Design for sustainability (DFS): new challenges in developing and implementing a curriculum for next generation design and manufacturing engineers

• Autores: I.S. Jawahir, K. E. Rouch, O. W. Dillon, L. Holloway, A. Hall
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 23, no. 6, 2007, págs. 1053-1064
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Trends in innovative product design and manufacture require a paradigm shift in traditional methodologies because they are becomingincreasingly ineffective for applications built for sustainable futures. The well-known concept of sustainable development, which is basedon sustained growth for environmental, economic and societal benefits, is brought into focus for highlighting the significance of productdesign and manufacture. The technological challenges posed by the need for implementing innovative design and manufacture call for aneed for developing and implementing new educational and training programmes for next generation design and manufacturingengineers. We aim at tackling these challenges with a proposed new curriculum at five different levels. Perpetual material flow andmulti life-cycle/multi-use self-healing materials, innovative product and process design and development are in the core of the proposeddesign for sustainability educational programmes.