Engineering
development for humanity
The goal of sustainable engineering is to create ecologically and socially appropriate solutions within the capacity of nature without compromising future generations. This certificate provides students breadth in the areas of ethics, resource equity, interactions between technology and society, engineering connections with the environment, engineering materials and water/sanitation, all at a global perspective. An international senior design experience that requires students to work on an engineering problem set in the developing world is required to complete the certificate.
Figure
1. One
possible path through the certificate. While most of the classes
could be taken in any order, International
Senior Design
must be taken during your last year as an undergraduate. Consult
the proposed flowcharts above as examples of how to best arrange
the certificate with your major degree program.
Upon graduation ISDE Certificate students will have gained skills
for working in diverse interdisciplinary teams, consensus building,
appreciation for how engineering can assist the global community,
critical thinking, oral and written communication as well as community
service. The National Academy of Engineering called for such engineering
education in their recent report, The
Engineer of 2020. The pedagogy in the
International Sustainable Development Engineering certificate
will be based on problem-based learning and will integrate service
learning and an international field experience into the classroom.
Students may continue their education in one of our other D80
programs.
We have high expectations. We intend that graduates from this certificate
program will become influential leaders of society. We are training
students in ways of thinking that are desperately needed to solve
our current and future world problems. Graduates will be uniquely
suited to meet the challenges of business and government as well
as to pursue research, public service and academia through higher
education. With the unique required core experiences in this program
as a foundation, graduates will be making a difference at all levels
of society, from their personal lives to international affairs.
Certificate
Courses (required credits)
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1.Required core (16 cr)
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2.Language or culture (3 cr)
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3.Technology and society (3 cr)
Example flowcharts
1.
CIvil
Engineering,
BSCE
Flowchart (ISDE Certificate).pdf
2.
Environmental Engineering,
BSEEn
Flowchart (ISDE Certificate).pdf
Similar flow
charts could be created for other engineering majors. Talk with
your academic advisor. With careful planning, many of the required
certificate courses can also simultaneously satisfy your major degree
course requirements. To date 13 students in environmental and civil
engineering have begun work on this certificate.
