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Lecture 01

This document summarizes the introduction lecture for the ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design course. It introduces the course content which includes systems concepts, problem framing, and assessment consisting of group projects, tasks, and a research portfolio. The lecture encourages participation, keeping up to date on work, and discusses the instructor's philosophy of learning being more than knowledge transmission and emphasizing a feedback-rich environment.

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Lecture 01

This document summarizes the introduction lecture for the ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design course. It introduces the course content which includes systems concepts, problem framing, and assessment consisting of group projects, tasks, and a research portfolio. The lecture encourages participation, keeping up to date on work, and discusses the instructor's philosophy of learning being more than knowledge transmission and emphasizing a feedback-rich environment.

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ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

Welcome
1. Sit next to someone
2. Introduce yourself
3. Together, in a sentence,
answer What is a system?
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ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ovNi1cB7a4

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

Acknowledgement of Country

- A. E. McDonald's, Early Canberra,1913


Photo: Canberra Museum and Gallery. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/mysterious-and-the-better-for-it-20130120-2d15o.html

ENGN2225
Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

Our first systems problem:


the timetable

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ENGN2225
Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

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Our first systems problem:


the timetable
Tuesday tutorial options
As is: 9-11; 11-1; 1-3; 3-5
New: 8-10; 10-12; 12-2; 2-4; 4-6
(and no Wed 3-5)

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Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

Are these systems?

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Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

A system has:
- elements (parts)
- interconnections
- function (purpose)

From Meadows, D.H., Thinking in Systems.

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ENGN2225
Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

A system has:
- elements (parts)
- interconnections
- function (purpose)

From Meadows, D.H., Thinking in Systems.

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ENGN2225
Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

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A systems engineer:
1. can speak with technical
authority
2. can see the systems
nature of problems
3. can frame the problem
differently
Detail Design

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Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

Specialist Knowledge

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Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

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Works with other Specialists

ENGN2225
Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

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A systems engineer:
2. can see the systems
nature of problems

Systems Behaviour
Detail Design

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Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

Systems Design

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Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

Systems Advancement

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Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

Behaviour of Systems

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ENGN2225
Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

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A good systems engineer:


3. can frame the problem
differently
Problem Framing

Systems Behaviour
Detail Design

ENGN2225
Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

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Reframe the Problem

http://www.lafoundation.org/research/landscape-performance-series/case-studies/case-study/382/

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Systems
Engineering
Systems Engineering Design

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Cheonggyecheon restoration

Reframe
the Problem

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Systems
Engineering
put a man
on the moon

http://www.thecitrusreport.com/2010/headlines/the-apollo-11-launch-in-hd-is-the-best-15-minutes-of-video-you-will-watch-today/

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Systems
Engineering
gets planes
in the sky

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Boeing_747-8_Test_Planes_in_Assembly.jpg

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

My Philosophy of Learning
1. learning is more than
knowledge transmission

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

http://tusb.stanford.edu/2007/11/apparently_professors_hate_lap_1.html

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

My Philosophy of Learning
1. learning is more than
knowledge transmission
2. only learners are in charge
of their own learning

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

Prototyping a prosthetic as part of an EWB/NYSF activity.


http://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/prosthetic-building-challenge-a-leg-up-for-science-students

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

My Philosophy of Learning
1. learning is more than
knowledge transmission

2. only learners are in charge


of their own learning

3. my job is to create a feedbackrich learning environment

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

In this course, my goal is to develop

creative, capable and convincing


..student engineers.

Each week should build capacity


for individual and team work
through a consistent process
of continuous improvement

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Assessment
25% Group project
30% Jigsaw Tasks
45% Research Portfolio

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

Advice from former students


Dont worry -
participate in everything.
Very manageable
if you keep up to date.
Facilitating was challenging
and rewarding.

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Getting started
Read the course guide!

Week 1 Lecture - Introduction

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