Title :
Simulation thinking: Where design and analysis meet
Author :
Thompson, Mary Kathryn
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Civil & Env. Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
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;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2009 Winter
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5770-0
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2009.5429283
