Organizing Committee   |  Program    

Mudd Design Workshop VII:

“Sustaining Sustainable Design”
May 28-30, 2009
Harvey Mudd College

Supported by Harvey Mudd College, this workshop brings together engineering educators, designers and researchers to articulate the relevant issues of sustainability in engineering design education. The participants intend to identify and delineate the key intellectual and institutional issues that engineering design educators should address.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College (Chair); Alice M. Agogino, University of California, Berkeley; Aaron Altman, University of Dayton; Cindy J. Atman, University of Washington; J. Edward Colgate, Northwestern University; Ahmad Ibrahim, Yorkville University; John S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University; Chris L. Magee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory B. Olson, Northwestern University; John W. Prados, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Janis P. Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; and John W. Wesner, Carnegie Mellon University 

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, MAY 28

11 a.m.
Parsons Engineering Building, southwest lobby
Registration

Noon
Green Room, Platt Campus Center
Opening Luncheon

• Welcome: Robert Cave, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Harvey Mudd College
• Remarks: “Sustainability: Affirming Engineering Values” (PDF), Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College
• Keynote: “Sustainable Design From a Practitioner’s Perspective,” Malcolm Lewis, Founder and CEO, Constructive Technologies Group (CTG)

2 p.m.
Parsons Design Studio (P1287C)
Paradigmatic Issues (S1)
Moderator: Patrick Little, Harvey Mudd College

• A. Lau, Pennsylvania State University, “Sustainable Design: A New Paradigm for Engineering Education” (PDF)
• B. A. Corson, Corson Associates, “Sustainable Design as a Sustained Upstream Effort” (PDF)
• G. Ameta, J. H. Panchal and C. Pezeshki, Washington State University, “A Collective-Learning Approach to Sustainable Design” (PDF)
• M. Lande and L. Leifer, Stanford University, “Difficulties Student Engineers Face in Designing the Future” (PDF)

4 p.m.
Parsons Design Studio (P1287C)
Sustaining Sustainability (S2)
Moderator: John S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University

• A. Johri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, “Open Organizing: Designing Sustainable Work Practices for the Engineering Workforce" (PDF)
• C. Cardenas, R. Sosa, R. Moyson and V. Martinez, Tecnológico de Monterrey, “Sustaining Sustainable Design Through Systemic Thinking” (PDF)
• B. Linder, Olin College, “Achieving a Sustainable Environmental Perspective”
• J. Oliver, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; R. Geyer, A. Savage, F.T. Chong, University of California, Santa Barbara; and R. Amirtharajah, V. Akella, University of California, Davis, “Experiences with Life-Cycle Aware Computer Architecture” (PDF)

6:30 p.m.
Green Room, Platt Campus Center
Informal Dinner and Presentation

• Host: Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College 
• Speakers: Ton Meijknecht, Renske Oldenboom and Hans van Drongelen, University of Technology Delft, “A Spirit of Sustainability” (PDF)

FRIDAY, MAY 29

8 a.m.  
Parsons Design Studio (P1287C)
What Are the Students Thinking? (S3)
Moderator: Chris L. Magee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• D. Kilgore, A. Jocuns, K. Yasuhara and C. J. Atman, University of Washington, “From Beginning to End: How Engineering Students Think and Talk About Sustainability Across the Life Cycle” (PDF)
• E. Gerber, A. McKenna, P. Hirsch and C. Yarnoff, Northwestern University, “Learning to Waste—Wasting to Learn: Changing the Environmental Footprint of Teaching Design” (PDF)
• R. Adams, Purdue University; N. Beltz, University of San Diego; L. Mann, Central Queensland University; and D. Wilson, University of Washington, “Formulating Cross-Disciplinary Problems Involving Design for Sustainability: Empirical Insights Across Three Global Contexts” (PDF)
• J. Strobel, I. Huza, F. Jun, C. Harris, Purdue University, “Students’ Attitudes and Threshold Concepts Towards Engineering as an Environmental Career: Research by Participatory Design of an Educational Game” (PDF)

