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NLI: Design and Development: Cross disciplinary co-teaching sustainability across the form — NSF Award to Brown University (RI, $4

Over the past two decades, efforts to reduce waste, reuse materials, and design products to last have become more important in how we approach business, design, and engineering. These ideas are foundational to a circular economy, wherein landfill waste is significantly reduced, and central to global efforts to fight cl

Award titleNLI: Design and Development: Cross disciplinary co-teaching sustainability across the form
Award ID2533679
AwardeeBrown University
CityPROVIDENCE
StateRI
Amount obligated$400,000
Principal investigatorLouise Manfredi
ProgramEngEd-Engineering Education
Start date07/01/2026
AbstractOver the past two decades, efforts to reduce waste, reuse materials, and design products to last have become more important in how we approach business, design, and engineering. These ideas are foundational to a circular economy, wherein landfill waste is significantly reduced, and central to global efforts to fight climate change. As such, teaching engineering students the concepts of sustainability is now critical, yet many college programs focus mostly on theory and hypothetical scenarios. Ha
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