Daniel Durkin

Adjunct Professor

Systems Engineering

Daniel is a Lockheed Martin Fellow in Systems Engineering with twenty years of experience in industry as a systems engineer and architect, spanning aerospace platforms from manned and unmanned aircraft to missiles. He currently serves as the Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control business area Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Chief Architect, responsible for the modernization and digitalization of systems engineering processes and tools. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from State University of New York at Binghamton and a Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. Daniel is also an INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional, Lockheed Martin Advanced Systems Architect, and Object Management Group Certified Systems Modeling Professional (OCSMP) Model Builder – Advanced.

Systems Engineering Focus

  • Application of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), especially deployment to new organizations and projects to maximize value
  • Systems engineering technical management
  • Requirements elicitation, authoring, and management
  • System architecture development and definition
  • Integration and verification planning and management
  • The intersection of systems engineering and project management tasks
Contact Information
Emaildaniel.durkin@uconn.edu