Dan C. Surber
Associate Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI
723 W. Michigan Street, Room SL 260 A
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 274-9717
Fax: (317) 274-9744
Email: dsurber@iupui.edu |
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Education and Background
Dr. Dan C. Surber is Principal Engineer of Systems Engineering and Systems Safety Engineering Division at Raytheon Technical Services, Indianapolis, IN. He is Lead Systems Engineer for the Integrated Support Software Suite (ISSS) IPT, and is the Lead Systems Safety Engineer for the Support Segment on the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program. He also leads proposal teams, teaches risk management and systems engineering principles, and assists the process improvement teams.
Dr. Surber Graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1974, the Air Command and Staff College in 1982, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, with a an M.S. in Aeronautical Science in 1983. Following many years of professional experience, he received his doctorate in Engineering Management from Kennedy-Western University in 2000, with a focus on applying systems engineering to commercial product development and warranty systems. Kennedy-Western University conferred him a Doctorate in Engineering Management in 2001.
Dr. Surber Entered active service as a pilot. Flew more than 4500 hours in jet trainers, weapons systems simulators, and all-weather fighter-bombers. Entered the Air Force Reserve as a Major in 1986 and began civilian career as Advanced Technology Human Factors Engineer at General Dynamics. He participated in the development of YF-22A, NASP X-30, AFTI/CAS F-16, Block 40 & 50 F-16C/D and F-16R. He flew over 500 hours in advanced simulators in development of these systems. Served as an NCO in Texas Army National Guard and US Army Reserve as M60A3 tank crewmember, and as a Battlefield Operations Intelligence Analyst in both Aviation regiment and Armored Brigade headquarters.
Joined Boeing Helicopters in 1991 and served as an Avionics Systems Engineer on the RAH-66 Comanche program, and as Manager of Mission Equipment/Flight Controls systems at the Joint Program Office for 18 months. He transferred to the V-22 Osprey program as the IPT leader for the Systems Integration Lab, and as co-director of the Avionics Software Integration Test Team. He became the Systems Safety Engineer responsible for the integration of a terrain following radar pod into the CV-22 model of the aircraft, and also helped establish the required Functional Hazard Analysis required by the FAA for the D-609 program, a commercial variant of the V-22. Continued his Reserve service in Mechanized Infantry, Intelligence and Linguistics units at Ft. Dix, NJ.
He moved to Chicago in 1997 as the Manager of Systems Engineering and Integration for the Case Corporation, a global product development company in the agricultural and construction equipment industry. He has traveled to multiple international locations training and equipping the firm's engineering teams to conduct new product development and testing using a “systems approach.” Retired from the Army Reserve in 1998 with 29 total years of service.
In 2000 he moved to Indianapolis and joined the Raytheon Corporation, in their Technical Services Company business unit located at the former Naval Air Warfare Center, Indianapolis. Kennedy-Western University conferred him a Doctorate in Engineering Management in 2001, while he was in the Middle East on assignment for Raytheon. He was a system of systems engineer on the V-22 program.
In 2004 he was designated one of the first 50 Certified Systems Engineering Professionals in the world by the International Council on Systems Engineering. He has been a member of INCOSE since 1998, and is a former member of SAE, AHS, HFS and AIAA. He has presented papers at RMLS conferences in Detroit, AIAA DASC and several INCOSE symposia. He is currently the Member Board Representative for INCOSE Region IV, and past president of the Cross Roads of America Chapter.
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