Handbook of Engineering Systems Design

We are delighted to announce this Springer Reference Works.

More than 60 leading scholars from the Engineering Systems Design community including many active members of the Design Society share their insights on multi-level systems change for humane and sustainable futures. 

In 35 chapters, the Handbook surveys the lay of the land and brings together challenges, positions, theories, methods, case examples, conjectures, and actionable insights forward across design, management, and policy.

  • Part 1 The basics of the socio-technical engineering systems perspective
  • Part 2 Describing core characteristics of large-scale engineering systems
  • Part 3 Designing engineering systems interventions
  • Part 4 Reflecting on engineering systems interventions
  • Part 5 A look to the future with case examples from health and transport and calls to action

Thank you to all authors, editors, nature, colleagues in academia, industry, government for inspiration, dialogue, and visionary determination to get here. May our collective work provide a solid foundation to build on.

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Table of Contents:

 

Part I The Engineering Systems Perspective

 

Introducing Engineering Systems Design: A New Engineering Perspective on the Challenges of Our Times

Anja Maier, Josef Oehmen, Pieter E. Vermaas

Pages 3-32

 

History of Engineering Systems Design Research and Practice

Chris McMahon

Pages 33-51

 

Design Perspectives, Theories, and Processes for Engineering Systems Design

Ola Isaksson, David C. Wynn, Claudia Eckert

Pages 53-99

 

The Evolution of Complex Engineering Systems

Claudia Eckert, John Clarkson

Pages 101-139

 

Sustainable Futures from an Engineering Systems Perspective

Tim C. McAloone, Michael Z. Hauschild

Pages 141-163

 

Digitalisation of Society

Dieter Spath, Jürgen Gausemeier, Roman Dumitrescu, Johannes Winter, Steffen Steglich, M. Drewel

Pages 165-187

 

Systems Thinking: Practical Insights on Systems-Led Design in Socio-Technical Engineering Systems

Misha Kaur, Luke Craven

Pages 189-217

 

Part II Describing Engineering Systems

 

Technical and Social Complexity

Babak Heydari, Paulien Herder

Pages 221-250

 

Human Behaviour, Roles, and Processes

Petra Badke-Schaub, Harald Schaub

Pages 251-286

 

Risk, Uncertainty, and Ignorance in Engineering Systems Design

Josef Oehmen, Jan Kwakkel

Pages 287-317

 

Properties of Engineering Systems

Donna H. Rhodes, Adam M. Ross

Pages 319-348

 

Part III Designing Engineering Systems Interventions

 

Engineering Systems Design Goals and Stakeholder Needs

Alison McKay, Ole Broberg, Mark A. Robinson

Pages 351-380

 

Architecting Engineering Systems: Designing Critical Interfaces

Marija Jankovic, Andreas M. Hein

Pages 381-405

 

Data-Driven Preference Modelling in Engineering Systems Design

Wei Chen, Faez Ahmed, Yaxin Cui, Zhenghui Sha, Noshir Contractor

Pages 407-440

 

Formulating Engineering Systems Requirements

Markus Zimmermann, Olivier de Weck

Pages 441-491

 

Designing for Human Behaviour in a Systemic World

Anja Maier, Philip Cash

Pages 493-526

 

Designing for Technical Behaviour

Jitesh H. Panchal, Paul T. Grogan

Pages 527-556

 

Dynamics and Emergence: Case Examples from Literature

Mo Mansouri, Mario Štorga

Pages 557-592

 

Designing for Emergent Safety in Engineering Systems

J. Robert Taylor, Igor Kozine

Pages 593-621

 

Flexibility and Real Options in Engineering Systems Design

Michel-Alexandre Cardin, Ana Mijic, Jennifer Whyte

Pages 623-651

 

Engineering Systems in Flux: Designing and Evaluating Interventions in Dynamic Systems

Pieter W. G. Bots

Pages 653-678

 

Engineering Systems Integration, Testing, and Validation

Ricardo Valerdi, Brendan P. Sullivan

Pages 679-708

 

Evaluating Engineering Systems Interventions

Wester C. H. Schoonenberg, Amro M. Farid

Pages 709-733

 

Part IV Reflecting on Engineering Systems Interventions

 

 

Research Methods for Supporting Engineering Systems Design

Zoe Szajnfarber, David A. Broniatowski

Pages 737-763

 

Transforming Engineering Systems: Learnings from Organising Megaprojects

Joana Geraldi, Andrew Davies

Pages 765-787

 

Asking Effective Questions: Awareness of Bias in Designerly Thinking

Rebecca Anne Price, Peter Lloyd

Pages 789-804

 

Choosing Effective Means: Awareness of Bias in the Selection of Methods and Tools

Jaap Daalhuizen, Björgvin Hjartarson

Pages 805-824

 

Creating Effective Efforts: Managing Stakeholder Value

Alejandro Romero-Torres, Maude Brunet

Pages 825-849

 

Ethics and Equity-Centred Perspectives in Engineering Systems Design

Wiljeana Jackson Glover, Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup

Pages 851-874

 

Roles and Skills of Engineering Systems Designers

Panos Y. Papalambros

Pages 875-892

 

Part V Futures of Engineering Systems Design

 

Educating Engineering Systems Designers: A Systems Design Competences and Skills Matrix

James Moultrie

Pages 895-929

 

Engineering Systems Interventions in Practice: Cases from Healthcare and Transport

Christian Thuesen, Igor Kozine, Anja Maier, Josef Oehmen

Pages 931-985

 

 

Public Policy and Engineering Systems Synergy

Sebastiaan Meijer, Karol Olejniczak, Jayanth Raghothama

Pages 987-1010

 

Transitioning to Sustainable Engineering Systems

Chris McMahon, Susan Krumdieck

Pages 1011-1033

 

Engineering Systems Design: A Look to the Future

Anja Maier, Josef Oehmen, Pieter E. Vermaas

Pages 1035-1046

 

Handbook on Engineering Systems Design

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