Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

William E. Kelly

ensurecontext particularly in the social aspects of sustainable development. It seem likely that manyuniversities will try to address sustainable development broadly so engineering students shouldbenefit. However, engineering faculty should take opportunities to ensure that the engineeringaspects of sustainable development are addressed for all students.A number of the goals e.g. Goal 6 - water & sanitation, Goal 7 - sustainable energy, Goal 9-resilient infrastructure, and Goal 11 - resilient and sustainable cities are heavily dependent onengineering. However, an examination of the targets for even these goals that are heavilyengineering should make it clear that achieving sustainable development as defined in the Goalswill require a truly