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. 1992 Feb 1;89(3):868–869. doi: 10.1073/pnas.89.3.868

Education for industrial ecology.

C Starr 1
PMCID: PMC48344  PMID: 11607269

Abstract

The societal issues relevant to the subject of industrial ecology call for the participation of broadly educated engineers who can integrate their technology with the social, political, environmental, and economic aspects of its applications. This increase in the responsibility of traditional engineering to include the end-use, obsolescence, and disposition of technical products signals a new era for engineering education.

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