To address global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste and pollution, the circular economy requires effective systems and solution frameworks. To improve every element of our global technological and economic systems, the engineering community must transform our practices.
As engineering designers, we need to work together to answer the question: how can we design products that support the principles of sustainability, such as re-use, repair, re-manufacture, and recycling?
By intervening through engineering, we have the power to create solutions for a circular economy – an approach that can work across all technical disciplines.
Starting in 2022, IFEES and GEDC, Quanser partnered to launch the Quanser Global Sustainability Award, to take practical action on the concept of sustainability.
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The Mission:
The Quanser Global Sustainability Award encourages the development of initiatives that prepare students to discover and develop sustainable engineering methods throughout their careers.
The Eligibility:
Any initiative focused on developing undergraduate or master’s-level engineering skills to tackle one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
The initiative must be innovative and include a demonstrable alignment to learning outcomes. In addition, the initiative must have a measurable impact on the student’s understanding of sustainability and have the potential to be transferrable and scalable, to ensure that it can expand to enhance the learning of future generations.
Application Rounds:
- Round 1 – Provide a summary of the initiative focusing on the Round 1 criteria, 500 words maximum through the Web Form at the bottom of this page.
- Round 2 – Project description addressing both Round 1 and Round 2 criteria (2000 words maximum), with evidence to support claims about outcomes and impact through email: sustainabilityaward@quanser.com
Criteria:
Award Committee Evaluation Criteria
- Educational Impact
- Global Community Impact
Schedule:
June 16, 2023 | Round 1 material must be submitted |
Mid-June, 2023 | Round 2 screening results will be announced |
Mid-August, 2023 | Round 2 material must be submitted |
Early September, 2023 | The winner will be contacted |
October, 2023 | The winner will be announced during WEEF-GEDC 2023 in Monterrey, Mexico |
Submission channel and requirements:
- Round 1 materials must be submitted through the webform below, round 2 must be submitted through email: sustainabilityaward@quanser.com
- Project title must be included as the subject of email communications and in all attachment titles
- Materials may be submitted as attachments or link
- If you have any inquiries, please email via sustainabilityaward@quanser.com
The Prize:
- Quanser will supply the winner (or winning team representative) with one complimentary conference registration for the WEEF/GEDC 2023 Conference, held October 23 – 27, 2023, with a round-trip economy class airfare from the winner’s place of residence to Monterrey, Mexico, and three-night hotel accommodations.
- Quanser will also supply a cash prize of $5,000 USD.
* The Letter of Nomination is downloadable and signable if you use Adobe Acrobat. |
** The nominator must be an active GEDC or IFEES society member. A list of member representatives may be found on the Members page of the GEDC and IFEES websites. Multiple submissions may be submitted by the same nominator. Members of the Executive Committees and members of the Award Committee are ineligible to be either nominators or nominees for the award. |