ME 567 Environmental Informatics: Vision, Purpose and Goals

Vision

• Humans living in harmony with nature.
• Augmentation, amplification of the human mind, rather than its physical power.
• Make the class a learning organization (rather than just learning individuals).

Purpose

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Goals

Academic

• Provide a framework (paradigms, metaphors, and models) for environmental information systems (EIS). The glue that ties it together (the science).
• Study the design of EIS for the transformation of raw environmental data into higher grade of knowledge suitable for decision making (the engineering).
• Implement EIS using modern computer and communication systems (the technology).

Managerial

• Develop teamwork methods, tools, and skills.