Recent publications¶

In the following publications, ESL is used as a tool for systems engineering:

2025¶

Pennington, E., Beernaert, T., Thompson, T., de Baar, M., Lennholm, M., & Joannou, J. (2025). Application of a design structure matrix methodology to STEP plasma control system design. IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC).
Wilschut, T., Bieberle-Hütter, A., & de Baar, M. (2025). Systems engineering for big science. Mikroniek, (5).

Wilschut, T., Hofkamp, A. T., Schuijbroek, T. J., Etman, L. P., & Rooda, J. E. (2024). Bridging the gap between requirements engineering and systems architecting: The Elephant Specification Language. Design Science, 10, e25. https://doi.org/10.1017/dsj.2024.25
Beernaert, T. F., de Baar, M. R., Etman, L. F. P., Classen, I. G. J., & de Bock, M. (2024). Managing the complexity of plasma physics in control systems engineering. Fusion Engineering and Design, 203, 114436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2024.114436
Beernaert, T. F., Verlaan, A. L., de Bock, M., Moser, L., Etman, L. F. P., Classen, I. G. J., & de Baar, M. R. (2024). Multi-level architecture modelling and analysis: The case for model-based systems engineering of fusion diagnostics. Fusion Engineering and Design, 205, 114571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2024.114571
de Baar, M., van Berkel, M., Beernaert, T., Krishnamoorthy, D., Varadarajan, H., & Etman, L. P. (2024). Taking it to the next level: Managing complexity in the fusion plasma control system. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Bakker, M. (2024). A network analysis of ITER first plasma diagnostics and their requirements (Master’s thesis). Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology.

Beernaert, T., Verlaan, A., Etman, L. P., Giesen, P., van Beekum, E., Ribeiro, M., … de Baar, M. (2023). From physics to project management: A multi-domain matrix model for the distributed analysis of nuclear fusion systems. In DS 126: Proceedings of the 25th International DSM Conference (DSM 2023) (pp. 29–38), Gothenburg, Sweden.

Kools, L., Schouten, H. H., Gielen, A. S., Etman, L. P., & Wilschut, T. T. (2022). A system architecture margin model for design change decision-making in mechatronic system development (Master’s thesis). Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology.
Herremans, B. R., Wilschut, T., Deul, M., Vink, B., & Brouwer, R. (2022). Modular parametric architecture design for ferry bilge systems. In DS 121: Proceedings of the 24th International DSM Conference (DSM 2022) (pp. 11–20), Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Beernaert, T., Etman, L. P., de Bock, M., de Baar, M., & Classen, I. (2022). Challenges of big science: A matrix-based interface model to manage technical integration risks in multi-organizational engineering projects. In DS 121: Proceedings of the 24th International DSM Conference (DSM 2022) (pp. 1–10), Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Meeusen, K. A. (2019). Evaluation of conceptual design choices using dependency structure matrix methods (Master’s thesis). Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology.
Beernaert, T. F., & Etman, L. F. P. (2019). Multi-level decomposed systems design: Converting a requirement specification into an optimization problem. In Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design (Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 3691–3700). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/dsi.2019.376

Wilschut, T., Etman, L. F. P., Rooda, J. E., & Vogel, J. A. (2018). Multi-level function specification and architecture analysis using ESL: A lock renovation pilot study. In International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (Vol. 51845, Article V007T06A038). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2018-85634
Wilschut, T. (2018). System specification and design structuring methods for a lock product platform (Doctoral dissertation). Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology.