Time Schedule:
Deborah Hagen-Lukens
ENVIR 450
Seattle Campus
Format may range from seminar/discussion to formal lectures to laboratory or modeling work.
Class description
Unique interdisciplinary course designed for both graduate and undergraduate students focuses on what it takes to develop innovative clean tech solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges and creating exciting new business opportunities along the way. Weekly speakers include top national, international and local experts in natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, policy and law. Topics include alternative energy and energy efficiencies, green building, and transportation. Students will form teams, identify an environmental problem and possible opportunity to solve it. Interested teams are invited to enter the Spring UW Environmental Innovation Challenge.
ENTRE 490/579
Cross listed with ENGR 498 and ENVIR 450
Fall Quarter 2011 (2credits)
Tuesdays 4:00-5:50 pm, Mary Gates Hall 389
Instructor: Deborah Hagen-Lukens, dlhagen@uw.edu
For registration info contact: Pam Tufts, ptufts@uw.edu
No Add Code Required, No limit on enrollment
ENVIR 450 Environmental Innovation Practicum (2)
Unique interdisciplinary course designed for both graduate and undergraduate students focuses on what it takes to develop innovative clean tech solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges and creating exciting new business opportunities along the way. Weekly speakers include top national, international and local experts in natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, policy and law. Topics include alternative energy and energy efficiencies, green building, and transportation. Students will form teams, identify an environmental problem and possible opportunity to solve it. Interested teams are invited to enter the Spring UW Environmental Innovation Challenge.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
The course text is now available as an e-book on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Reinventing-Fire-Business-Solutions-ebook/dp/B005PJTNR2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1317119966&sr=1-1 You should be able to download a free Kindle reader there as well
Class assignments and grading
