CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2023 Quanser Global Sustainability Award

Applications open for 2023

In 2022, the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) and Quanser partnered to launch the Quanser Global Sustainability Award to celebrate excellence in sustainability education.

The mission of this Award is to encourage the development of initiatives that prepare students to discover and create sustainable engineering practices throughout their careers. We believe that engineering interventions can create solutions for a circular economy – an approach that can work across all technical disciplines.

We want to recognize any initiative, anywhere in the world, that focuses on developing engineering skills at the undergraduate or master’s level to address one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

We require the initiative to be innovative, with a clear focus on learning outcomes. It must also have a measurable impact on students’ understanding of sustainable development and have the potential to be transferable and scalable to ensure that it can be extended to improve learning for future generations:

– Gain global visibility to propel your initiative further. Promote your initiative globally and generate support to expand your impact.

– Make an impact in engineering education worldwide. As part of the engineering community, you are encouraged to create solutions to address global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste and pollution.

– Win a Cash Prize. We will supply the winner (or winning team representative) with one complimentary registration, flight, and hotel accommodation to attend the WEEF/GEDC 2023 Conference in Monterrey, Mexico, held October 23 – 27, 2023. And a cash prize of $5,000 USD.

We are all aware of environmental concerns around packaging waste, and society is concerned and asking for sustainable solutions. This is the reason why I have developed a brand-new course focusing mostly on Sustainable Packaging Design and Engineering.