Engineering for One Planet (EOP) is an initiative supported by The Lemelson Foundation to promote sustainable engineering practices and integrate sustainability into engineering education. Cindy Anderson is founder and CEO of Alula Consulting and a
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Interviews from Volunteer Project at SBP in New Orleans
The IISE Annual Conference Volunteering Event, organized by the Sustainable Development Division, is a yearly project where members attending the annual conference volunteer to assist a nonprofit agency in the conference’s host city. The organization
Read moreKitchens for Good named 2023 Excellence in Sustainable Development Award Winner
Kitchens for Good (KFG) is a San Diego nonprofit that is transforming lives through culinary arts. Apprentices with barriers to employment gain technical and life skills they need to launch meaningful careers in the hospitality
Read moreIISE Annual Conference Volunteers Support Local Seattle Thrift Store
The IISE Annual Conference Volunteering Event, organized by the Sustainable Development Division is a yearly project where members attending the annual conference volunteer to assist a nonprofit agency in the conference’s host city. The 2022
Read moreUsing Toyota Kata to Help Local Food Banks with Hugh Alley
Our guest is Hugh Alley, an experienced lean practitioner and industrial engineer, who has experience with the Toyota Kata method of improvement. He has recently applied this approach to a nonprofit food bank in Vancouver,
Read moreFREE GEEK NAMED 2021 EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AWARD WINNER
The Portland, Oregon (USA) nonprofit organization Free Geek is quickly learning about Lean and continuous improvement methods in order to meet growing demand for digital devices. Free Geek is a 501(c)(3) organization with a mission
Read moreApplying Industrial and Systems Engineering Skills to Sustainability
This panel discussion was held at the 2020 IISE Virtual Conference on Nov 2, 2020. The focus of the discussion was aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 – Partnerships. John Corliss, Gokhan Egilmez, and
Read moreCity of Fort Collins Named 2020 Excellence in Sustainable Development Award Winner
The City of Fort Collins in Colorado (USA) has been on a continuous improvement journey since 2010. They made great progress on their Income-Qualified Assistance Program (IQAP) to help residents pay their utility bills, and
Read moreIISE Podcast: Modeling Reality, COVID and Ebola Style, with the CDC’s Michael Washington
Industrial Engineer (IE) Michael Washington of the CDC discusses his team’s statistical models that help health systems monitor resources for dealing with – and tracing the explosion of – COVID cases, and how his team’s
Read moreCarbon capture and storage: A feasible way to achieve climate goals – ISE Magazine
New technology can help reduce greenhouse emissions from manufacturing In 2019, we noted several important events related to climate change. In both the United Nations’ leaders meeting in September and the G7 meeting in France
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