Curriculum development for addressing ship pollution issues
- Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD (United States)
- Univ. of Calgary, Alberta (Canada). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Environmental Kinetics Ltd., Arnold, MD (United States)
- Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Environmental studies are now included in most engineering and science degree programs. Indeed, majors in environmental engineering have been relatively commonplace. Invariably, the content of these courses and programs has been concentrated focused on land-based environmental issues and applications. However, quite recently courses dealing with ship generated waste and ocean pollution management have also started to appear in marine, naval and ocean engineering programs. Many navies have adopted vigorous Green Ship policies and as a consequence have provided a major impetus for the inclusion of maritime environmental topics in naval (and related) engineering programs. An example of this curriculum activity is the elective courses that have been developed for undergraduate programs at the US Naval Academy (USNA). These courses specifically address maritime environmental issues and the material presented supports the US Navy`s Green Ship Policy. The ethical, technical and engineering issues that need to be considered so that warships can operate within the needs of the current and future at-sea environmental legislation are examined in the courses. Variants of these electives are also under development or on offer at other institutions. In this paper the needs for, and the underlying philosophy of the Green Ship curriculum developments are described and discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 287860
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960154-; ISBN 0-9648731-8-4; TRN: IM9639%%480
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Energy Week `96: American Society of Mechanical Engineers and American Petroleum Institute energy week conference and exhibition, Houston, TX (United States), 21 Jan - 2 Feb 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Energy week `96: Conference papers. Book 3: Drilling and production economics; PB: 419 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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