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Systems Architecture

An undergraduate course on complex engineered systems, function and form, concept development, and architectural decisions.

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An undergraduate course on complex engineered systems, function and form, concept development, and architectural decisions.

Course materials

Complex Systems

I. System Thinking

II. Analysis of System Architecture

III. Creating System Architecture

IV. Architecture as Decisions

Case studies

Browse case studies, organized by part of the course. The collection includes two discussion briefs (a hospital emergency department and the Boeing 787) and the in-class activities and homework built on a campus delivery robot and your own bike.

Syllabus and references

This course follows System Architecture: Strategy and Product Development for Complex Systems by Edward Crawley, Bruce Cameron, and Daniel Selva (Pearson, 2016).