The environmental impact of electronics and its incorporation into the curriculum
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| Paper/Presentation Title | The environmental impact of electronics and its incorporation into the curriculum |
|---|---|
| Presentation Type | Paper |
| Authors | |
| Author | Parsons, David |
| Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AaeE 2006) |
| Number of Pages | 11 |
| Year | 2006 |
| Place of Publication | Auckland, New Zealand |
| ISBN | 9780473118815 |
| Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=496804633680417;res=IELENG |
| Conference/Event | 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2006) |
| Event Details | 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2006) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Delivery In person Event Date 10 to end of 13 Dec 2006 Event Location Auckland, New Zealand |
| Abstract | With the continuing ubiquitous use of electronic equipment and the boom in consumer electronic products, there comes a significant environmental impact, via the sources of materials and manufacturing processes and in the place of use and disposal. There is growing international market pressure on industry to act to ameliorate these impacts by good design and sensible policies. An overview of the impacts is given along with a review of several tools which can be used by industry to assess the impacts. In the light of the situation described above, an argument is presented that more work in this area should be done in educating undergraduate engineers and technologists and that the software tools now available are adequate, appropriate and suitable to the engineering approach to such matters. With relatively little effort on the part of academics, it is possible to teach some form of assessment of environmental impact in a way which is both realistic and meaningful to students. Some detail of the author’s experiences in teaching such matters is given |
| Keywords | electronics; environment; life cycle analysis; curriculum; assessment tools; sustainability |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410403. Environmental education and extension |
| 390303. Higher education | |
| 400899. Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified | |
| Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
| Byline Affiliations | Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9xy17/the-environmental-impact-of-electronics-and-its-incorporation-into-the-curriculum
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