DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENGINEERING CLASS PROJECT INCORPORATING A PERSONAL VISION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEACHING

摘要: The decade 2005-2014 has been set by UNESCO as the United Nations of Education forSustainable Development (SD) [1]. As graduate studentsof this decade, our vision SD teaching targets inengineering concerns development attitudes to assess projects and related impacts in a systemic way, transversal skills, collaboration between experts from different fields facilitate sustainable decisions. These assumptions can be linked tothe qualities required Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board [2].What kind student exercises relies on all these assumptions? assistants (TA) class Environmental Design Life Cycle Thinking (GCH2220-Polytechnique Montreal), we propose possible answer. main goals are familiarize students with concepts environmental design life cycle thinking, well existing tools apply concepts. TAs, charge project that aims at providing an opportunity acquire practical aspects.The subject presented is redesign coated paper production, andits objectives are: improve teamwork todevelop critical thinking when analyzing results assessment, develop skills convince people within company adopt solutions. In order achieve goals, was built four steps evaluated through two reports poster presentation. Teams were formed mix backgrounds (types engineering programs, amount credits completed) obtain multidisciplinary teams. project, way it class, its relevance for future engineers assessed survey exercise following classes.