scholarly journals Research Group Introduction : Power Electronics Laboratory, Dept.of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University

2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (10) ◽  
pp. NL10_5
Manufacturing ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Umeda

This paper describes the outline of “life cycle design” course the author teaches and illustrates some experiences and findings with results of questionnaires to attendees of the lecture. “Life cycle design” is a half-year course to third-year students at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. The main subject is environmentally conscious design focusing on life cycle thinking. This course intends to establish general and correct viewpoints toward relationship between manufacturing industry and the environmental issues, which are indispensable knowledge as mechanical engineers, rather than to educate environmental specialists. Results of questionnaires indicate that this course succeeded in increasing students’ interest in this area and awareness of importance of the environmental issues. However, some students feel bewildered because of wide variety of topics and, therefore, lack of a central theory.


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