Reflect on the principles of sustainable and green engineering. Do you think it’s easy to be green? What are common obstacles to greener engineering and design?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary regarding whether it is easy or hard to be green. Common obstacles to greener engineering and design include: lack of knowledge, insufficient economic payback or benefit, social resistance, and “old school” engineering and design practices and values.

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a. compressed air b. electricity c. hydraulic fluids d. gasoline

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A. x-ray testing B. visual inspection C. destructive testing D. cutting a cross-section of the weld

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If a square-root extractor is added to a control systems to linearize a process controller output then the controller is often called an adaptive controller

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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