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Precourt Energy Efficiency Center
- Stanford University (CA)
The Precourt Energy Efficiency Center promotes economically efficient reductions in energy demand through research, education and dissemination of information. PEEC is an independent research lab that works with all seven …
- Posted April 11, 2016
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Building a Sustainability Road Map for Engineering Education
Major environmental, economic, and social trends are transforming the application of sustainability thinking within the engineering profession and within organizations that hire engineers. These include the growing demand for new …
- Posted April 11, 2016
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Culture of Disengagement in Engineering Education?
- Rice University (TX)
Much has been made of the importance of training ethical, socially conscious engineers, but does US engineering education actually encourage neophytes to take seriously their professional responsibility to public welfare? …
- Posted April 11, 2016
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MS in Environmental, Health & Safety Management
- Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
The MS degree in environmental, health and safety management curriculum provides a solid foundation in the managerial aspects of developing and implementing environmental, health and safety management systems that can …
- Posted March 25, 2016
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Engineering Meetup & Mixer
- Engineers for a Sustainable World (CO)
In our past attendance at AASHE, we have found that there was no nexus for technical faculty and students to gravitate towards. While we are strong supporters of interdisciplinary collaboration, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Data Visualization and Benchmarking Tools for Predictive Sustainable Decision-Making at Georgia Tech
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
Like many universities, we have a lot of data, but decision-makers do not always know how to interpret it or how to use it to set campus priorities. We also …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Planting seeds of sustainability leadership in engineering education
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
More than 480 courses are offered at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where environmental, social and/or techno-economic aspects of sustainability are incorporated; of which, 88 reside in the Faculty …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Integrating Sustainability Initiatives and Green Energy Infrastructure on Engineering College Campuses
- Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
Emphasis on sustainability in higher education over the last decade prompted the formation of nonprofit organizations, like the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), which administers …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Service Learning through On-Campus Technical Design Projects: Examples from Engineers for a Sustainable World
- Engineers for a Sustainable World (CO)
Engineers for a Sustainable World is a national organization whose local student chapters help students practice technical skills in real-world projects. Many chapters choose to work on their own campuses, …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Beyond and On the Campus
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
- H&A Columbus-UBC
Our paper focuses on a course we have developed and teach that connects Engineering students at our university with rural artisans in India. In the course, students propose solutions to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Cooling Tower Wastewater Recycling with Smart Integrated Membrane Systems
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
The feasibility of reclaiming potable-quality water from the UCLA Co-Generation (CoGen) plant cooling tower blowdown wastewater was evaluated using a novel integrated ultrafiltration (UF)/Reverse Osmosis (RO) membrane system in order …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Natures Coordinate System: Vertexia, Vector Equilibrium, C60 carbon molecule, explained using hands on modeling techniques.
- Buckminster Fuller Institute (NY)
The basis of Natures Coordinate System comes from understanding the topological reasoning of R. Buckminster Fuller. He used the terminology "Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking" as the subtitle to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability in International Development: Student-Driven Organizations as a Sector Necessity
- Montana State University (MT)
The international development sector is one that carries with it the perception that complex academic specializations are prerequisite for involvement. In many cases, "expertise" becomes confounded with academic and field …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability in Civil and Environmental Engineering Courses at CU-Boulder
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
Recent modifications have been made to two first-year courses for civil (CivE) and environmental (EnvE) engineering majors and the senior capstone design course in EnvE. A pre-survey was used to …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Engineering and Community Development
- Colorado School of Mines (CO)
Sustainability is clearly coming to the fore of undergraduate education in the United States and abroad. In higher education and in the broader discourse, however, engineers and engineering often seem …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Home for Sustainable Engineering: A Living-Learning Cohort
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (IN)
If promoting sustainability across the curriculum presents one set of logistical and conceptual challenges, and reducing a campus's environmental footprint presents another, surely integrating the two constitutes its own complex …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Progress along the Path of Transdisciplinary Action Research. Experiences and Challenges in the Integration of Engineering and Community Development to Address Water Quality Issues in rural Honduras.
- University of Vermont (VT)
Sustainable development presents complex, multidimensional issues that require approaches extend well beyond conventional academic disciplines. Bridging disciplinary boundaries is challenging, and sustainable development requires more than interdisciplinarity. It requires integrating …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Assessment of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia
- The University of British Columbia (BC)
The Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) Sustainability Club of the University of British Columbia (UBC) has conducted a departmental sustainability assessment (DSA). The DSA was adapted at a departmental level …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Integrated Design: Linking Curriculum, Sustainability and Buildings that Teach
- Pierce College District 11 (WA)
- Opsis Architecture (OR)
Through a "cross-campus, multi-disciplinary" process, the Science and Technology Center was conceived as an interactive and sustainably-focused facility where the building becomes an integral part of math and science curriculum …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Rice U 2012 Syllabus - Engineering Solutions for Sustainable Communities
- Rice University (TX)
The Rice University course Engineering Solutions for Sustainable Communities is cross-listed between Chemical Engineering and Environmental Studies. The class explores the principles of sustainability, the science of global warming, and …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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National Center of Excellence (NCE) on SMART Innovations
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The National Center of Excellence (NCE) on SMART Innovations provides climate and energy system solutions based on sound science and engineering to governments and industries around the globe. Its research …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Sustainable Engineering
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- Syracuse University (NY)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Center for Sustainable Engineering (CSE) is a partnership among five universities: Syracuse University (lead institution), Arizona State University, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Energy & Sustainability Center
- Florida State University (FL)
The Energy and Sustainability Center (formerly Sustainable Energy Science and Engineering Center) addresses challenging alternative energy issues through innovative solutions for consumers and industry. The need for energy systems that …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) is an applied research and development laboratory that provides R&D and related services for industry and government clients with a focus in …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing (CGDM) was formed in 1993 to encourage multi- disciplinary research and education on environmental management, design for environment and pollution prevention issues in …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Green Chemistry & Green Engineering
- Yale University (CT)
The Mission of The Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale is to advance sustainability by catalyzing the effectiveness of the Green Chemistry and Green Engineering community. Green …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Resnick Sustainability Institute
- California Institute of Technology (CA)
The mission of the Resnick Sustainability Institute is to foster transformational advances in energy science and technology through research, education and communication. The Resnick Sustainability Institute is Caltech’s studio for …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI-EFRC)
- California Institute of Technology (CA)
The "Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion" Energy Frontier Research Center (LMI-EFRC) is a national resource for fundamental optical principles and phenomena relevant to solar energy conversion, and for design of …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center is a UNC System-chartered Public Service Center administered by the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. Its mission is to advance a …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Energy Institute
- University of Southern California (CA)
The USC Energy Institute (USCEI) was launched in 2008 to create a university-based framework to support and expand opportunities in energy-related research, education, and public policy development.