10 a.m.   
Parsons Design Studio (P1287C)
Curricula Matters (I) (S4)
Moderator: John W. Prados, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• R. M. Goff, C. Williams, J. P. Terpenny, K. Gilbert, T. Knott and J. Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, “ROXIE: Real Outreach eXperiences in Engineering First-Year Engineering Students Designing for Community Partners” (PDF)
• M. K. Thompson, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, “Green Design in Cornerstone Courses at KAIST: Theory and Practice” (PDF)
• M. E. Cardella, S. R. Hoffman, M. W. Ohland and A. L. Pawley, Purdue University, “Sustaining Sustainable Design Through 'Normalized Sustainability' in a First-Year Engineering Course” (PDF)
• W. Stiver, University of Guelph, “Sustainable Design in a Second Year Engineering Design Course”

Noon
Green Room, Platt Campus Center
Second Day Luncheon

• Host: Ziyad H. Duron, Chair, Department of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College

2 p.m.
Parsons Design Studio (P1287C)
Curricula Matters (II) (S5)
Moderator: J. Edward Colgate, Northwestern University

• J. Morris and M. Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, “Quantifying Sustainability Through Reverse Engineering: A Multi-Disciplinary Senior Capstone”
• J. Rhee, E. C. Coredero and L. R. Quill, San Jose State University, “Pilot Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Climate Solutions” (PDF)
• S. Lambert, University of Waterloo, “Sustainable Design Throughout the Curriculum Using Case Studies" (PDF)
• C. B. Williams, L. D. McNair, E. D. Crede, M. C. Paretti and J. P. Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, “Designing Hands-On Teaming Activities for Courses with Large Enrollments” (PDF)

4 p.m.
Parsons Design Studio (P1287C)
Innovation (S6)
Moderator: Aaron Altman, University of Dayton

• D. Tate, T. Maxwell, A. Ertas, H-C. Zhang, U. P. Flueckiger, W. Lawson, A. D. Fontenot and J. Chandler, Texas Tech University, “Transdisciplinary Approaches for Teaching and Assessing Sustainable Design” (PDF)
• M. H. Bremer and E. Gonzalez, Tecnológico de Monterrey, “Teaching Creativity and Innovation Using Sustainability as Driving Force” (PDF)
• L. Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; J. Stolk, Olin College; J. B. Zimmerman, Yale University; L. J. Leifer, Stanford University; and P. T. Anastas, Yale University, “Concentric Systems Model of Reality: This and Other Tools for Sustainable Design” (PDF)
• J. Linsey, Texas A&M University, “Innovation Skills for Tomorrow’s Sustainable Designers” (PDF)

6:30 p.m.  
Platt Campus Center
Workshop Banquet: Sustaining Tradition

• Host: John W. Prados, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Speakers: Alice M. Agogino and Mera Horne, University of California, Berkeley, "Remembering John McMasters"; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University, “Remembering Michael Wald”

SATURDAY, MAY 30

8 a.m.
Parsons Design Studio (P1287C)
Sustainability Projects and Products (S7)
Moderator: Janis P. Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• M. C. Paretti, D. M. Richter and L. D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, “Sustaining Interdisciplinary Projects in Green Engineering: Teaching to Support Distributed Work” (PDF)
• P. E. Doepker, University of Dayton, “Sustaining Sustainable Engineering Design Projects” (PDF)
• C. Fleischmann, S. Thompson, L. Zitzman and L. Garcia, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, “Sustainability: A Campus Initiative”
• L. Oehlberg, A. M. Agogino and R. Shelby, University of California, Berkeley, “Sustainable Product Design: Designing for Diversity in Engineering Education” (PDF)

10 a.m.
Parsons Design Studio (P1287C)
MDW VII Wrap-up: What Have We Learned? (S8)
Moderator: John W. Wesner, Carnegie Mellon University

Noon
Green Room, Platt Campus Center
Closing Luncheon

• Hosts: Alice M. Agogino, University of California, Berkeley; Philip E. Doepker, Stanford University of Dayton; and Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College