Creating an environment for learning about sustainability in engineering

Colin Fitzpatrick

doi:10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936874

Creating an environment for learning about sustainability in engineering

Colin Fitzpatrick

Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering

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THIS paper provides an overview of a problem based learning (PBL) module on Electronics and the Environment for undergraduate engineers. In this module sustainability is treated as a key business concern as opposed to an altruistic goal. The students are presented with some key environmental and social concerns and they must construct these as business threats. Following this they must review current approaches to these problems before designing a product for 10 years hence.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936874
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011 - Chicago, IL, United States Duration: 16 May 2011 → 18 May 2011

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Conference	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago, IL
Period	16/05/11 → 18/05/11

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Fitzpatrick, C 2011, Creating an environment for learning about sustainability in engineering. in Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011., 5936874, Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011, 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011, Chicago, IL, United States, 16/05/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936874

Creating an environment for learning about sustainability in engineering. / Fitzpatrick, Colin.
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011. 2011. 5936874 (Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011).

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