(274c) Education Modules for Teaching Sustainability in An Mass and Energy Balance Course

Sustainability is a vital issue for long-term, healthy development of human society. ABET specified that sustainability is a key element that should be integrated into engineering curricula. Four types of hierarchical sustainability systems have been recognized from a global scope to a specific technology. Nevertheless, in a traditional curriculum, the ?systems? studied for mass and energy balance are basically ?restricted? to the spatial scale of unit, process, and plant. To broaden the scope of the systems concept, the authors developed several educational modules that can be used for integrating sustainability concepts into the mass and energy balance course. The domain of systems in these modules ranges from global scale to industrial ecosystems. Life cycle aspects of products and renewable energy are addressed. These modules will help awake students' eco-consciousness, establish the students' conceptual understanding of the systems concept in sustainability.