Materials Engineering Department faculty specialize in complementary research areas: development of polymers designed for sustainability, product design using ceramics, energy storage of batteries and supercapacitors, improvement of learning through visual representation, computation modeling and simulation, application of conductive composites and additive manufacturing.
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Submissions from 2012
Transformational Innovation: Reflections on How to Foster it in Engineering Education Systems, Roger Burton, Lizabeth Schlemer, and Linda Vanasupa
Energy 1: Types and Global Resources, Linda Vanasupa
Energy 2: The global energy picture: a closer look, Linda Vanasupa
Energy 3: Fossil fuel use and its consequences - The carbon cycle, Linda Vanasupa
Energy 4: Fossil fuels and the greenhouse gas effect, Linda Vanasupa
Energy 5: Renewable and non-renewable resources, Linda Vanasupa
Introduction to the Sustainability Learning Suites, Linda Vanasupa
Materials 1: An Introduction to Global Resources and Reserves, Linda Vanasupa
Materials 2: Life Cycle View of Material, Linda Vanasupa
Materials 3: Assessing and Reducing Life Cycle Impact, Linda Vanasupa
Materials 4: Design Strategies for Transformative Innovation, Linda Vanasupa
Population 1: Global Population and Carrying Capacity, Linda Vanasupa
Population 2: The Ecological Footprint, Linda Vanasupa
Sustainable Development 1: An Introduction, Linda Vanasupa
Sustainable Development 2: How Do We Measure It?, Linda Vanasupa
Sustainable Development 3: Resilience: Following Nature's Example, Linda Vanasupa
Sustainable Development 4: Human Impact - The IPAT Equation, Linda Vanasupa
Systems Thinking 1: Introduction, Linda Vanasupa
Systems Thinking 2: Thermodynamic Systems, Linda Vanasupa
Systems Thinking 3: Causes of System Behavior - The Iceberg Analog, Linda Vanasupa
Systems Thinking 4: Using Aristotle's Model of Causality to Understand Systemic Behavior, Linda Vanasupa
Systems Thinking 5: Systemic Interventions and Their Leverage, Linda Vanasupa
Using the Sustainability Learning Suites, Linda Vanasupa
Water 1: The Global Picture, Linda Vanasupa
Water 2: The Hydrologic Cycle, Linda Vanasupa