Complexity engineering: New ideas for engineering design and engineering education

Abstract This paper presents a theoretical approach to complexity engineering by considering the complex thinking framework proposed by Edgar Morin. The main foundations of this approach are an open system design, emergence, randomness inclusion, and Gödel incompleteness, which are contextualized using real-word instructive problems. Considering these concepts, several conjectures related to engineering activity and engineering education are presented taking several Brazilian catastrophes as counterexamples.

摘要 本文以埃德加·莫兰（Edgar Morin）提出的复杂思维框架为依托，提出了复杂性工程的理论研究方法。该方法的核心基石包括开放系统设计、涌现性、纳入随机性以及哥德尔不完备性（Gödel incompleteness），上述核心概念均结合现实世界的启发性典型问题完成了情境化适配与阐释。基于上述理念，本文以多起巴西重大灾害作为反例，提出了若干与工程实践及工程教育相关的猜想。