EGR 305 - Global Engineering Experience, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): EGR 203, EGR 300, EGR 301 & EGR 304
This course is designed to provide the student with an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and exposure to international engineering projects, specifically projects in the developing world. The course will expose students to the grand challenges of society and the need for various stakeholders (engineers, scientists, policy-makers, etc) to collaborate and to develop, test, and implement innovative, appropriate, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions. Topics such as systems thinking, green engineering, sustainability life cycle analysis, life cycle cost analysis will be covered. This course has an international component whereby students travel abroad at the end of the semester to implement their semester-long projects.

Print this Page