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A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University; Scott C. Banks, Georgia Tech Research Institute

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Systems Engineering

locate and apply resources when responding to a major incident ornatural disaster. This can seriously hinder the ability to plan for and respond to majorevents. A successful system will aid in coordinating, tracking and managing resources.Specifically, an appropriate system can aid first responders in exchanging valuableinformation seamlessly and provide a factor of safety for the individual responder.Introduction and Literature ReviewFrom the first World Trade Center bombing in New York, to everyday interactionsbetween local police, fire and emergency medical personnel, it has become increasinglyclear that simple communications and coordination between responding agencies isdifficult if not impossible given the severity of an event. Managing

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Jayson F. Clifford; Michael P. Dop, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

disadvantages of modified process are discussed.We hope this paper serves as a guideline for course instructors who are considering going agilefor a capstone design course for computer engineers, software engineers, or multi-disciplinaryteams.Crystal Clear ProcessCrystal Clear is designed specifically to work with small to medium sized teams. Some of theproperties of this process include: frequent delivery via 2–4 week iterations; processimprovement via reflection workshops at the end of each iteration; osmotic communication byco-locating teams, and utilizing charts and boards to share information; personal safety; focusthrough a flexible plan that identifies fixed deliverables per iteration; and a technicalenvironment capable of supporting automated

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School ; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Nicole A.C. Hutchison; Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School

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Systems Engineering

represent a variety of domains. The BKCASE project is supported by severalprofessional societies including the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) (3author representatives) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (3 authorrepresentatives) and by funding and sponsorship primarily from the U.S. Department of Defense.Two products, the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) and the GraduateReference Curriculum for Systems Engineers (GRCSE), are being developed to inform systemsengineering education and practice. Initial drafts of these products were released in fall 2010(versions 0.25) for limited review; a second draft is planned for release in fall 2011 (versions 0.5)for open review; and the final

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Wallace T. Fowler, University of Texas, Austin; Martin James Brennan, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

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responsibilities involved strategic planning, international cooperation, cross-directorate coordination, ar- chitecture analysis, and exploration control boards. Prior to this assignment, Ms. Guerra worked in the Biological and Physical Research Enterprise and the Space Science Enterprise in the capacity as Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator. While in the Space Science Enterprise, she managed the Decadal Planning Team a precursor effort to enabling the Bush Administration’s Vision for Space Exploration. Ms Guerra also spent 3 years at the Goddard Space Flight Center as Program Integration Manager for future high-energy astrophysics missions, particularly the James Webb Space Telescope. Ms. Guerra started her

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard W. Freeman, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

include turning a 2-wheel drivevehicle into all wheel drive and silent (no engine) drivability. The current project plan is todesign and build a full-scale prototype system. Major system components include energycapture, energy storage and energy delivery as well as braking and acceleration control systemsand a rudimentary anti-lock brake system.Cadets from Civil and Mechanical Engineering are collaborating as a capstone team with twoElectrical Engineering cadets who are collaborating with them via a directed study. The amountof collaboration required for this grant is a major departure from past years. In this pilot, thereare three Faculty Advisors, representing the three majors and a senior faculty membersupervising the entire project. Issues

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; John A Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter L. Russell, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

SECompetency Areas of DoD known as SPDRE-SE/PSE7, which means Systems Planning,Research, Development and Engineering (SPRDE) – Systems Engineering (SE) and ProgramSystems Engineer (PSE) and shown in Appendix A. This was developed for the defenseacquisition community and is one of a number of such competency models that have beendeveloped in the SE domain. They are used for workforce development and education. The SECapstone project goals listed below have the numbers of relevant competencies from AppendixA noted: Identify the needs and objectives of key stakeholders including the operational and life-cycle context, and how these shape and set the scope for the development program (2, 4, 5). Demonstrate recognition that the value of a system

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radu F. Babiceanu, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Daniel Rucker, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Hussain M Al-Rizzo, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Seshadri Mohan, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

. • Provide better customer service to the passengers by providing better flight information displays with accurate information. • Develop management reports to track real time cost of enplaned passengers either by airline or by total for the airport. • Develop a runway utilization report by type of aircraft that uses the runway and frequency of use to better plan maintenance and predict the maintenance expenses.3.3. Technical Solution. In response to the LIT RFP and considering the identified limitationsand potential avenues for improvement of LIT airport operations, the solution proposed by thesystems engineering capstone design team is an automated system, called Automated AirportInformation Management System (AAIMS

