Description: Website for NSF-funded research and education center. Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Arizona State University established the Center for Sustainable Engineering in 2005, supported by the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency. Sustainable Engineering may be defined as engineering for human development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Bruntland Commission, 1987). Examples of Sustainable Engineering include: - Using methods that minimize environmental damage to provide sufficient food, water, shelter, and mobility for a growing world population - Designing products and processes so that wastes from one are used as inputs to another - Incorporating environmental and social constraints as well as economic considerations into engineering decisions As the global population grows and standards of living improve, there will be increasing stress on the world's limited resources. Thus engineers of the future will be asked to use the earth's resources more efficiently and produce less waste, while at the same time satisfying an ever-increasing demand for goods and services. To prepare for such challenges, engineers will need to understand the impact of their decisions on built and natural systems, and must be adept at working closely with planners, decision makers, and the general public. Sustainable Engineering emphasizes these and related issues.
Cost: Free
Learning Resource Type: Reference - Educational Research Paper (College Freshman - College Senior)
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Difficulty: Easy
Audience: From College Freshman To Continuing Education
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Resource Use: The center has a number of educational goals: A website was established with peer-reviewed educational materials on Sustainable Engineering. The site will be set up in cooperation with a professional society. 3. An assessment of Sustainable Engineering programs and courses around the U.S. is being conducted to benchmark the status of education in this emerging discipline. Measures of quality in these programs will be explored and used to initiate an award program for excellence in Sustainable Engineering Education.
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Comments: 1) Rating: 5_x000D_Title: Science and related studies, 08-2-10_x000D_By: Charles H. Tankersley_x000D_Details: I am a part of an International group that is attempting to provide access to the latest sustainable technology to the underdeveloped world with volunteer engineering of waste to enegry and products projects. Please see the website http://www.chtank.org/ for an outline of the proposed and/or active Sustainability Engineered Projects and Continued Adult Education Promotion._x000D_2)Rating: 4 _x000D_Title: How I Use Electronic Library for the Center for Sustainable Engineering, 07-8-9_x000D_By: Alice Agogino_x000D_Details: The center has a number of educational goals: A website was established with peer-reviewed educational materials on Sustainable Engineering. The site will be set up in cooperation with a professional society. 3. An assessment of Sustainable Engineering programs and courses around the U.S. is being conducted to benchmark the status of education in this emerging discipline. Measures of quality in these programs will be explored and used to initiate an award program for excellence in Sustainable Engineering Education.