Engineering for Sustainability (Summer School)
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Birgitte Lilholt Sørensen | bls@igt.sdu.dk | SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Institut for Grøn Teknologi (IGT) |
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Birgitte Lilholt Sørensen | bls@igt.sdu.dk | SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Institut for Grøn Teknologi (IGT) | |
Gang Liu | gli@igt.sdu.dk | SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Institut for Grøn Teknologi (IGT) | |
Henrik Wenzel | henrik.wenzel@igt.sdu.dk | SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Institut for Grøn Teknologi (IGT) |
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Tina Carøe Sørensen | tcs@tek.sdu.dk | TEK Uddannelseskoordinering og -support, Det Tekniske Fakultet |
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Learning objectives - Knowledge
- the history and development of global sustainability challenges (e.g., climate change, water shortage, food security, and energy supply) and policy frameworks/agendas (e.g., circular economy, green economy, bioeconomy, material and energy efficiency, urban sustainability, and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals);
- basic concepts, tools, and theories used in environmental system analysis and industrial ecology, especially material flow analysis and life cycle assessment;
- environmental impacts related to societal production and consumption activities and sectors (e.g., electronic waste, buildings, and transportation sector);
- the system perspective of sustainable development, especially the linkages of different sustainability challenges (including food-energy-water nexus and material-energy nexus).
Learning objectives - Skills
- choose appropriate environmental system analysis tools for addressing given societal sustainability challenges;
- assess framework conditions for a specific industry or societal production and consumption activities;
- describe/characterize specific material and energy flows for a given system/problem, identify their impacts on the environment, and explore drivers behind and mitigation strategies from a systems and engineering perspective.
Learning objectives - Competences
- become aware of core sustainability challenges of modern societies and the potentials and limitations of engineering knowledge in addressing those challenges;
- start using system thinking and system approaches for solving complex problems and communicate the results with stakeholders.
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Attendance is compulsory (80%).
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Please note that due to the uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic this course will be offered as a blended course in 2020; i.e. the course is offered both online and on campus. If physical presence is not possible, the course will still run online.
Enrollment is limited to 30 students. If more applicants than places, applicants who meet the mandatory requirements are prioritised according to the below selection criteria:
- Undergraduate and graduate students from partner universities (exchange); international undergraduate and graduate guest students (fee-paying); undergraduate and graduate students from other Danish universities.
- Ph.D students from partner universities and other international Ph.D. students; other applicants.
Students are prioritised on a first come, first served basis, i.e. according to the time we receive your complete application.
In case a course is filled up, we try to offer you an alternative course from your list of priorities. All final decisions about admission will be sent out continually.