Skip to main content
Department of Radiation Medicine & Applied Sciences Radiation Medicine

Systems Engineering & Design Program

About the Program

Our Systems Engineering & Design (SED) Program is focused on translating quality improvements and safety approaches from industrial and systems engineering, with human-centered design and design thinking strategies, to the field of radiation oncology. Newer approaches trend toward processes or systems focused on using data-driven quality and safety measures. Our goal is to bring meaningful changes to the practice of radiation oncology, thereby improving patient care. Learn more about transformation clinical medical physics (including radiotherapy automation and the Physics Direct Patient Care Initiative), non-linear safety modeling, and process control below.

Transformational Clinical Medical Physics

Transformational Clinical Medical Physics

Our group is committed to designing, developing and implementing a new role for the clinical medical physicist. The Physics Direct Patient Care Initiative (PDPCI) is an instrumental component of this new role.

non-linear safety modeling

Non-Linear Safety Modeling

We are focused on using non-linear accident modeling to improve patient safety in complex socio-technical systems such as healthcare.

process control

Process Control

Our goal is to develop and integrate clinical process control techniques for patient care and equipment performance.

Faculty

The SED Program includes RMAS faculty, UC San Diego Design Lab faculty and collaborators at other institutions.

AJ Mundt
Arno J. Mundt, M.D.
Co-Director
Derek Brown
Derek Brown, Ph.D.
UC San Diego
Todd Atwood
Todd Atwood, Ph.D.
UC San Diego

 

James Murphy
Jim Murphy, M.D.
UC San Diego
Titania Juang
Titania Juang, Ph.D.
UC San Diego
Don Norman
Don Norman
UCSD Design Lab
Nancy Leveson
Nancy Leveson, Ph.D.
MIT

Textbook Pioneers

Drs. Pawlicki and Mundt are Co-Editors of the 1st textbook on Quality & Safety in radiation oncology consisting of 100 chapters with contributors from 16 countries and 80 different institutions.