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Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-135).

1. Turning engineering green -- 1.1 A cultural transformation -- 1.2 A tendency to hubris -- 1.3 The forces of habit(us) -- 1.4 A new "mode" of knowledge production -- 1.5 The education of an educator -- 1.6 Discovering green engineers -- 1.7 To foster a hybrid imagination -- 1.8 An emerging culture --

2. Contending approaches to engineering education -- 2.1 A tale of two cultures -- 2.2 Historical tensions -- 2.3 The waves of engineering education -- 2.4 Medieval roots -- 2.5 Institutions of engineering education -- 2.6 Changing contexts of engineering -- 2.7 Changing modes of knowledge production -- 2.8 The coming of technoscience --

3. The emergence of green engineering -- 3.1 The ways of the wind -- 3.2 A paradigm shift -- 3.3 Reforming science and engineering education -- 3.4 A social movement -- 3.5 The mobilization of traditions -- 3.6 The fragmentation of the movement --

4. Educating green engineers -- 4.1 The man from Hanoi -- 4.2 Sustainable development in action -- 4.3 The PESTO project -- 4.4 The formation of hybrid identities -- 4.5 A typology of hybrid identities -- 4.6 The backlash against sustainable development --

5. Fostering hybridity -- 5.1 Another kind of habitus -- 5.2 Contextual knowledge at Aalborg University -- 5.3 The story-line of economic innovation -- 5.4 The story-line of social construction -- 5.5 The story-line of cultural appropriation -- 5.6 Turning nanotechnology green -- 5.7 Engineering citizenship -- 5.8 Making green engineers --

6. A case study: the Alley Flat Initiative in Austin, Texas -- 6.1 Sustainability in my backyard -- 6.2 A new movement? -- 6.3 The Alley Flat initiative -- 6.4 The tendency to hubris -- 6.5 The forces of habit(us) -- 6.6 Architecture and design in the public interest --

7. Conclusions -- 7.1 A missed opportunity -- 7.2 Collective learning -- 7.3 Proceed in action -- 7.4 Reaching out -- 7.5 Change-oriented research -- 7.6 Greening knowledge and engineering --

References -- Author's biography.

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This book discusses the ways in which engineering educators are responding to the challenges that confront their profession. On the one hand, there is an overarching sustainability challenge: the need for engineers to relate to the problems brought to light in the debates about environmental protection, resource depletion, and climate change. There are also a range of societal challenges that are due to the permeation of science and technology into ever more areas of our societies and everyday lives, and finally, there are the intrinsic scientific and technological challenges stemming from the emergence of new fields of "technosciences" that mix science and technology in new combinations.

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