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In this paper, we discuss a course in large scale systems engineering that was developed as part of a twelve-credit Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering for part-time and returning students. Our focus was on how to work on big, unmanageable, messy problems. Teaching systems engineering for large-scale engineering systems is challenging for many reasons. One of the main challenges is the breadth of material to be addressed within one or two courses. Other challenges result from how students learn about the transitions from the development of a conceptual framework to systems architecture through engineering design, mathematical analysis and eventual construction and delivery.

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Education in engineering systems - how people learn systems thinking

Pines, Edward and Engi, Dennis, "The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Systems Engineering for Large Scale Engineering Systemse" (2021). CESUN Conference. 2.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cesun/cesun2020/papers/2

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The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Systems Engineering for Large Scale Engineering Systemse

In this paper, we discuss a course in large scale systems engineering that was developed as part of a twelve-credit Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering for part-time and returning students. Our focus was on how to work on big, unmanageable, messy problems. Teaching systems engineering for large-scale engineering systems is challenging for many reasons. One of the main challenges is the breadth of material to be addressed within one or two courses. Other challenges result from how students learn about the transitions from the development of a conceptual framework to systems architecture through engineering design, mathematical analysis and eventual construction and delivery.