DocumentCode
1815679
Title
Simulation thinking: Where design and analysis meet
Author
Thompson, Mary Kathryn
Author_Institution
Dept. of Civil & Env. Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
fYear
2009
fDate
13-16 Dec. 2009
Firstpage
3099
Lastpage
3108
Abstract
Design and analysis have historically been viewed as opposites. However, design and analysis are closely related activities which involve similar types of thinking. This work examines the similarities and differences in cognition and education for design and numerical simulation. The educational pedagogy and educational outcomes of a first year design program and a graduate level finite element analysis course are discussed, and a list of characteristics and cognitive abilities of a good simulator - dubbed "simulation thinking" - is presented.
Keywords
design; education; numerical analysis; cognitive abilities; educational outcomes; educational pedagogy; first year design program; graduate level finite element analysis; numerical analysis; numerical simulation; Analytical models; Art; Cognition; Design engineering; Educational programs; Engineering education; Finite element methods; History; Mathematics; Numerical simulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2009 Winter
Conference_Location
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5770-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WSC.2009.5429283
Filename
5429283
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