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ISE 460- Product Design for the Environment
Principles and practices of designing more environmentally beneficial products. Environmental effects. Life cycle analysis, recycling, and remanufacturing. Design for Disassembly and environment. Group projects on products and processes using LCA and DFE analysis tools.
ABET Course Description
Prerequisites: ISE 240 or ISE 340, CHE 333 or 437, CVE 220.
Textbooks and Required Materials
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Design for Environment, Graedel and Allenby, Prentice Hall, 1997
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The Secret Life of Everyday Things, Ryan et.al, Northwest Environmental Watch, 1997.
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SimaPro, EcoScan, Design for Environment (BDI).
Course Objectives
Students completing this course will have:
- A broad understanding of the effect materials and manufacturing processes on the environment.
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- An understanding of procedures and software for the environmental assessment of products and processes
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- An understanding of the relationship between product design and environmental effects.
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- An understanding of recycling processes for products and materials.
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- Experience of carrying out a team project involving environmental evaluation of a product.
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- Experience of presenting the results of a team project orally and in writing.
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Topics Covered
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Introduction to environmental effects – greenhouse, ozone depletion, acidification, eutrofication, human and eco-toxicity
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Life cycle analysis – inventory, classification, normalization, weighting. Single figure environmental indicators – EcoIndicator, MET points. LCA software
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Recycling processes – description, efficiency, yields. Reverse logistics
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Product disassembly and design for disassembly
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Introduction to software for design for environment analysis and case studies
Instructor: Winston Knight
Email: knight@egr.uri.edu
Office: 103 Gilbreth Hall
Phone: (401) 874-5188
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