Numerous professional organizations call for engineering graduates to appreciate the importance of sustainable development and its relationship to sustainable engineering. Methods for integrating sustainable engineering into existing courses and curricula are needed in order for students to develop these skills. In this study, students in an introductory science and engineering course were introduced to the concepts of sustainable development and sustainable engineering through assigned reading, class lectures, and group activities. Comparison of the results of a survey administered before and after these activities suggests that they led to increased familiarity with basic concepts of sustainable engineering such as life cycle assessment, as well as an increased in the value placed by students on sustainability and environmental issues.
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