the Year, SEEC, 2000. 
• Distance Education Fellow, University System of Maryland , 1998-2000. 
• Outstanding Paper Presentation, Systems Engineering Management track, at the 6th Annual Symposium of the INCOSE, 1996. 
• Distinguished Service Award, Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM), 1993. 
• NASA's Manned Space Flight Awareness Award ( Silver Snoopy ) for quality and technical excellence for performing and directing systems engineering, NASA, 1991. 
• Goddard Space Flight Center Community Service Award, NASA, 1990. 
• The E3 award for Excellence, Endurance and Effort, Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), 1981, and three subsequent awards for outstanding performance. 
• Letters of commendation and certificates of appreciation from employers and satisfied customers including the: the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation, University of South Australia, Systems Engineering Society of Australia (SESA), United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM), University System of Maryland, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Loral Corporation, Luz Industries, Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat), American Society for Quality (ASQ), Association for Quality and Participation (AQP), the Wireless Institute of Australia, and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).