THE STATE OF GREEN ENGINEERING AT VIRGINIA TECH

摘要

This paper reviews the success and failures of the Green Engineering Program at Virginia Tech over the past ten years. The history of the program is examined, including the steps to offering a 'concentration' in the area. Both of the core courses of the eighteen credit concentration are described and their evolution tracked: Introduction to Green Engineering (ENGR3124) and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (ENGR3134). Steps currently being considered to add graduate level courses and efforts to obtain research funding are discussed.