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Responsible design aims to provide safe, affordable services while minimizing the drain on resources and the release of unwanted emissions. This can be accomplished by performing an ongoing eco-audit of the design (or redesign) as it progresses. As we teach engineering materials and manufacturing process courses prior to capstone senior design projects, it is imperative to introduce Engineering Technology (ET) students to advanced tools to impart skills that will guide design decisions that minimize or eliminate adverse eco-impact. Embodied energy and carbon footprint, recycle fraction and toxicity have obvious eco-connections that require careful considerations for Product Lifecycle Assessment (PLA) combined with mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties that have the greatest role in design to minimize eco-impact. Several courses in ET curricula have been used during the past Academic Year (AY) to infuse sustainability, eco design and green energy production teaching materials and projects into Mechanical Engineering Technology courses such as Materials, Mechanical Design, Manufacturing Processes and Senior Design Capstone course sequence.

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