Engineering Education Systems for Environmental Project Management - Example of the Amise Simulation Program

1. Engineering Education Systems for Environmental Project Management-Example of the Amise Simulation Program François Baillon School of Mines St-Etienne

2. Outline 1. What is an Engineering Education System? 2. Example of the Amise Simulation Program 3. Use of simulation results 4. What’s next? Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

3. Weaknesses of traditional teaching • Lack of motivation from students • Theory illustration based on exercise disconnected from reality • Lack of links between disciplines • Low interactivity • Low reactivity to actualities Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

4. Pedagogical concepts • Use of active pedagogy • Use of role playing techniques • Learning process based on project management • Integration of technical, economical and social constraints Realisation of simulator based on a real case study Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

5. Simulator Goals • Educational system for project management in environment and water resources • Graduate students/Junior engineers • 1 week role playing game • Simulation of the project decision process as well as technical phases Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

6. Simulation elements • Use of multimedia • Use of specific scientific software during technical phase simulation • Introduction of disturbing events • Presence of an animator Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

7. Existing simulation programs • Water Game (1975-1989) Water supply distribution • MISE (1981-1995) Water resources management • PROMISE (1989-1998) Waste water management Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

8. Outline 1. What is an Engineering Education System? 2. Example of the Amise Simulation Program 3. Use of simulation results 4. What’s next? Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

9. Real case study: New Brighton’s site cleaning-up • New Brighton’s (Minnesota, USA) aquifer cleaning-up • Organic compounds contamination from US army ammunition plant (1940-1980) Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

10. Pollution overview New Brighton Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

11. AMISE Scenario • Phase I: Context Study • Phase II : Diagnostic • Phase III : Modelling • Phase IV: Resources Management • Phase V : Proposition of cleaning-up solutions Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

12. Inter-phase information exchange diagram Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

13. AMISE elements • Database Documents, regulation, events, pollution level • Data treatment methods Data interpolation and hydrodynamic modelling • Html and Java Interface Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

14. AMISE Interface Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

15. Amise Interface on Internet Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

16. Diagram of design strategy for Web sites(source Yale Style Manual-Design Strategies) User Contact Time Amise Simulation Program Complex Lengthy Teaching Education Reference Training Concise Brief Interface Structure Linear Non-linear Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

17. Pedagogic gain • Knowledge Water pollution - Geology & Hydrogeology - Chemical product’s behaviour - Environmental regulation- Economical constraints • Engineering Techniques Data interpolation - Hydrodynamic modelling - Well construction • Experience Setting up a sample campaign- Setting up a decision process- Imprecision management - Interaction between technical, economical, social and regulation constraints in an environmental project.. Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

18. Outline 1. What is an Engineering Education System? 2. Example of the Amise Simulation Program 3. Use of simulation results 4. What’s next? Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

19. Simulation Workshops 35 participants & 11 teams Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

20. Groundwater modelling results (University of Minnesota - 97) Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

21. Workshops Results Real construction cost ($ 1 630 000) Real pumping rate (17 430 m3/d) Real number of wells (4) Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

22. Use of simulation results ? Real Case Study Construction of a simulator Simulation Workshops Cleaning-up Scenario ? Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

23. Factors associated to decision making Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

24. Knowledge evaluation • Input knowledge • Modelled knowledge Project context Modelling Expected modelling quality Available resources Modelled knowledge Input knowledge Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

25. Multi-criteria analysis Criteria hierarchy process Criteria balancing Evaluation Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

26. Experimental behaviour graph(hydrodynamic model) Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

27. Answers... This analysis methodology gives relevant result Application to other part of the simulator (models or student learning process) We need more information on decision making Development of intelligent web-based tracking techniques Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

28. Outline 1. What is an Engineering Education System? 2. Example of the Amise Simulation Program 3. Use of simulation results 4. What’s next? Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

29. Further development • Network simulators • Multimedia development ( sound & video) • Use of Geographic Information System (GIS) • Integration of advanced programming techniques (artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems) Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

30. Evolution goals • Integration of an intelligent system to manage the student’s choices • Personalising the learning environment • Generating real time pedagogical explanation • Developing distance learning simulation Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

31. On-going projects • Realisation of a Simulator generator platform • New simulator on urban planning issues for Grenoble Metro Area • Development of Intelligent Internet Learning Environment Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

32. Conclusion Engineering education systems based on simulation programs are: • useful tools adapted to the actual needs and evolution in learning technologies • scientific environments allowing experimental behaviour studies (models / learning process) Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management

33. Engineering Education Systems for Environmental Project Management http://helios.emse.fr/~idee/amise.htmlbaillon@emse.fr School of Mines St-Etienne