Circular Systems

Catalog description

This transdisciplinary project-based course features small teams advancing technology and policy for the circular economy using the Cornell Campus as a living lab. Students are first grounded in concepts of circular economy, industrial ecology and systems engineering. Using this knowledge, students will be developing simulation models as part of the course using system dynamics modeling. All modeling and simulation are taught from the ground up, and students do not need to have a strong computational background before taking this course.