The Key Dates column in the following table includes both individual assignments (A1 and A2) and project assignments (P1, P2 and P3).
Course calendar.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
KEY DATES |
| 1 |
Introduction: What this class is about, expected learning
Systems: What is a system and why you need to know about it, introduction to systems thinking
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A1 assigned: Resume / statement of interests / complex system experience |
| 2 |
Systems: Classes of systems (technical, sociotechnical, engineering systems) |
A1 due
A2 assigned: Complex system description and issue identification
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| 3 |
Systems: Sociotechnical systems and introduction to complexity |
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| 4 |
Systems: Complexity and more, with focus on uncertainty |
A2 due |
| 5 |
Project: Introduction to Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF), the big issues and questions, introduction to resources |
P1 assigned: Representation of SNF CLIOS system |
| 6 |
Systems: CLIOS process |
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| 7 |
Systems: CLIOS process (cont.) |
P1 due |
| 8 |
Project: Review of P1 and instructor synthesis of P1; getting organized for the project work; at end of this class, students will have formed into working groups |
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| 9 |
Systems: Critical Contemporary Issues (CCI) |
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| 10 |
Systems: What is design? What do we mean by a system design? |
P2 assigned: Thinking about design for the SNF project |
| 11 |
Systems: More on system design, the design aspects of the CLIOS process |
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| 12 |
Project: Class discussion on design concepts for the SNF project, system review |
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| 13 |
Mid-term quiz |
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| 14 |
Systems: Models and frameworks |
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| 15 |
Systems: Models and frameworks (cont.)
Discussion of midterm
Project: Team meetings on P2
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| 16 |
Systems: Risk assessment
Project: Discussion of P3
|
P2 due
P3 (including Qualifying Problem) assigned
|
| 17 |
Systems: Risk assessment (cont.) |
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| 18 |
Project: Team meetings to select strategic alternatives |
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| 19 |
Project: Team meeting with Department of Energy secretary to finalize strategic alternatives |
Qualifying problem due |
| 20 |
Systems: CLIOS stage 3 — implementation |
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| 21 |
Systems: Scenario planning |
Due: Final report outline for discussion the following class with Department of Energy secretary |
| 22 |
Project: Team meetings with Department of Energy secretary to review progress and discuss final report outline |
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| 23 |
Systems: System dynamics 101 |
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| 24 |
Project: Rehearsal of final presentations |
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| 25 |
Project final presentation |
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| 26 |
Class summary, systems recap, student evaluations |
P3 due |