Systems Engineering Education: Design, Practice and Development
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954). This special issue belongs to the section "Systems Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 November 2026 | Viewed by 222
Special Issue Editors
Interests: engineering education; Internet of Things; virtual labs; EDUverse (VR/AR) learning and teaching; virtual learning environments; personalized microlearning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We want to encourage you to contribute to this Special Issue, which invites submissions that advance understanding of systems in their broadest sense—encompassing conceptual foundations, educational innovation, design methodologies, practical applications, and the development of complex socio-technical systems.
Building on the interdisciplinary mission of Systems, submissions should integrate systems theory with real-world challenges, pedagogical strategies, teaching and learning frameworks, and practice-oriented insights for systems engineering education. Contributions may, e.g., explore novel approaches to systems engineering education, including curriculum design that fosters systems literacy across disciplines; innovative classroom, virtual, and workplace learning formats; assessments of how systems thinking shapes professional expertise; case studies; implementation experiences; integrative methods for decision-making; and reflective analyses of successes and failures across domains.
This Special Issue seeks contributions that bridge theory, education, design, and practice to enrich systemic understanding and application.
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Bernsteiner
Prof. Dr. Michael Kohlegger
Prof. Dr. Christian Ploder
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Systems is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- GenAI in engineering and systems education: benefits, drawbacks, dependency, and integrity
- systems thinking and literacy—to understand how individual components interact with each other and within larger systems
- model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and large language models (LLM)—from natural language to formal models
- best practices and experiences in engineering and systems education Digital Twins—from concept to lifecycle—“twin fidelity” from different viewpoints (technology, education, etc.)
- curriculum development in systems engineering—improve learners’ ability to handle real-world complexity, trade-offs, and multi-stakeholder problems
- tools and tool chains for systems engineering education
- participatory and co-creative approaches for complex socio-technical systems
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