ME 176: Sustainable Product Design

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour

Catalog page 465

Prerequisites: ME 103, ME 110, ME 113, ME 116A

Description: 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: Credit is awarded for only one of ME 176 or ME 210.

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Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2024-25 21/40 21/40
2022-23  7/25  7/25
2021-22 21/40 21/40
2020-21 55/57 55/57