Teaching Sustainable Engineering and Industrial Ecology using a Hybrid Problem-Project Based Learning Approach

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dc.contributor.authorSriraman, Vedaraman
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorMartinez Ortiz, Araceli
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3375-1519en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-21T15:05:44Z
dc.date.available2023-09-21T15:05:44Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-28
dc.descriptionThis paper was originally presented at the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education annual meeting. © 2017 American Society for Engineering Educationen_US
dc.description.abstractRecently there has been an increased societal awareness of the environmental impacts of industrial activities. Many universities have included courses in sustainable engineering and industrial ecology in their engineering/technology curriculum to better prepare tomorrow’s engineering professional. A unifying thread that runs through such courses is a “life cycle” based holistic approach to product, process and infrastructure design. Application of appropriate pedagogy is key to active student engagement in the learning process and to the application of concepts to the solution of technical problems. In this paper a hybrid problem-project based pedagogical approach to teaching sustainable engineering and industrial ecology is described. Problem based learning was used to promote self- directed student learning of key course concepts in which teams of students solved problems in product or process design. These problems typically were related to the lecture topic that was to be covered for the day. Project based learning was used as a central organizing principle for the course and to enable students to apply the principles of life cycle assessment (LCA) of environmental impacts of a product. The project, which was assigned early in the semester and due at the end, drove all of the learning activities for the semester. Based on the assessment of student learning in 2015 and 2016, the pedagogical strategies adopted are promoting the comprehension and application of sustainable engineering and industrial ecology toward the development of environmentally sound products and processes.en_US
dc.description.departmentBiomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineeringen_US
dc.description.departmentInterdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
dc.description.departmentEngineering Education
dc.identifier.citationSriraman, V., Torres, A., & Martinez Ortiz, A. (2017). Teaching Sustainable Engineering and Industrial Ecology using a Hybrid Problem-Project Based Learning Approach. Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. doi:10.18260/1-2--28925en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--28925
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/2059
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Engineering Educationen_US
dc.titleTeaching Sustainable Engineering and Industrial Ecology using a Hybrid Problem-Project Based Learning Approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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