Conference Session

Honoring the Legacy of Lisa Bullard: A View of the Present and Future

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

research and develop solutions to global challenges.Integrating socio-cultural perspectives into their approach fosters more inclusive and equitabledesigns. This paper presents the redesign of a Chemical Engineering Senior Design Capstonecourse aimed at embedding sustainability and social responsibility in engineering practices. Thecourse emphasizes core engineering design principles alongside an entrepreneurial mindset, witha specific focus on projects centered around sustainable technologies and markets. It furtherintroduces students to critical aspects of social responsibility by addressing global andenvironmental issues, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) considerations, and the necessity ofsustainable technological innovations within