scholarly journals Sustainable Societies: The Sustainable Engineering Design Curriculum At James Madison University

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Pappas ◽  
Ronald Kander
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
James Madison ◽  
Sustainable Engineering ◽  
Sustainable Societies

The Integration of Sustainability, Systems, and Engineering Design in the Engineering Curriculum at James Madison University

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Nagel ◽  
Olga Pierrakos ◽  
Eric C. Pappas ◽  
Adebayo Ogundipe
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
James Madison ◽  
Sustainable Engineering ◽  
Curriculum And Pedagogy ◽  
Design Systems ◽  
Engineering Training

In order for our future engineers to be able to work toward a sustainable future, they must be versed not only in sustainable engineering but also in engineering design. An engineering education must train our future engineers to think flexibly and to be adaptive as it is unlikely that their future will have them working in one domain. They must, instead, be versatilists. The School of Engineering at James Madison University has been developed from the ground up to provide this general engineering training with an emphasis on engineering design, systems thinking, and sustainability. Students take courses in math and science, business and liberal arts, engineering science, sustainability, and design. In this paper, we discuss how sustainability is taught in a multi-context perspective through the School’s curriculum and pedagogy. We do not mean to present the School’s approach as an all or nothing model, but instead as a collection of approaches of which hopefully one or more may be appropriate at another university.

scholarly journals An Innovative Two-Year Engineering Design Capstone Experience at James Madison University

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Pierrakos ◽  
Elise Barrella ◽  
Robert Nagel ◽  
Jacquelyn Nagel ◽  
Justin Henriques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
James Madison
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