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ertunga C. Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Systems Engineering

software vendor and for Tefen USA, a systems design and industrial engineering consulting firm. Dr. Ozelkan holds a Ph.D. degree in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. He teaches courses on supply chain management, lean systems, decision analysis, and systems design and optimization. His current research interests are the modeling of supply chains and production planning systems, and their applications in different industries. Page 22.916.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Sustainability into Systems Engineering

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Systems Engineering Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University; Chyna Kristin Vaughn

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Systems Engineering

Selection tool to Traffic Congestion in Metro Atlanta: A Case StudyAbstractTraffic and congestion is a problem in most major U.S. cities. The difference between traffic inAtlanta compared to New York or Los Angeles is the lack of proper planning and budget to meetthe transportation demands of a continuously growing city. Over the past few decades,population and traffic congestion in Metro Atlanta has continuously been on the rise. Theproblem has been exacerbated with a dwindling budget to support current and futuretransportation projects and initiatives. The Georgia Department of Transportation must becomeopen to additional ways to resolve this problem. This paper reviews the past, current and futuretransportation

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Jacques, Air Force Institute of Technology; John M. Colombi, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard G. Cobb, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

Page 22.7.2the US workforce in general. Within the DoD, jobs associated with capability planning andrequirements definition, as well as much of the studies and analysis efforts that support pre-acquisition decision making, are typically not counted as part of the acquisition workforce, butthey often require individuals with STEM proficiencies. Within the STEM career fields, theDoD has singled out Systems Engineering (SE) as a critical need in order to improve the abilityto conceive , develop, sustain, modify and eventually retire its’ warfighting systems. Thosepersonnel identified as occupying critical positions (typically those in the acquisition workforce)receive training and certification on SE through a series of Defense Acquisition

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colin J. Neill, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

)on learning has been designed. The subjects collaboratively solved an analysis and designproblem in a graduate engineering course. In previous experiments, we showed the benefits ofthe CCM in improving engineering team performance and investigated the mechanisms thatfacilitate this improvement.The CCM is a six-stage cognitive model that takes into consideration the cognitive and socialactivities that occur during collaborative problem solving by facilitating problem formulation,solution planning, and system design tasks during collaboration. While facilitating collaborationwithin teams has long been seen as advantageous, the CCM model prescribes tactics to employto ensure that collaboration is effective.In the first two experiments we showed

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ricardo Pineda, University of Texas, El Paso; John E. Weaver, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company; Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose Luis Falliner, The University of Texas, El Paso; Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso

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Systems Engineering

stages of the Systems Engineering program at UTEP, an ad-hoc committee,consisting of representatives from different engineering disciplines and industries, was created.The committee was formed to address many of the issues presented in section one; an earlydecision was made to take a systemic approach following systems engineering practices10 toensure alignment of the program with engineering educational needs and with industry needs asexpressed by industry participants.The plan consisted of four (4) different phases: Discovery, Strategic, Deployment, and theOperations phase. The different activities and objective of each of the phases is explainedbelow

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elisabeth W. McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College/Columbia University; Chris Jurado, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

StevensInstitute of Technology), these 14 institutions are piloting methods, materials, and approaches tocreate new courses or enhance existing courses to embed, infuse, and augment SE knowledge, asdefined by the Systems Planning, Research Development, and Engineering (SPRDE)-SE andProgram Systems Engineer (PSE) competency model, known as the SPRDE-SE/PSECompetency Model, among undergraduate and graduate students. Participating universityfaculty developed new course materials and other methods and strategies to recruit and providesubstantive SE learning experiences; increase exposure to authentic DoD problems, such as low-cost, low-power computing devices, expeditionary assistance kits, expeditionary housingsystems, and immersive training

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Jon Wade, Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology; Douglas A. Bodner, Georgia Institute of Technology; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Dan Ingold, University of Southern California; Peter G. Dominick Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology, W.J. Howe School of Technology Management; Richard R. Reilly, Stevens Institute of Technology; William R. Watson, Purdue University; Don Gelosh, ODDRE/Systems Engineering

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missions to the outer planets.Dan Ingold, University of Southern California Mr. Ingold is a Senior Research Analyst and PhD student with the Center for Systems and Software Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). Mr. Ingold has over 30 years of experience in the development of software-intensive systems, and prior to joining USC was CEO of a firm that developed specialized systems for defense C4ISR and industrial applications. His research interests are in the application of hybrid agile/plan-driven techniques to the development of large-scale, software- intensive systems. Mr. Ingold received his BS in Computer Science from Purdue University, and MS in Computer Science from USC

