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Engineering Design for a Circular Economy
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18 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Advanced Level
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1. Introduction: The materials challenge and the importance of product design for a Circular Economy. Focus on economic and social drivers and barriers to change.
Week 2. Design for Reuse: Towards the production of long-lasting products with reliable performance and minimum maintenance requirements. Product use intensification in the Sharing Economy.
Week 3. Design for Repair: Allows quick and efficient access to key components and connections. Making products fit for use again in a time- and resource-effective way.
Week 4. Design for Remanufacture: Re-manufactured products should look and perform as new. This implies a complex new system of reverse logistics, cleaning and conditioning facilities, as well as a shift in client and consumer mentality.
Week 5. Design for Recycle: Eventually most products will be broken down into individual materials. Choices such as the use of composites or chemical connections affects the recyclability and economic value of materials.
Week 6. Conclusion: Thinking in loops. Creating sustainable value through strategic product and business design for a Circular Economy.
Prerequisite
Intended for design and engineering students and professionals. This course is aimed at students and working professionals with a basic background knowledge of design, engineering, and Circular Economy. If you want to learn the basics of Design for a Circular Economy we invite you to take a look at
before the start of this course. Previous knowledge of Circular Economy concepts is preferred but not necessary.Instructors
David Peck
Dr.
Delft University of Technology
Ester van der Voet
Associate professor
Institute of Environmental Sciences CML at Leiden University
Anna-Karin Jönbrink
Manager of Energy and Environment
Swerea IVF
Armin Lohrengel
Director
Institute of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Clausthal
Max Prumbohm
Research Assistant
Institute of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Clausthal
Juan Azcarate-Aguerre
PhD Researcher - Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
TU Delft
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Delft University of Technology (in Dutch: Technische Universiteit Delft), better known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest public university in the Netherlands.
It is based in Delft, in the Netherlands. In the QS World University Rankings 2022, it is ranked among the top 10 engineering and technology universities in the world. In architecture and civil engineering, it was ranked 2nd in the world, after MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
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