Engineering education in sustainable development at Delft University of Technology |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA;2. Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea;3. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA;4. Teaching and Learning with Technology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA;5. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA;1. Institute of Environmental Systems Research, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastr. 12, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany;2. Department of Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada;1. Monash University, Room 60/104, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia;2. Monash University, Room 31/126, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia;3. Queensland University of Technology, Room S774, Gardens Point Campus, 2 George Street, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia;1. Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Camilo José Cela University, c/Castillo de Alarcón, 49, Urb. Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Madrid, Spain;2. Southampton Education School, University of Southampton, Building 32, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom;3. Education Office, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Is technology hindering sustainable development or can it be used to stimulate sustainable development? It is becoming clearer that technological innovation can be a useful tool for achieving sustainable development. That is, if the technologist is aware of the boundaries that should be considered when working in a sustainable way; and is knowledgeable about how to use the tools that can be used to work in a sustainable way. Therefore, making technology students aware of these boundaries and tools is an important educational task for universities. Such education should, in our view, include two subjects. (1) Giving them insight into the concepts of sustainable development. What is sustainable development? What are sustainability problems? What are the causes of these problems? Which strategies and approaches for solving them are available? (2) Giving them insight into the technology development process. How does the technology development process work? Which factors influence and steer it? What is the influence of technology on society and on sustainable development? The Technology Assessment group at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has developed several courses on the combination of these two subjects, integrating research results in the fields of sustainable development and technology dynamics. In this article the contents of these courses are described. |
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