ME-589 SUSTAINABILITY IN ENGINEERING
Credit Hours = 3
COURSE CONTENT
Sustainable Development and Role of Engineers, Frameworks of Sustainable Engineering, sustainable trade and practice, sustainable leadership, sustainable development goals, Sustainability Models, ESE (Economy, Society, Environment) nested model, circular economy, Global Population-Economy-Energy Relation, Forecasting Policies, international agreements on sustainability, global indicators and targets, system of carbon credits, international certifications and honors, Industrial Ecology and Sustainability, emissions and impacts, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG), Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), Carbon Accounting, Decarbonization, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Energy Transition; Renewable energy resources, carbon offsets, retrofitting; energy sustainable buildings, Distributed Generation Systems Design for Sustainability, Sustainable Design of Components, Material selection and recyclability, Industry X.0 Tools for Sustainability Assessment, Sustainability Indices, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Analytical Techniques for Sustainability Analysis, Sustainability Implementation, Sustainable Development Assessment, Future Trends in Sustainability, Case Studies .
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
- Eric Tan, "Sustainability Engineering", CRC Press, 2024.
- Saeed Moaveni, "Energy, Environment, and Sustainability", Cengage, 2023.
- John Randolph, Gilbert M. Masters, “Energy for Sustainability”, Island Press, 2018.
- Ibrahim Garbie, “Sustainability in Manufacturing Enterprises”, Springer, 2016.
- T. Ramjeawon, “Introduction to Sustainability for Engineers”, CRC Press, 2020.
- Anthony Johnson, Andrew Gibson, “Sustainability in Engineering Design”, Elsevier, 2014.
- Nand Jha, “Green Design and Manufacturing for Sustainability”, CRC Press, 2016.
