[course] – Innovation in Cleantech + Market Opportunity = Solutions for the Planet

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Innovation in Cleantech + Market Opportunity = Solutions for the Planet 

ENVIR 450, ENGR 498, ENTRE 490/579

Fall Quarter 2011 (2credits)

Tuesdays 4:00-5:50 pm, Mary Gates Hall 389

Instructor: Deborah Hagen-Lukens, dlhagen@uw.edu

For registration information contact: Pam Tufts, ptufts@uw.edu.

No prerequisites, recommended for juniors, seniors and grad students

 

Unique interdisciplinary course designed for both graduate and undergraduate students focuses on what it takes to develop innovative cleantech solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges. Weekly speakers include top national, international and local experts in natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, policy and law. Topics include alternative energy and energy efficiencies, green building, and transportation. Students will form teams, identify an environmental problem and possible opportunity to solve it. Interested teams are invited to enter the Spring UW Environmental Innovation Challenge.