ENGINEERING SUSTAINABILITY: LINKING TECHNOLOGY, POLICY, HEALTH, AND ECONOMICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: INTEREGR 397 , B M E 301 , BIOCORE 384 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze and evaluate system-level sustainability considerations for a variety of technologies, with a focus on energy conversion and storage systems Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Assess the influence of policy, stakeholder perspectives, and commercialization pathways on the development and deployment of sustainable technologies Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Collaborate effectively in interdisciplinary teams to investigate complex technological systems and their sustainability and societal impacts Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Communicate technical and societal concepts clearly and persuasively through oral presentations, visual media, and written reports Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Conduct literature reviews to gather, synthesize, and critique information from diverse sources relevant to technology and sustainability Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Engage in informed, interdisciplinary dialogue about the impacts of engineered systems across their life cycles—including design, manufacturing, operation, and end-of-life Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Design and defend a graduate-level analysis or project component that demonstrates original insight, methodological rigor, and consideration of uncertainty in sustainability assessment Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze and evaluate system-level sustainability considerations for a variety of technologies, with a focus on energy conversion and storage systems Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Assess the influence of policy, stakeholder perspectives, and commercialization pathways on the development and deployment of sustainable technologies Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Collaborate effectively in interdisciplinary teams to investigate complex technological systems and their sustainability and societal impacts Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Communicate technical and societal concepts clearly and persuasively through oral presentations, visual media, and written reports Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Conduct literature reviews to gather, synthesize, and critique information from diverse sources relevant to technology and sustainability Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Engage in informed, interdisciplinary dialogue about the impacts of engineered systems across their life cycles—including design, manufacturing, operation, and end-of-life Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Design and defend a graduate-level analysis or project component that demonstrates original insight, methodological rigor, and consideration of uncertainty in sustainability assessment Audience: Graduate