ENGR 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tropospheric Ozone, Municipal Solid Waste, Nitrogen Dioxide
12 Feb 2018
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1 - introduction to sustainable development and the role of engineers: The environment is the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions or influences, especially as affecting the existence or development of someone or something. This generally refers to the physical environment around us; the air we breathe, the water we drink and the lands, oceans, rivers and forests that cover the earth. What are the two categories that categorize sources of anthropogenic environmental change: changes associated with land use, changes induced by emissions or from products and industrial processes. Engineers are primarily involved in problems related to technology development and deployment. Engineers also design and build all the manufacturing processes, industrial technology, and transportation infrastructure needed to extract, transport and refine raw materials; fabricate products; and distribute the goods and services of modern societies worldwide. What are the three sources of environmental impacts: materials selection, manufacturing processes, energy use.
