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MECH 424 Sustainable Product Design

MECH 424  Sustainable Product Design  Units: 3.50  

This course deals with sustainable product design and manufacture. Topics include: product Life Cycle Analysis issues; Streamlined Life Cycle Analysis
and international Life Cycle Analysis standards; Energy, Global Warming
Potential, Green House Gas and carbon emission issues (including energy
needs in product design and manufacturing); Carbon footprint, basic chemistry
of carbon emissions, international standards for carbon emissions signatures. Design topics include: product design for manufacture and assembly, design for disassembly and design for environment. Product end-of-life considerations include: recycling, remanufacture and reuse. Students will complete several open ended projects. Guest speakers will be included where possible.
NOT OFFERED 2023-2024
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)

Requirements: Prerequisites: MECH 323 or permission of the instructor Corequisites: Exclusions:   
Offering Term: F  
CEAB Units:    
Mathematics 0  
Natural Sciences 0  
Complementary Studies 0  
Engineering Science 0  
Engineering Design 42  
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering