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• Transportation

The Active Communities/Transportation Research Group (ACT) is a collection of students and resear-

chers studying how land use-transportation policies influence active communities and transportation, ba-

sed at the University of Colorado Denver. We are an interdisciplinary team including planners, engineers,
health and behavioral scientists, and public affairs scholars.

• Urban Systems Framework

• Water, Waste and Energy Technologies

3.3. Carnegie Mellon

3.3.1. Sustainable Engineering: A Sequence of Courses at Carnegie Mellon

Audience/Grade:
College Freshman - College Senior

Discipline(s):
Green Design and Sustainable Engineering

Interdiscipline - Engineering Education Research

Design

Environmental Engineering

Special Topic(s):

Learning Resource Type:
Reference - Educational Research Paper

Media Type:
Unknown

Author(s):
Davidson, Cliff , Matthews, Scott , Hendrickson, Chris

Description:
Abstract: "A new sequence of courses at Carnegie Mellon University expo-

ses students to concepts in the emerging discipline of Sustainable Enginee-
ring and prepares them to play leadership roles in the years ahead. This se-

quence includes four half-semester courses: (1) Introduction to Sustainable

Engineering; (2) Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering Design; (3)

Life Cycle Assessment, and (4) Case Studies in Sustainable Engineering.

Students successfully completing this sequence have an appreciation for the
myriad ways in which engineering decisions can affect the environment and

for the responsibilities of engineers in helping society cope with future chal-

lenges." Citation: IJEE, Special Issue on Educating Students in Sustainable

Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 287-293, 2007.

Rating:
3 stars

Related Resources

Keywords:
college courses , sustainability, sustainable engineering , education,

Usage Tip

Related ABET Criteria:
(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context

Version Info

Publication Date:
May 2007

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