Workshop: Engineering Design and Systems Engineering Foundations; Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina; November 14-17, 2015

本次研讨会汇集了工程设计和系统工程领域的教育工作者和研究人员，以评估这些领域的最新技术，确定未来研究的有前途的方向，利用这两个领域之间的协同作用，并加强从业者的设计和创新能力。此外，来自ESD和SYS项目（工程与系统设计；系统科学）的NSF受助人将能够展示海报，解释他们的工作，并从他们的同事和项目主管那里获得反馈。参与者将确定并讨论过去对教育和实践产生重大影响的贡献。并讨论了它们的适用领域、局限性，以及需要做些什么来增强它们未来的潜力和影响。研讨会的主要目标是使工程设计和系统工程社区能够交换思想并找到协同作用。研讨会将汇集约150名研究人员，并将他们分成十人一组的小组，讨论三个具体主题。首先，研讨会参与者将关注方法验证和研究方法论。在过去的四十年里，人们提出了许多设计和系统工程的方法、途径和工具。有必要对这些方法的潜力和局限性进行评估、批评、达成一致意见，并确定以证据为基础的方法以进一步改进它们。研讨会的第二个主题是确定未来的研究方向，并建立一个框架，以组织这些未来的贡献。重点将放在最能影响工程和系统设计师创新能力的方向上，以及如何处理日益复杂的产品和系统。第三，将讨论工程师和实践者的教育，以确定最佳实践，体验式教育和讲座之间的正确组合，以及将提供在不同教育水平上推动该领域发展所需的广度和深度的关键主题。

This workshop brings together educators and researchers in the fields of Engineering Design and Systems Engineering to assess the state of the art in these fields, identify promising directions for future research, exploit the synergies between the two fields, and strengthen the design and innovation capabilities of practitioners. Additionally, current NSF grantees from both ESD and SYS programs (Engineering and Systems Design; Systems Science) will be able to present posters explaining their work and get feedback from their colleagues and the program director. Participants will identify and discuss past contributions that have had a strong impact on education and practice. and discussed their domains of applicability, their limitations, and what needs to be done to strengthen their future potential and impact. The main objective of the workshop is to enable the engineering design and systems engineering communities to exchange ideas and find synergies. The workshop will bring together about 150 researchers and divide them in small groups of ten to discuss three specific topics. First, workshop participants will focus on method validation and research methodology. Many design and systems engineering methods, approaches and tools have been suggested in the last forty years. There is a need to take stock, critique, agree on the potentials and limitations of these methods, and define evidence-based approaches to further improve them. A second workshop topic is to determine future research directions and to establish a framework in which these future contributions can be organized. The focus will be on directions that can most affect the ability of engineering and systems designers to innovate and to deal with the increased complexity of products and systems. Third, the education of engineers and of practitioners will be discussed to identify best practices, the right mix between experiential education and lectures, and the critical topics that will provide the breadth and depth required to move the fields forward at the various educational levels.