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The sustainability and social entrepreneurship fellowship: transdisciplinary and multicultural problem-based engineering education

Gordon Krauss (1), Chris Rennick (2), Nadine Ibrahim (2), Sanjeev Bedi (2)

Type:
Papers
Proceedings of the DESIGN2024 18th International Design Conference
Year:
2024
Editor:
Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović, Neven Pavković, Marija Majda Škec
Author:
Gordon Krauss (1), Chris Rennick (2), Nadine Ibrahim (2), Sanjeev Bedi (2)
Series:
DESIGN
Institution:
1: Harvey Mudd College, United States of America; 2: University of Waterloo, Canada
Section:
Design Education
Page(s):
2895-2904
DOI number:
10.1017/pds.2024.293
ISSN:
2732-527X (Online)
Abstract:
The nine-week Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship at the University of Waterloo addressed urban habitation sustainability in London, Ontario, via a multicultural, trans-disciplinary approach. Undergraduate engineering students addressed housing and transportation environmental and social sustainability, guided by expert lectures and fieldwork. The program highlights the importance of diversity in engineering education and the need for structured cultural and educational management. Students proposed engineering solutions to sustainably improve the housing development process.
Keywords:
sustainability, entrepreneurship, multi-/cross-/trans-disciplinary approaches, 12-Design Education
18th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2024)
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