After reading Insight Maker: A general-purpose tool for web-based modeling

& simulation, Scott Fortmann-Roe, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, United States, please answer the following questions
How could this tool be useful in conducting research for your dissertation?
How could this tool be useful in your current or anticipated job?