/MME 551. Sustainability Considerations in Design and Development

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This course presents sustainability issues to be considered in the planning process and provides tools to evaluate these for a balanced design. Topics include analysis of interactions between the technical, economic, and societal and policy aspects of sustainability, balance of the technical evaluation (life cycle costs, etc.) against the product's impact on the environment and societal preferences, and applying decision analysis methods to evaluate these preferences and tradeoffs. Prerequisite: MTH 151 or equivalent. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: ISA 205 or STA 301 or equivalent.