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MatSE for Sustainability - MSE498 JA
Topic: Materials Performance in Energy & Sustainability. The role of materials performance in the energy and sustainability characteristics of engineering systems, including cost, lifetime, energy consumed or produced, recycling or disposal possibilities, and environmental load. Quantitative methods are used to evaluate the relationship between materials properties, the performance of engineering systems, and the resulting impacts on the environment. Class exercises and homework sets involve analytic and numeric models that are designed to capture the main features of the system. Prerequisites: student in engineering, chemistry, or chemical engineering

An Entrepreneurial Approach to Green Engineering - GE 498EGE
Topic: An Entrepr Appr to Green Engr. As in the past, the future business opportunities for engineers and scientists will involve solving the world?s biggest and most important problems. Technological breakthroughs in pollution control, resource utilization, and protecting human health and the environment will drive new businesses, services, and potentially create a business revolution on the scale of the industrial revolution. This course is designed to introduce engineering students to global environmental issues in the context of applying entrepreneurial principals and market forces towards solutions. Students will actively engage in the examination of a critical environmental issue in their particular engineering discipline and explore solutions that make sense in a free enterprise business framework. It is envisioned that this course and similar courses can change the prevailing notion that entrepreneurship is inherently in conflict with the over consumption of goods and natural resources, and that entrepreneurs themselves are not particularly concerned about the social welfare of the planet. Restrictions: Senior Standing