Sustainability is a very, very fundamental value in our current society. For us, therefore it is no wonder that students themselves plea that we “must work together and be united by a great cause. This cause is sustainability. Sustainability should become…
Dr Jonathan Truslove, Education Lead, Engineers Without Borders UKWebsite: https://www.ewb-uk.org/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-truslove/ At Engineers Without Borders UK, we believe that with a different approach, the engineering community has the power to rapidly transform our world for the better. By bringing together thousands of…
Paula Schönach, Meeri Karvinen, Noora Jaakkola - Aalto University, Finland Sustainability is a hot topic on universities’ agendas. This manifests in the emergence of institution-wide sustainability actions reaching from increasing sustainability awareness to research agendas, campus operations, outreach activities and…
Jordan Nickel, Rob Duimering, Ada Hurst - Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Sustainability and sustainable design have been a part of design discourse for over three decades, yet many engineering designs today remain unsustainable. Sustainability concepts…
Natalie Wint, Swansea University, The UK For the last two years I have been teaching a module which involves sustainable, human centered design work. The reaction of students to the course has been variable but is generally consistent with the…
Aida Guerra, Aalborg University, Denmark My research interest in Education for Sustainable Development and Problem Based Learning (PBL) started in my master degree and “got rooted” during my PhD studies on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development and PBL. It is…
Ana M. Gómez Olmedo, ESIC University The education for sustainable development demands a rapid shift in the engineering education curriculum so that students are better equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to address sustainability challenges. However, engineering education for…
Fionn Rogan, University College Cork, Ireland How does a university make sustainability a top priority? In the case of University College Cork (UCC) it started with students making it their personal priority and it grew from there. According to the…
Aleksandra Evtimova, Simona Eichkorn, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands Marlieke Blankendaal, Simona Eichkorn, Aleksandra Evtimova, Colette Keurentjes, Ida Kuresevic, Kathinka Umbach are students in the Decision-Under-Risk-and-Uncertainty (DURU) course. They write about their experience in this course. Sustainability has been a hot…
Jennifer Bradford (Siemens) and Kirsten Williamson (Petrus) Siemens is launching the Siemens Skills for Sustainability Network based on feedback gathered from faculty and deans worldwide, and invite the SEFI network to get involved! This new initiative, designed for engaged faculty…