Sustainability in chemical engineering education: Identifying a core body of knowledge

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2296-2302

  Allen, David T ^a   Shonnard, David R ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Green engineering; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863560872     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13877     Document Type: Article

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