SIE566
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SIE566 - Life Cycle Analysis for Sustainable Design and Engineering
Course ID
041194
Course Description
This course will provide senior undergraduate and graduate students the conceptual, methodological, and scientific bases to quantify and reduce the impact of engineering decisions on the environment, with a focus on applying life cycle analysis (LCA) to support the material choice, product/process design, and manufacturing/engineering decisions. Main topics covered include concept of life cycle thinking, computational structure of LCA, process and economic input-output based LCA, LCA software demonstration, LCA case studies, environmental product declaration, and recent development and advanced topics in LCA.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Graduate
Course Requisites
May be convened with
SIE466
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No