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

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

3. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management 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

4. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management 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

5. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management 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

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

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

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

9. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management 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)

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

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

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

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

14. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management AMISE Interface

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

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

17. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management 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..

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

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

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

21. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management Workshops Results Real number of wells (4) Real pumping rate (17 430 m 3 /d) Real construction cost ($ 1 630 000)

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

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

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

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

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

27. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management 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

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

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

30. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management 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

31. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management 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

32. __________________ Engineering Education Systems for environmental project management 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)

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