Case Studies Exploring Infrastructure Sustainability and Climate Change
Case studies exploring infrastructure sustainability and climate change, evaluating engineering projects across water, materials, mobility, buildings, and energy.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.79 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Demonstrate a working knowledge of relevant sustainability principles and definitions
Critically evaluate the application and achievement of sustainability goals by real-world project case studies in the context of natural resource capacity and limits
Demonstrate how engineers can apply authentic sustainability goals into both large and small engineered works
Describe how engineers can act as citizens in developing sustainability policy as well as engineers designing a sustainable project
Critically evaluate the sufficiency of the sustainability goals that were defined for a project
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapJunior standing and (MATH 217 or 221), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
- Junior standing
- MATH 217
- MATH 221 · unspecified
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
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- Junior standing
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- MATH 217
- MATH 221 · unspecified
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- member of Engineering Guest Students
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.79 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
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Topics
- Sustainability of engineering projects and infrastructure
- Impact of climate change on sustainability
- Water supply, flood management, water quality, materials recovery, mobility, buildings, and energy
- Natural resource capacity and limits
- Sustainability policy development
Skills
- Apply sustainability principles and goals to engineered works
- Critically evaluate sustainability goals and their achievement in real-world projects
- Understand engineer roles in sustainability policy and design
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