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ENGN4420 Sustainable Product Development

Later Year Course

Offered By Research School of Engineering
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Engineering
Offered in First Semester, 2011 and First Semester, 2012
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

This course will cover sustainability issues for industry, such as techniques for environmental conscious product design and sustainable product-service development. The syllabus will include life-cycle analysis (LCA) based on ISO14000 standards, end-of-life product management considerations (recycling, remanufacture, and reuse), and carbon emission issues such as global warming potential and ecological/carbon footprint, and cleaner production technologies.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  1. apply international standards to undertake product life-cycle analysis
  2. determine the energy needs and carbon footprint for product development and manufacturing
  3. design a manufacturing process using cleaner production technologies
  4. develop an end-of-life product strategy and integrate this strategy into the preliminary product development stage
Indicative Assessment

Project with interim reports (15%) and final reports (60%); Tutorials (10%); Presentation (15%)

Workload

Weekly workload comprised of lectures and linked activities (2 hours), tutorial (1 hour), quizzes (1 hour), project work (3 hours), self-directed study (3 hours).

Requisite Statement

ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design

Recommended Courses

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Technology Requirements

n/a

Other Information

Course page http://eng.anu.edu.au/study/currentstudents/courses

Academic Contact paul.compston@anu.edu.au

The information published on the Study at ANU 2011 website applies to the 2011 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2010 website.

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