ENGR 532 - Dynamics of Complex Engineering Systems

Prerequisite

ECE 411 (Optical Electronics) or MECH 417 (Control Systems) or CBE 430 (Process Control and Instrumentation); ENGR 501/ECE 501 (Foundations of Systems Engineering) or concurrent registration. Credit not allowed for both ENGR 532 and ECE 532.

Description

This course deals with understanding the higher-level behavior and issues that emerge from interaction between components in complex socio-technical systems. The course emphasizes system thinking, dynamic cause and effect relationships, and the higher-level emergent behavior that results from the interaction of many smaller effects that are individually well understood, but more difficult to grasp at a higher level.

This class is offered online in a webinar-style format, and can be accessed synchronously or asynchronously. Synchronous means you can log on live and participate in the class as it is occurring on campus, but participation in this format is not mandatory. Asynchronous means you can access the video recording of the class sessions whenever it is convenient for you.

This course can be applied towards:

• Systems Engineering (M.E.)

Important Information

Active military personnel, spouses of active military, and veterans admitted to a College of Engineering online degree program may be eligible for a 15% tuition discount. Tuition discounts can only be given if you provide the appropriate discount code at the time of registration. Call (877) 491-4336 or email onlineplus_registration@colostate.edu to learn more.

This class is available live via the Internet on Thursdays from 5:30 - 8:15 p.m. Mountain Time. If you are registered in the online section, log into your RamCT account to access the course; directions will be posted. You can also attend the class in CLARK A206.

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World with CD-ROM
  John D. Sterman

Required: STELLA v9.1 Student 6 Month License

Students will be able to access stella software in the biology lab or purchase a $59 license at website below.

Http://www.iseesystems.com/store/university.aspx

Instructors

Kamran Shahroudi
Kamran.EftekhariShahroudi@woodward.com

Kamran Eftekhari Shahroudi received his BTech (1988 Loughborough University, UK), MSAE (1989 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) and PhD. (1994 Delft, Netherlands) in the field of Gas Turbine-Based Propulsion System Conceptual/Preliminary Design. He completed his post-doc research in the area of Computational Steering and Visualization at the Center for Math and Information Technology in Amsterdam. He joined Woodward in 1997 to balance his academic background with heavy industrial experience.

In 2006 he joined the System Design and Management program at MIT and received his Master of Science in Engineering and Management (a kind of systems and technically oriented MBA) in 2008. He currently serves as a Controls Analyst and Engineering Manager at Woodward in Fort Collins, Colorado.

His current R&D interests include Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization and Robust Control of Prime Mover Systems in addition to using Complex System Dynamics to objectively solve management and technical problems. Please check Google Scholar for published work and patents.