Module 3 - Material Selection Abstract
In this module the students will conduct material selection with a goal of reducing the environmental impact of a product while also meeting functional requirements and reducing material costs. Office furniture is presented as a case study, while the students apply the following techniques, to the product chosen at the beginning of the class
- Weighted property index (WPI) method
- Decision matrixes
- Pair-wise comparison
- Saaty’s Scale analysis
- Application of WPI
- Performance Indices
- Sensitivity analysis
- Cambridge Educational Software (CES Software)
Additional Material Available
KIET can provide interested parties with: 1) A complete set of PowerPoint lectures 2) Complete set of lecture notes with detailed calculations 3) Active learning exercises associated with the lecture
Contact Information: Jennifer Aurandt - jaurandt@kettering.edu
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Course Information
- Syllabus
- Historical, Social & Ethical
- Life Cycle Analysis
- Materials Selection
- Process Design
- End of Use
- Environ. Responsible Mgt
- Green Chemistry
