Use of steep framework as basis for sustainable engineering education

Schmidt, Karl P.; Lee, Ross; Lorenz, William; Singh, Pritpal; McGrail, Michael P.

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“…Class lectures provide the foundational knowledge of systems associated with maintaining and developing society, as well as the benefits they provide and the issues they foster. The STEEP (Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political) framework, used in other core courses in the Sustainable Engineering program, is the main methodology for assessing situations holistically in Biomimicry [7]. STEEP allows students a complete view of the benefits and obstacles associated with designing new systems.…”

Section: Evidence For Changing Mindset From a Biomimicry Course Exper...mentioning

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Changing the Mindset of Engineering Education through Biomimicry

Lee,

Wozniak,

Piscitelli

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference Proceedings

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where he teaches Biomimicry, Sustainable Materials and Design, and Engineering Entrepreneurship. In addition to his academic experience (joined Villanova in 2008), Dr. Lee has over 36 years of industrial experience with the DuPont company (retired July 2009) spanning a wide variety of technology, product and new business developments including films, resins and innovative packaging systems. He has authored or coauthored over 35 patents and publications. He has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Michigan State University and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Rochester.

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Section: Evidence For Changing Mindset From a Biomimicry Course Exper...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Changing the Mindset of Engineering Education through Biomimicry

Lee,

Wozniak,

Piscitelli

et al.

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference Proceedings

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Review of Whole System Simulation Methodologies for Assessing Mobility as a Service (MaaS) as an Enabler for Sustainable Urban Mobility

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Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is an emerging concept that is being advanced as an effective approach to improve the sustainability of mobility, especially in densely populated urban areas. MaaS can be defined as the integration of various transport modes into a single service, accessible on demand, via a seamless digital planning and payment application. Recent studies have shown the potential reduction in the size of automobile fleets, with corresponding predicted improvements in congestion and environmental impact, that might be realized by the advent of automated vehicles as part of future MaaS systems. However, the limiting assumptions made by these studies point to the difficult challenge of predicting how the complex interactions of user demographics and mode choice, vehicle automation, and governance models will impact sustainable mobility. The work documented in this paper focused on identifying available methodologies for assessing the sustainability impact of potential MaaS implementations from a whole system (STEEP—social, technical, economic, environmental, and political) perspective. In this research, a review was conducted of current simulation tools and models, relative to their ability to support transportation planners, to assess the MaaS concept, holistically, at a city level. The results presented include: a summary of the literature review, a weighted ranking of relevant transportation simulation tools per the assessment criteria, and identification of key gaps in the current state of the art. The gaps include capturing the interaction of demographic changes, mode choice, induced demand, and land use in a single framework that can rapidly explore the impact of alternative MaaS scenarios, on sustainable mobility, for a given city region. These gaps will guide future assessment methodologies for urban mobility systems, and ultimately assist informed decision-making.

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Use of steep framework as basis for sustainable engineering education

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Changing the Mindset of Engineering Education through Biomimicry

Changing the Mindset of Engineering Education through Biomimicry

Review of Whole System Simulation Methodologies for Assessing Mobility as a Service (MaaS) as an Enabler for Sustainable Urban Mobility

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