Concept and Implementation of a Student Design Project for the Development of Sustainable Products

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Authors

  • Johanna Wurst
  • Daniel Rosemann
  • Iryna Mozgova
  • Roland Lachmayer
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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationManufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing
EditorsHolger Kohl, Günther Seliger, Franz Dietrich
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages790-798
Number of pages9
ISBN (electronic)978-3-031-28839-5
ISBN (print)9783031288388
Publication statusPublished - 26 Apr 2023
Event18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, GCSM 2022 - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 5 Oct 20227 Oct 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (electronic)2195-4364

Abstract

Technology is a major driver for leveraging the potential of multidimensional sustainable development, regardless of the sector examined. Therefore, engineers have an important contribution in developing innovative technical solutions to ensure more sustainable alternatives to conventional processes or products. In order to support this comprehension from an early age on, it is the task of lecturers at universities by developing students access to sustainable engineering activities with new teaching programs. Regarding conventional product development, the question arises how sustainable products can be developed, which concepts for design and which methods for validation and quantification can be used. These and further questions are the basis of the project-based learning (PBL) approach introduced in this paper as part of a new module "Development of Sustainable Products" at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Leibniz University Hannover. In this paper, the need for new courses in the ecological sustainability context and the requirements for student project work are presented. The concept of the project and the overall objective, that the students are required to assess the ecological environmental impact of electric toothbrushes over the entire product life cycle based on a life cycle assessment (LCA) is introduced. After successfully participating in this project, students are able to conduct ecological sustainability analyses and understand the complexity within the development of sustainable products.

Keywords

    Life Cycle Assessment, Project-Based Learning, Sustainable Product Development

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sustainable Development Goals

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Concept and Implementation of a Student Design Project for the Development of Sustainable Products. / Wurst, Johanna; Rosemann, Daniel; Mozgova, Iryna et al.
Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing. ed. / Holger Kohl; Günther Seliger; Franz Dietrich. Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 790-798 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Wurst, J, Rosemann, D, Mozgova, I & Lachmayer, R 2023, Concept and Implementation of a Student Design Project for the Development of Sustainable Products. in H Kohl, G Seliger & F Dietrich (eds), Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, Cham, pp. 790-798, 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, GCSM 2022, Berlin, Germany, 5 Oct 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_88
Wurst, J., Rosemann, D., Mozgova, I., & Lachmayer, R. (2023). Concept and Implementation of a Student Design Project for the Development of Sustainable Products. In H. Kohl, G. Seliger, & F. Dietrich (Eds.), Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (pp. 790-798). (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_88
Wurst J, Rosemann D, Mozgova I, Lachmayer R. Concept and Implementation of a Student Design Project for the Development of Sustainable Products. In Kohl H, Seliger G, Dietrich F, editors, Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing. Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2023. p. 790-798. (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_88
Wurst, Johanna ; Rosemann, Daniel ; Mozgova, Iryna et al. / Concept and Implementation of a Student Design Project for the Development of Sustainable Products. Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing. editor / Holger Kohl ; Günther Seliger ; Franz Dietrich. Cham : Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 790-798 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).
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