Category: Educational Services

ISE’s natural link to a sustainable future – Problem Solved Podcast

Educational Services, Engineering Economic Analysis, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Services, General, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, News, Operations Engineering & Management, System Design & Engineering

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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Sustainable Education Tools: A Calculator for the Emissions of Greenhouse Effect Compounds

Educational Services, Environmental Engineering, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning

Abstract: This paper describes the use of a calculator for the emissions of Greenhouse Effect Compounds as Sustainable Education Tool, using the case of a major Mexican Transnational company. In 2012 the Climate Change General Law

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Eliminating Barriers to Girls in Industrial & Systems Engineering

Educational Services, Ergonomics & Human Factors, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss, Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Abstract: Eliminating Barriers to Girls in Industrial & Systems Engineering UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 highlights gender equality as the key to transforming our world. Women make up only 28% of the workforce in science,

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Food Systems Projects Between Schools and Nonprofits – IISE SDD Webinar

Educational Services, Environmental Engineering, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, News, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, System Design & Engineering

The following webinar was hosted by the IISE Sustainable Development Division, as part of their mission to help align Industrial and Systems Engineers with organizations working on the UN Sustainable Development goals. Watch the video,

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Mission Imaginable: Putting ISE principles to work in Haiti

Educational Services, Engineering Economic Analysis, Environmental Engineering, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere, Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all, News, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, Operations Engineering & Management

Purdue University graduate Lauren Neder moved to Haiti to help navigate cultural and logistical challenges at Imagine Missions school, and help establish multiple programs to address sustainability in the island nation. Her background in Industrial

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Sustainable Development Division takes on 2 Nonprofit Service Projects Prior to Orlando Conference

Educational Services, Environmental Engineering and Services, General, Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, News, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations

by Brion Hurley and Greg Weisenborn For the 7th year in a row, the board of the Sustainable Development Division has organized a volunteer service project with a local nonprofit prior to the start of

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SID Supports UN’s Sustainable Development Goal to Reduce Poverty through provision of Internet Access

Educational Services, Environmental Engineering, Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries, Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development, Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Government, Information Engineering, News, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, Operations Research & Analysis

A world development report in 2016 by World Bank found that rapid spread of digital technologies has brought digital dividends which is the development benefits by boosting growth, expanding opportunities and improvement in services. According

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