Abstract This article presents a modular activity designed to promote interest and understanding of engineering economics concepts in a complex environment. Through a competition game, called “Let’s Bid!”, the students are able to understand the relationship between technological characteristics and supply and demand equilibrium in electricity markets, and discuss how uncertainty impacts investments in generation capacity and firm pricing strategies. This innovative teaching method was implemented in middle school, high school, and undergraduate college settings. Each implementation took less 60 minutes, and resulted in a strong student interest and understanding of engineering economics concepts (i.e., supply-demand equilibrium, risk, and markets).

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“让我们出价！” - 提高对工程经济兴趣的模块化活动

摘要 本文提出了一个模块化活动，旨在促进对复杂环境中工程经济学概念的兴趣和理解。通过名为“Let's Bid!”的竞赛游戏，学生们能够了解电力市场中技术特性与供需平衡之间的关系，并讨论不确定性如何影响发电容量投资和公司定价策略。这种创新的教学方法在初中、高中和本科院校中得以实施。每次实施都用了不到 60 分钟的时间，从而激发了学生对工程经济学概念（即供需平衡、风险和市场）的浓厚兴趣和理解。