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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AAS in Green Technology & Sustainability Option
- Portland Community College (OR)
The program's Green Technology and Sustainability Option, approved this spring by the state of Oregon, provides Mechanical and Civil Engineering Technology students with the skills to better prepare them to …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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AAS in Renewable Energy Systems
- Portland Community College (OR)
The most comprehensive Renewable Energy Systems (RES) training offering in the State of Oregon preparing technicians for solar power, wind power, fuel cell and other renewable energy fields.
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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AS in Environmental Studies
- Ulster County Community College (NY)
The Environmental Studies Program includes comprehensive courses in biology, environmental science, mathematics, and chemistry. It also provides optional hands-on training through available field-based internships. Students can prepare for a variety …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Alternative Energy & Power Generation Track (BS in General Engineering)
- Penn State Hazleton (PA)
The Bachelor of Science in General Engineering with the Alternative Energy and Power Generation Track is designed to help prepare graduates to enter the job market in the alternative and …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BA Environmental Engineering
- Rice University (TX)
The BA degree in Environmental Engineering Sciences is designed to provide access to topics of common interest to students across the disciplines at Rice University. It is tailored to the …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BA in Engineering Sciences (Environmental)
- Yale University (CT)
Students who graduate with a Yale degree in Environmental Engineering will be ready for leadership positions in industry and government agencies, as well as for graduate study in engineering, science, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BEng in Sustainable Energy Engineering
- The University of Adelaide (SA)
Students choose from three streams: chemical, electrical and mechanical. Each stream provides a strong technical and practical foundation in its own specialisation, together with a substantial component of cross-disciplinary studies …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Ecological Engineering
- Oregon State University (OR)
The Ecological Engineering BS program graduates students capable of analyzing problems that occur at the interface between humankind and the environment and synthesizing solutions to the benefit of both. These …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- California Polytechnic State University (CA)
A primary focus of the undergraduate environmental engineering program is to prepare graduates for professional practice. Thus, Cal Poly's "learn by doing" philosophy is emphasized and design is integrated throughout …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- University of Florida (FL)
At the undergraduate level, the Environmental Engineering program provides students with excellent engineering and sciences fundamentals specifically focusing on the principles of water supply treatment and distribution; wastewater collection, treatment …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Environmental Engineering consists of study and especially amelioration of environmental problems. It is a highly-interdisciplinary field and provides opportunities for integrating mathematics, physics, hydrology, chemistry, biology and social sciences. Following …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
Environmental Engineering involves designing environmental protection or remediation strategies for multiple resources-water, air, and soil, often with combinations of physical chemical, and biological treatment methods in the context of a …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- University of California, Riverside (CA)
Like most engineering students, environmental engineering students develop a strong background in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. However, the breadth and multidisciplinary nature of environmental issues requires that environmental engineers expand …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- Portland State University (OR)
The B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering focuses on the fundamentals of environmental and water resources engineering with recommended tracks in geo-environmental, surface water hydrology and remote sensing, surface and groundwater …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- Drexel University (PA)
The Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering builds on information from many of the sciences such as chemistry, physics, hydrology, geology, atmospheric science and several specializations of biology (ecology, microbiology, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- Cornell University (NY)
The collaborative undergraduate program in Environmental Engineering is supported by excellent teaching and research facilities including: laboratories for the analysis of water chemistry, physical/chemical/biological processes, biochemistry and microbiology. Cornell University …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- University of Oklahoma (OK)
The culmination of each BS degree program in CEES is a two-semester capstone sequence. The capstone design experience requires students to draw upon various aspects of their undergraduate course work …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- University of Southern California (CA)
The Department offers two degree options: 1) Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering; 2) Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, emphasis in Environmental Engineering. These programs have unique characteristics providing …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- San Diego State University (CA)
The environmental engineering field and environmental engineering education are multi-disciplinary. The BS degree provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of mathematics, physics, chemistry and engineering design that are needed …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville (WI)
The environmental engineering program at UW-Platteville is designed to give students a broad background in environmental engineering as well as civil engineering basics such as surveying, fluid mechanics and geotechnical …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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