Foster, J., Kay, J., Roe, P., 2001. "Teaching Complexity and Systems Thinking to Engineers", 4th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education, Bangkok, Thailand, 7-10 February 2001, UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education, in press

The mid-1990s saw the resurgence of the notions of complexity and systems thinking. Within engineering the fields of nonlinear dynamics and stability theory, both aspects of complexity, have developed thriving communities. Softer areas, such as 2nd order cybernetics, are being shared with schools of business and management. As complexity and systems concepts become integrated into the practice of engineering they must also become more central to engineering curriculum.

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