System dynamics courses for beginners

[salarcona@repsol-ypf.com]

Ive just finished my degree in electronics and automatic control
engineering and Im very interested in system dynamics; I would like to know if there are some system dynamic courses for beginners.

[ Hosts note: There are a number of companies that regularly offer training
courses on system dynamics and supporting software (these include High Performance
Systems, Powersim, Inc. and Ventana Systems). There are also quite a
few universities that offer regular, short and distance courses (these include MIT,
University at Albany, WPI, Bergen, WSU and the University of Illinois).

We also have a periodic posting of short/distance courses available for Europe that
come to this list (though I dont post individual course announcements).

However, I dont know of a web site that attempts to catalogue what is available -
if anyone knows of such a web site please inform the list - if not I pose this as
a challenge (are you listening Jack Pugh) to get something together.

]

Thanks

Salvador Alarcón Alacio
Staff técnico Vicepresidencia de Gas Natural y Electricidad
& 91 348 62 22
) salarcona@repsol-ypf.com

["Bob Eberlein"]

Hi Everyone,

Leslie Martin pointed out to me that Nan Lux at MIT maintains the following
site for the system dynamics in education project.

http://sysdyn.mit.edu/study.html

This is a university oriented list, but it includes lots of names and
should be a helpful resource.

Bob Eberlein
Bob@vensim.com