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A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald C. Rosenberg, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

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Project (20 minutes, 4 team members, Q&A section)Assessing student growthExperience with earlier versions of the course had shown the instructors that this was a coursethat most of our students found to be novel in its organization and implementation. Therefore itwas advisable to explain in detail to the students the course assessment plan, the reasons for theplan, and instructor expectation of the student’s role during the course.The weightings among the three learning goals were  Demonstration of awareness and understanding of globalization: 50%  Demonstration of growth in communication skills: 35%  Demonstration of growth as a professional and as a person relative to sustainability: 15%To assess student status related to awareness

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Corns, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Cihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ivan G. Guardiola, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

details of theirparticular engineering disciplines. In addition, as most of the undergraduate students weremechanical engineering majors, the instructor for the first course was able to use his backgroundin mechanical engineering to provide relatable examples to the students. One of the main difficulties with teaching this course was the pace at which the course Page 22.1279.9started to move. Although we had planned for a fast paced course, it was still a faster thananticipated and additional contingencies would have been helpful when the students moved intothe higher detail design work. A high level overview of the systems engineering

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard E Fairley, Software and Systems Engineering Associates

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Systems Engineering

systematic development of softwareis to control complexity. In other engineering disciplines the purpose of systematicanalysis and design is perhaps to control complexity but primarily to produceblueprints, schematics, and other plans for construction of a physical artifact.The second additional factor to be considered is the closely coordinated teamworkrequired to produce software. Because software engineering is intellect-intensive,effort is the fundamental unit of estimation and control for software projects. Asoftware project estimated to require 100 staff-months of effort might beconstructed by 10 people working for 10 months but not 100 people working for onemonth and probably not 1 person working for 100 months; teams of

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Nemes, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Robert M. Capuro, Pennslyvania State University; Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

Educator Award. In January 2010, Liz stepped down as Director of the E- SHIP Minor to help define expansion plans for undergraduate entrepreneurship education across Penn State. Liz is co-Director of the Lion Launch Pad, a new student-centric on-campus business incubator. Liz is also involved in NSF-funded research, supporting both PFI and IEECI grants, and is the incoming Program Chair for the ASEE Entrepreneurship Division (2010-2011). Since 2006, Liz has been involved in developing the ASME Innovation Showcase (I-Show), which pro- vides a platform for top collegiate student teams to compete for seed money and attend 4-day business start-up workshops with the goal to commercialize their product idea. In the three I

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael C Smith, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Systems Engineering

settings. His technical expertise spans applied quantitative methods, strate- gic planning, technology evaluation, and organizational assessment. Prior to joining the Systems and Information Engineering faculty at UVa, Dr. Smith was as a Senior Scientist at Science Applications In- ternational Corporation (SAIC) where, during his twenty-plus years tenure, he led numerous studies and analysis in a variety of application domains, including transportation operations, transportation security, national security, manufacturing, and health care. Prior to his employment at SAIC, Dr. Smith was a member of the Industrial Engineering faculties at the University of Missouri and Oregon State University. Dr. Smith earned his

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

completed a post-test atthe end of the semester. This provided a baseline for comparison with the proposed hybridoffering. The plan was to repeat the process with the 2009 offering of Senior Design I.However, the portions of the lectures were to be presented on-line using Blackboard.Introductory course material, team oral presentations and guest speakers would continue to useclass time. At the end of the semester, a post-test of the hybrid model would again beadministered. A comparison between the growth from the 2008/2009 group and the 2009/2010group could show the effectiveness of a hybrid class that could replace much of the lectureportion of senior design. Even though there was a difference in the number of lecture topics inthe two semesters

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A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University; Isaiah Waindi, SPSU Systems Engineering Graduate

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Systems Engineering

TechnologyEach region faces different challenges with managing and developing plans for energy security.For example, while there might be some similarity, China does not face the same challenges asthe United States. Similarly, the East African region has very different challenges from thosecountries. These technologies are being developed to solve problems for the regions whichidentified the need. Wind energy is a great source of electricity in the United States however itmay not work as well in East Africa1. Alternatively, solar power would be well suited for thetropical region which gets great amounts of sunlight.Technology maturity is another challenge. With increasing demand for oil from China, India,Brazil and other emerging nations, renewable