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Discuss “New Center to educate about sustainability”

This past Wednesday began with an announcement of the creation of the Center for Sustainable Engineering, a collaboration between Cliff Davidson of Carnegie Mellon, David Allen of the University of Texas at Austin, and Brad Allenby of Arizona State University. The Center?s mission is to educate academia about environmental problems and solutions. ?Education is key? to conserving the environment, Davidson said. ?With everyone involved it will make a difference.?

Sustainable engineering hopes to reduce current environmental problems by developing solutions that will last and benefit future generations. In an October 5 press release from Arizona State University, Allenby said, ?In the past, engineers have been able to pretty much focus on technical...

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