Green Manufacturing

The course aims to provide societal engineers with the skill set necessary to understand the relationship between material selection, processing, and manufacturing options, product design and its use, and various end-of-life strategies that impact energy use, available resources, and the environment. Being able to analyze this complex interaction is extremely important and will directly impact the future of our society. Given the large scale of our current and future materials and energy needs, we must manage our resources effectively, design products based on required functionality and sustainability criteria, make judicious material and process selections, choose our energy sources, and select the right end-of-life option to ensure a sustainable future. After completing this course, students will be able to perform an eco-audit for a product life cycle and assess its environmental and societal impacts. Same as ENGMS 535; students may not receive credits for both.