Dr. Douglas L. Van Bossuyt is currently an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in the Systems Engineering Department. Previously he was an automation engineer at KTM Research and a probabilistic risk assessment engineer at NuScale Power. He holds an Honors Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, an Honors Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University (USA). His area of research focuses on emergent system behaviors through the lens of risk and failure-informed conceptual system design for complex systems.