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Tuesday, October 19, 2004 - 10:15 AM
GRE 1.5

Teaching and Learning Green Engineering

R. D. Sisson, J. O'Shaughnessy, W. Weir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

A graduate course in Green Engineering has been offered at WPI for several years. The students in this course are seniors and graduate students from many majors including; materials, manufacturing, mechanical, civil and environmental engineering as well as biology. The course is taught using a series of projects as well guest lecturers. In this paper our positive and negative experiences will be presented.

Summary: A graduate course in Green Engineering has been offered at WPI for several years. The students in this course are seniors and graduate students from many majors including; materials, manufacturing, mechanical, civil and environmental engineering as well as biology. The course is taught using a series of projects as well guest lecturers. In this paper our positive and negative experiences will be presented.