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2.760 Global Engineering: Green Machines

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(Subject meets with 2.76)
Prereq: 2.008 or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: MW11.30-1 (5-134)

Combines rigorous engineering theory and user-centered product design to create and disseminate green technologies for global markets. Instruction focused on analyzing barriers to large-scale adoption of green technologies and utilizing engineering skills to promote greater adoption. Students engage in physics-based machine design theory and experiments to parametrically analyze green technologies, coupled with product design principles to understand policy, cultural, market-driven, and economic factors. Includes guest lectures, case studies, and a term-long project to create a techno-economic analysis on a green technology. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
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