Sustainability in Engineering Design

Anthony Johnson is an experienced Design Engineer and Educator responsible for Engineering Design in the Department of Engineering and Technology at the University of Huddersfield. He is also a U.K. Chartered Engineer (C. Eng) with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Johnson is a prolific design consultant (with over 400 projects to date), educational consultant, and recent committee member with the British Standards Institute. Andy Gibson is the Managing Director of Segelocum Ltd, a customer-focused designed education consultancy firm. Andrew has worked in product development and customer liaison, moving on onto export sales and marketing and thence into the management of international subsidiaries of UK-based engineering companies. In recent years, Mr. Gibson has developed a consultancy-based business working with clients to penetrate new markets, focusing on sustainability relating to international trade training.

• 1.0 Engineering Design and Sustainability Integration: An Overview2.0 The Requirements of the Client3.0 Managing Design, the Process and Teamwork4.0 Design Approach5.0 Sustainability Integrated into the Normal Design Process6.0 Factors to Consider at the Beginning of a Design7.0 Tools of the Design Process8.0 Design of the Concept9.0 Performance Prediction10.0  Design for Manufacturing and Assembly11.0  The Need for Sustainability12.0  Life Cost13.0 Strategic Sustainability14.0  Embedding Sustainable Design15.0 Predicting the Future

"...this book must be read by all engineers regardless of their specializations. It should also be read by all graduating students of engineering as they would be future designers of products and systems." --International Journal of Performability Engineering, September 2014