
ENGEN370-20C (NET)
Engineering and Environment
15 Points
Staff
Convenor(s)
Timothy Walmsley
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Timothy Walmsley
4619
E.2.07
tim.walmsley@waikato.ac.nz
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Lecturer(s)
Amir Tarighaleslami
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G.3.01
amir.tarighaleslami@waikato.ac.nz
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Graeme Glasgow
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CD.3.02
graeme.glasgow@waikato.ac.nz
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Megan Boston
9459
DE.2.01
megan.boston@waikato.ac.nz
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Mark Lay
4556
C.3.01
mark.lay@waikato.ac.nz
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Sina Najafabadi
sina.entesharinajafabadi@waikato.ac.nz
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Paper Description
Engineering and the Environment aims to equip students with a deeper understanding of the roles that engineering plays to assess and address environmental challenges. This paper covers sustainability in engineering design within the context of quality standards, resources, energy, emissions, carbon accounting and life cycle analysis (LCA). This paper will furnish the student with a knowledge of sustainable management, engineering ethics with respect to the environment, design for environment principles, LCA, environmental risk, resilience and sustainable infrastructure, environmental impact assessment, and environmental law and regulation including the resource management act .
Paper Structure
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessment
Assessment Components
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam.
Required and Recommended Readings
Recommended Readings
K. R. Reddy, C. Cameselle, J. A. Adams, 2019. Sustainable Engineering: Drivers, Metrics, Tools, and Applications. Wiley. (e-version available via Moodle)
H. Baumann, A. M. Tillman, 2004. The Hitch Hikers’s Guide to LCA: an orientation in life cycle assessment methodology and application. Studentlitteratur, Lund.
J. Fiksel, 2009. Design for Environment: A guide to sustainable product development. McGraw-Hill.
The course also has a reading list of useful resources. See Moodle.
Online Support
Workload
Students are expect to spend at least 10 hours per week in reviewing, learning and being assessed on the material.
Linkages to Other Papers
Prerequisite(s)
Prerequisites: ENGEN270 or ENGG279 or ENMP282
Restriction(s)
Restricted papers: ENGEV342