Curriculum
The certificate has two tracks: 1) Sustainable Engineering and 2) Organizational Strategies. A total of 5 courses (15 credit hours) are required for completion. Although courses are shared between the two tracks, each track has their own set of core and elective requirements. Students will work with a faculty advisor to assign the appropriate elective requirements.
Both the Sustainable Engineering Track and the Organizational Strategies Track will come together for the Capstone Project bringing together both capabilities. Students from both tracks will work on faculty selected joint projects solving complex engineering-management projects for sustainability and technologies. This will include detailed business plans, technical evaluations and recommendations, comparative analysis of options and a presentation to the faculty, advisory committee and invited members of the community.
Students are expected earn at least a "B" or better in each course. It is also expected that they complete the program in 3 years, but can finish the program in 1 - 2 years depending on how many courses they take each semester. Not all courses are offered every semester, so students should visit the Schedule of Classes to determine how long it will take them to complete the certificate. The capstone course and graduation are only offered in the spring.
| Prefix & Number | Required (12 credit hours) |
Elective (3 credit hours) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOS 598 / IEE 598 Introduction to Sustainable Development (J. Golden) |
X | |||
| SOS 598 / CEE 598 / IEE 598 Industrial Ecology & Sustainable Design (B. Allenby, E. Williams, P. White) |
X | |||
| IEE 598 Sustainable Supply Network (D. Shunk) |
X | |||
| SOS 598 / CEE 598 Water Policy & Management (J. Holway) |
X | |||
| CEE 598 Sustainable Engineering (J. Crittenden) |
X | |||
| SOS 598 / CEE 598 Sustainable Transportation Systems (S. Washington) |
X | |||
| SOS 598 / CEE 598 Advanced Earth Systems Engineering & Management (B. Allenby) |
X | |||
| SOS 534 / CEE 598 / MAE 598 Sustainable Energy & Material Use (J. Golden, P. Phelan, K. Kaloush) |
X | |||
| FSE 598 Technology Entrepreneurship (T. Duening) |
X | |||
| SOS 598 / IEE 598 / MGT 594 CAPSTONE PROJECT (J. Golden, B. Allenby, D. Shunk, J. Hershauer) |
X | |||
| Prefix & Number | Required (12 credit hours) |
Elective (3 credit hours) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOS 598 / IEE 598 Introduction to Sustainable Development (J. Golden) |
X | |||
| SOS 598 / CEE 598 / IEE 598 Industrial Ecology & Sustainable Design (B. Allenby, E. Williams, P. White) |
X | |||
| IEE 598 Sustainable Supply Network (D. Shunk) |
X | |||
| SOS 598 / CEE 598 Water Policy & Management (J. Holway) |
X | |||
| CEE 598 Sustainable Engineering (J. Crittenden) |
X | |||
| SOS 598 / CEE 598 Sustainable Transportation Systems (S. Washington) |
X | |||
| SOS 598 / CEE 598 Advanced Earth Systems Engineering & Management (B. Allenby) |
X | |||
| SOS 534 / CEE 598 / MAE 598 Sustainable Energy & Material Use (J. Golden, P. Phelan, K. Kaloush) |
X | |||
| FSE 598 Technology Entrepreneurship (T. Duening) |
X | |||
| SOS 598 / IEE 598 / MGT 594 CAPSTONE PROJECT (J. Golden, B. Allenby, D. Shunk, J. Hershauer) |
X | |||
CSTM Course Descriptions
SOS/CEE/IEE 598 Industrial Ecology & Sustainable Product Design
This course will introduce the student to conceptual aspects and build skills in the field of industrial ecology. Methodological/tool foundations to be developed include Material Flow Analysis, Life Cycle Assessment, and Ecodesign. Material flow analysis is a tool to understand the consumption of resources and emissions associated with industrial systems. Life cycle assessment deals with estimating the impacts of a product or service from a holistic perspective, including manufacture, use and product end-of-life. Ecodesign uses design strategies and environmental information such as life cycle assessment to design or redesign products and systems with minimized environmental impacts.
CEE 598 Sustainable Transportation Systems
The course will require students to draw on a broad base of existing knowledge and to seek out information from a wide range of sources. Course topics will include the following lecture modules: transportation system overview (infrastructure, goods movement, economics, etc.); externalities overview; transportation and mobility needs; energy consumption, dependence, and alternative energy sources and vehicles; air quality impacts; safety impacts; noise impacts; natural resources consumption (construction, right of way, etc.); economics; global warming (long term climate change).
SOS 598 / IEE 598 Introduction to Sustainability and Organizational Strategies
This is an interactive course focused on introduction of sustainable technology management and strategies that can be used to incorporate the development and deployment of sustainable technologies. Both instructors and students will be making presentations. Topics include: regulatory frameworks, globalization, urbanization, life cycle, sustainable technologies, organizational strategies, resources, supply chain and entrepreneurship. The class is divided in teams with three to four members per team. The teams are given case studies, journal articles and topical projects that reinforce the presentations by the instructors from the text and from invited speakers from major global multinational companies. The teams will prepare and give the presentations.
SOS 598 / IEE 598 / MGT 594 Capstone Project
The Sustainability Capstone course is an opportunity for a student to demonstrate their comprehension of the fundamental aspects that have been introduced in the classroom AND the synthesis of these fundamental aspects into a demonstrable project that can be presented and defended.
SOS 534 / CEE 598 / MAE 598 Sustainable Energy & Material Use
The world is becoming increasingly urbanized, bringing with it a host of problems involving energy, air quality, and the quality of life in general. A new transdisciplinary course is being offered that addresses these issues facing the energy sustainability of modern cities. The class will involve lectures, some by guest speakers, environmental field measurements, and a group project. The topics to be covered include: Sustainable Engineering; Overall urban energy needs & impacts; Basic thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics; Atmospheric Energy Systems; Field investigation; Urban energy systems (current and future).
FSE 598 Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship
This course will introduce you to entrepreneurship and the processes that are involved in launching and operating a successful venture. Understanding the new venture as a collection of logical decisions and systems will be the focus of this course. Each course participant will be exposed to the process of creating a new venture idea, examining market feasibility, testing financial models, and preparing a go-to-market strategy. This hands-on course will also feature a number of prominent Valley area entrepreneurs as guest speakers. Upon completion of this course, you should be able to: 1) Envision yourself as an entrepreneur or as someone who contributes value to an entrepreneurial venture; 2) Understand the many ways of being involved in entrepreneurial ventures; 3) Think about business opportunities as they pertain to your career path and technical strengths; 4) Understand the basic accounting cycle and cash management; 5) Prepare pro forma financial statements; 6) Understand how to network and negotiate for business advantage; 7) Understand the role of intellectual property in the creation of a technology venture; 8) Identify sources of capital for new ventures in the Valley area; 9) Identify other resources to assist entrepreneurs and new ventures in the Valley area.
SOS 598 / CEE 598 Water Policy & Management
This course will cover water policy and management in Arizona. The course will be useful to anyone looking for a general background on water issues in Arizona or considering a career in water resources and environmental engineering, planning, or public policy. The course is divided into three major sections: the history of water resources development and hydrology of Arizona; water management in Arizona; and an examination of current issues and controversies.
