Learning Sustainable Design through Service

Environmental sustainability and sustainable development principles are vital topics that engineering education has largely failed to address. Service-learning, which integrates social service into an academic setting, is an emerging tool that can be leveraged to teach sustainable design to future e...

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Published in:International journal for service learning in engineering 2006-04, Vol.1 (1)
Main Authors: Al-Khafaji, Karim, Morse, Margaret Catherine
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Environmental sustainability and sustainable development principles are vital topics that engineering education has largely failed to address. Service-learning, which integrates social service into an academic setting, is an emerging tool that can be leveraged to teach sustainable design to future engineers. We present a model of using service-learning to teach sustainable design based on the experiences of the Stanford chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World. The model involves the identification of projects and partner organizations, a student led, project-based design course, and internships coordinated with partner organizations. The model has been very successful, although limitations and challenges exist. These are discussed along with future directions for expanding the model.
ISSN:1555-9033
1555-9033
DOI:10.24908/ijsle.v1i1.2081