Awarded Funding: $349,410

This project aims to:

(1) develop, implement, and assess a systems thinking framework for analyzing the environmental and sociotechnical impacts of engineering interventions;

(2) implement course modules using this framework across 5-8 required engineering courses at Harvey Mudd through a prototyping process focused on feedback, faculty reflection, and iteration;

(3) apply the framework to industry-partnered, open-ended problems through Harvey Mudd's engineering capstone program.

As these materials are incorporated at Harvey Mudd and externally, the research team will examine students' systems thinking growth and ability to evaluate and articulate the environmental and sociotechnical impacts of their work.

This work will also assess faculty attitudes, needs, and barriers to addressing environmental sustainability and sociotechnical thinking in their courses and how well the prototyping process addresses these needs.