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Restatement of Subjects of Design in Engineering as a Contribution to the Training of Engineers with a Sustainable Approach

Authors:
Jose Bernardo Parra-Victorino
Misael Murillo-Murillo
Leticia Ramirez-Castillo

Keywords: Reverse Logistics; sustainable approach to engineering; Recovery Management; Waste Management; agents and mobile technologies

Abstract:
Abstract—This paper proposes a new methodology for the training of engineers in Mexico. The authors propose that engineering courses incorporate the process of recovery management and waste management for the design of new products. This methodology contributes toward improving ecological justice because many factories make products without evaluating the use of recycled materials. If every new product incorporated the processes associated with waste management and recovery in question, future engineers, whom these new skills develop, may think about products not only in terms of utility, but also in terms of reuse or recycling. According to Reverse Logistics, we will be able to create quality standards in productive process based on a sustainable model. In Information Technologies, we make use of several tools such as AutoCad, CAM, Databases, agents and mobile technologies for making decisions. This methodology has been effectively tested in a classroom, using mobile technologies and agents.

Pages: 31 to 36

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: October 23, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9294

ISBN: 978-1-61208-163-2

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from October 23, 2011 to October 29, 2011