Sustaining sustainable design through ‘normalized sustainability’ in a first-year engineering course

• Autores: Monica E. Cardella, Stephen R. Hoffmann, Matthew W. Ohland, Alice L. Pawley
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 26, no. Extra 2, 2010, págs. 366-377
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the fall of 2007, Purdue University began integrating sustainable design topics into our Introduction to Engineering Problem Solvingand Computer Tools course which our first-year engineering students complete prior to advancing to their specific engineeringdisciplinary programs. In the Spring of 2008 we began assigning a six-week design project related to Sustainable Design. The studentswork in teams of three-to-four students to consider their living spaces and how they might make those spaces more sustainable. In thispaper, we present an overview of the educational activities, including the material that is presented to students and more details on thedesign project. Additionally, we present an analysis of some of the students’ final projects. We present three cases which representdifferent student responses. This work will contribute to what we as a design education community understand about first-yearengineering students’ ability to engage with this material.