Making the user more efficient: Design for sustainable behaviour [PDF]
User behaviour is a significant determinant of a product’s environmental impact; while engineering advances permit increased efficiency of product operation, the user’s decisions and habits ultimately have a major effect on the energy or other resources ...
Arroyo E.+22 more
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Challenges in Simulating Pollutant Behavior in Watercourses with Diverse Ecological and Structural Features [PDF]
The article presents the results of simulation studies conducted on a hypothetical watercourse with two simultaneous sources of pollutants of differing types, aimed at better understanding pollutant dispersion in complex riverine environments.
W. Sobieski
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Evolution of project-based learning in small groups in environmental engineering courses
This work presents the assessment of the development and evolution of an active methodology (Project-Based Learning –PBL-) implemented on the course “Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering”, within the bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering,
J. Requies+3 more
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Environmental Engineering and Management
Review: Environmental Engineering and Management By J.M. Baldasano and H. Power (Eds.) Reviewed by Umar Karim Mirza Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Pakistan J.M. Baldasano & H. Power (Eds.). Environmental Engineering and Management. Southampton, United Kingdom: WIT Press/Computational Mechanics Publications, 1998.
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An Environmental Science and Engineering Framework for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance [PDF]
On June 20, 2017, members of the environmental engineering and science (EES) community convened at the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Biennial Conference for a workshop on antimicrobial resistance.
Alcalde, Reinaldo E.+25 more
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Potentials for fisheries in the Niger Delta: Another green light for self sufficiency in regional food production [PDF]
A discussion is presented on the potential for fishery development in the Niger Delta region, considering engineering activities and food production potentials of the freshwater zone and immediate hinterland, the brackishwater mangrove swamps and the ...
Nalaguo, C.A.
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Single-photon Resolved Cross-Kerr Interaction for Autonomous Stabilization of Photon-number States
Quantum states can be stabilized in the presence of intrinsic and environmental losses by either applying active feedback conditioned on an ancillary system or through reservoir engineering. Reservoir engineering maintains a desired quantum state through
Devoret, M. H.+10 more
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A methodology to introduce sustainability into the Final Year Project to foster sustainable engineering projects [PDF]
The introduction of sustainability skills into higher education curricula is a natural effect of the increasing importance of sustainability in our daily lives. Topics like green computing, sustainable design or environmental engineering have become part
Alier Forment, Marc+7 more
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Public Perceptions of the Midwest’s Pavements - Minnesota - Phase I (Winter Ride) [PDF]
The Minnesota Winter Ride Survey was designed to gauge the extent to which motorists were tolerant of the rougher ride of pavements on rural two-lane highways in the winter. Survey objectives, therefore, were centered around this focal question of winter
Marquette University, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering+1 more
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