spring 2025
TEK-2005 Sustainable System Engineering - 10 ECTS
Course content
The course presents a framework based on the systems engineering process to be used for planning, analyzing, and design of more sustainable industrial systems, such as products, factories and processing plants, operation processes, information systems, and supply chains. The course covers important methods used to optimize industrial activities in relation to risks associated with health, safety, and environment (HSE) as well as economic risks, profitability, and cost control. It adopts a life cycle perspective, covering industrial development and construction, installation and commissioning, operation, and maintenance. The course addresses concepts, tools, and methods within systems engineering and maintenance, including standards, laws and regulations, inventory and logistics, and management of data and information. Emphasis is placed on lifecycle costing (LCC), sustainability practices, fostering innovation within industrial processes, and different modes of operation such as lean management.Objectives of the course
Knowledge:
The student …
- have a fundamental understanding of key aspects, principles, methods, and tools related to the management of systems engineering, sustainability, and maintenance of complex machinery, equipment, products, and systems.
- is familiar with modeling techniques, life cycle analyses, and Life-cycle cost analysis (LCC).
- have knowledge of system definition, subsystems, system boundaries, system analysis, system synthesis, strategic analysis, and uncertainty analysis.
- have knowledge of the basic relationships between technical individual elements and the systemic whole.
- have knowledge of the principles of sustainability and innovation in the context of industrial operations and maintenance.
- have knowledge of different modes of operation such as lean management and how they apply to systems engineering and maintenance.
Skills:
The student …
- can identify, formulate, and solve problems related to systems engineering, sustainability, and maintenance.
- can apply their knowledge of systems engineering, sustainability, and maintenance in a practical industrial context.
- can conduct system modeling, perform system analysis, establish subsystems and system synthesis, and communicate such results.
- can develop systems engineering and maintenance plans for a system, component, or process to meet needs within economic, environmental, and other frameworks, incorporating sustainability and innovation.
- can apply mathematics, natural sciences, and technology as a basis in systems engineering, sustainability, and maintenance work, and use computer tools for practical systems engineering and maintenance management.
General Competence:
The student …
- understand that interdisciplinarity is necessary for effective system solutions.
- understand the consequences of actions within the scope of sustainability.
- can communicate engineering disciplines in a systemic context.
- have developed teamwork skills.
- can identify and drive innovation within systems engineering and maintenance processes.
- understand the importance of lean management and other operational strategies in improving efficiency and effectiveness.
Schedule
Examination
| Examination: | Date: | Weighting: | Duration: | Grade scale: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 21.05.2025 14:00 (Hand in) | 4/10 | A–E, fail F | |
| School exam | 28.05.2025 09:00 |
6/10 | 3 Hours | A–E, fail F |
Re-sit examination
Re-sit exam is granted to the students who have failed the last ordinary arranged exam and is granted only for the failed part of the examination.
Group project assignment:
Students having failed the group project assignment will be offered one opportunity to revise the project and submit it again in two weeks.
3 hours written exam:
A re-sit examination will be offered early in the following semester.
For a new regular exam attempt, it is not necessary to retake all parts of the exam.
- About the course
- Campus: Tromsø |
- ECTS: 10
- Course code: TEK-2005
- Responsible unit
- Institutt for teknologi og sikkerhet
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