Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor
Description: ME 210 online section; enrollment in the Online Master-in-Science in Engineering program. Introduces the principles of sustainable product design. Topics include life cycle design; design for reliability, maintainability, and recycling/ reuse/remanufacture; materials selection; and manufacturing processes. Includes project in which students analyze the environmental impact of a product and redesign it to reduce the impact.
Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor. Credit is awarded for only one of ME 176 or ME 210.