Shannon Dubicki is a Chief Systems Engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where she supports multiple government sponsors throughout the systems engineering lifecycle. In this position, she promotes the use of good systems engineering practices, ensures the quality of systems engineering work products, and serves as a technical mentor to junior staff members. Her research interests include MBSE, Digital Engineering and System of Systems.

Prior to joining APL, Shannon was a Software Engineer at Textron Systems in Hunt Valley, Maryland for 10 years. While there, she was the Software and Systems lead on multiple government acquistion programs.

Education History

  • BA, Mathematics and Computer Science, McDaniel College
  • MS, Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Work Experience

Principal Professional Staff, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory

Publications

Dubicki, Shannon & Gorospe, Risa. (2024). Lessons Learned from Constructing a Digital Thread. IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/SysCon61195.2024.10553597.
Gorospe, Risa & Dubicki, Shannon. (2024). A Technical Approach to the Digital Signature of MBSE Models. INCOSE International Symposium. 34. 1169-1183, doi: 10.1002/iis2.13202.
Dubicki, Shannon & Gorospe, Risa. (2023). Architecting Digital Engineering Requirements for Risk Management & Systems Architecting. INCOSE International Symposium. 33. 520-534. doi: 10.1002/iis2.13036.

Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding New Instructor Award (2022)

Professional Organizations

INCOSE

Courses

Next Offered
Fall 2026
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Online - Asynchronous
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Systems Engineering
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Systems Engineering
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Fall 2026
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Systems Engineering
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Next Offered
Fall 2026
Open
Course Format
In-person, Online - Asynchronous, Online - Synchronous
Primary Program
Systems Engineering
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