NDLI: An educational experience in developing conceptual architectures for complex systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	McManus, H. Warmkessel, J. Kaliardos, W.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: Space Syst., Policy & Archit. Res. Consortium, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA (McManus, H.)
Abstract	Front-end design, from poorly defined user needs to conceptual design, is difficult to do, and difficult to teach. The process itself is typically experience-based and ad-hoc. Attempts to define a formal, teachable process are often unrealistic. Here, a new process is described, as well as a course built on using it as an educational experience. The process uses modeling to systematize architecture selection and conceptual design, using low fidelity, carefully scoped models. The course focuses on using the process to develop a novel, complex space system architecture to address a realistic need. The course was successful in both implementing the process and accelerating learning. An analysis reveals that it moves intuition-based decisions forward, from choosing the design (difficult for students, and limiting in terms of creative designs) to defining the models used to evaluate potential designs, and scoping of the design space explored. Lessons learned from difficulties encountered are also noted.
Sponsorship	IEEE Educ. Soc. IEEE Comput. Soc. American Soc. Eng. Educ. (Educ. Res. & Methods Div.)
File Size	460529
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780374444
ISSN	01905848
DOI	10.1109/FIE.2002.1158696
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-11-06
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Design optimization Space exploration Artificial satellites Acceleration Automotive engineering Design engineering Systems engineering and theory Space vehicles Geometry Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications Software

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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