16.842- Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
MIT, Graduate-level, 2-0-4, Fall 2023
This course introduces key principles, methods, and tools for systems engineering. The course provides an overview of stakeholders analysis, requirements generation, concept formulation, trade space analysis, and architecture development.
12.387- People and the Planet: Environmental Governance and Science
MIT, Undergraduate-level, 3-0-6, Fall 2023
This course introduces governance and science aspects of complex environmental problems and approaches to solutions. It introduces quantitative analyses and methodological tools to analyze environmental issues that have human and natural components, and it demonstrates concepts through a series of in-depth case studies of environmental governance and science problems. Students engage in experiential activities, such as modeling and policy exercises.
IGA 565- Analytical Methods for Complex Adaptive Systems
Harvard Kennedy School, Graduate level, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
The course introduces complex adaptive systems theory for understanding and analyzing modern systems that embody technological and social elements and operate within changing environments such as water, energy, transportation, and communication systems. Key concepts of time lags in cause and effect, feedbacks, interactions and adaptive behavior will be introduced and implications for policy and planning are discussed. A variety of international cases drawn from different domains including water, energy, transportation, and space systems are analyzed
API 502- Policy Design and Delivery II
Harvard Kennedy School, Graduate level, Spring 2022
Topics included systems thinking and mapping, unintended consequences, stakeholder analysis, financial management, and performance monitoring. Cases included implementing air quality regulations, digital delivery of public services, and risk management. Required (core) course for students in Master’s in Public Policy (MPP) Program at Harvard Kennedy School.