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SYSE 580B4 - Wicked Problems and Systems Engineering

  • 3 credits
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Wicked problems are large-scale, have no clear definition or solution, and require interdisciplinary systems approaches. Core SE toolkits such as concept of operations and the Verification and Validation lifecycle are applied to wicked problems (WPs). Ethics and human interactions are exemplified through multi-cultural perspectives. Socio-technical-political interactions and using AI in WPs are covered. Class examples are primarily environmental but are extended to other major wicked systems.

Instructors

Anna Hodshire

Anna.Hodshire@colostate.edu

Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering

Anna Hodshire is an Assistant Professor in the Systems Engineering Department at Colorado State University (CSU) and a lead scientist with the Methane Emissions Technologies Evaluation Center (METEC). She leads the modeling group at METEC, currently focused on developing verifiable measurement-informed inventories and working on top down/bottom up reconciliation. As a part of this, she leads field campaigns and intensive modeling efforts for top down/bottom down surveys and basin-wide surveys of oil and gas emissions of methane. She also helps coordinate graduate student onboarding and recruitment efforts for METEC.

Her research interests are broadly on pollution emission and dispersion, air quality, climate change, and the intersection of planetary health among all these topics. Prior to joining METEC, Hodshire worked at small companies focused on measuring properties of atmospheric aerosols for health and climate applications. Hodshire holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Atmospheric Science from Colorado State University.