Marc Umbricht
Aircraft designer and systems engineer, with far too many hobbies. This is my personal blog, mostly for off-topic rants and maybe some previews of upcoming projects.
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Mr. Musk has an Image Problem
This is a repost of comments I made on LinkedIn, in response to someone surprised at the sudden shift in public perception of his Tesla vehicle. I have had…
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Communicating the Value of Systems Engineering
In my experience, there are two reactions when I introduce someone to systems engineering (SE) : either they have the flash of revelation, wondering how they ever worked without…
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Of Mushrooms and Other Kinds of Fungus
I recently watched a news segment on the recent restrictions to mushroom harvesting in the canton of Vaud. I must admit, I am not a champignioneur, although I have…
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Why I’m not voting in the American Presidential Election
These days, when people find out that I’m a dual national (Swiss/American), they ask who I’m going to vote for. They are consistently surprised by my response that I’m…
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On Documentation
Early in my career, I had a remarkable discussion on the importance of documentation. I was (and still am) of the opinion that everything should be documented, at least…
