Engineering Sustainability

Catalog description

Sustainability is a complex and multifaceted concept without straightforward solutions. This course is a multidisciplinary introduction to the evaluation of sustainability, sustainable development obstacles and opportunities, and explore engineering research needs. We will practice both qualitative and quantitative approaches with a heavy focus on writing about sustainability concepts and sustainability analysis in practice. The course spans modules that focus on understanding the root causes of unsustainability to sustainability assessment frameworks to design and innovation. The culmination of the course will be a final team project that will be developed by an industry, campus, or community partner to practice the quantitative approaches learned in the course and tie to the relevant qualitative concept discussed in class.