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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Gordon Krauss ,
Chris Rennick ,
Nadine Ibrahim  and
Sanjeev Bedi
Gordon Krauss*
Affiliation:
Harvey Mudd College, United States of America
Chris Rennick
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Canada
Nadine Ibrahim
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Canada
Sanjeev Bedi
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Canada
*
[email protected]

Abstract

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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

sustainabilityentrepreneurshipmulti-/cross-/trans-disciplinary approachesdesign education
Type
Design Education
Information
Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 2895 - 2904
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