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Lecture Notes

WEEK # TOPICS SLIDES TRANSCRIPTS
1 Introduction and Overview (PDF) (PDF)
2 Engineering Systems as a Field of Study (PDF) (PDF)
3 ESD Foundations: Systems Thinking (PDF) (PDF)
4 ESD in Context: Systems Engineering (PDF 1) (PDF)
5 ESD in Context: Technology Implementation; Fragility and Robustness in Complex Systems (PDF) (PDF)
6 ESD Foundations: Systems Design and Systems Architecture (PDF 1) (PDF 2) (PDF)
7 ESD in Context: Aerospace Industry (PDF) (PDF)
8 ESD Foundations: Complexity Science (Part I) (PDF) (PDF)
9 Mid-Point Review and ESD Foundations: Socio-Technical Systems (PDF 1) (PDF 2) (PDF 3) (PDF)
10 ESD Foundations: Uncertainty and Decision Theory in Complex Systems (PDF) (PDF)
11 ESD in Context: Regulatory Systems (PDF) (PDF)
12 ESD Foundations: Large-Scale Systems Change (PDF 1) (PDF 2) (PDF)
13 ESD in Context: Global Systems (PDF 1) (PDF 2) (PDF)
14 Special Focus on Simulation Models and ESD Foundations: Agent Models, Genetic Algorithms, and Evolutionary Theory (PDF 1) (PDF 2) (PDF)
15 Conclusion: Architecting Engineering Systems as a Field of Study (Part I) (PDF) (PDF)