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Innovation in Cleantech + Market Opportunity = Solutions for the Planet
ENGR 498, ENVIR 450, ENTRE 490/579
Fall Quarter 2011 (2credits)
Tuesdays 4:00-5:50 pm, Mary Gates Hall 389
Instructor: Deborah Hagen-Lukens, dlhagen@uw.edu
No prerequisites, recommended for juniors, seniors and grad students
Unique interdisciplinary course designed for both graduate and undergraduate students focuses on developing innovative cleantech solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges and what it takes to turn those innovations into exciting market opportunities. Weekly speakers include top national, international and local experts in natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, policy and law. Topics include alternative energy and energy efficiencies, green building, and transportation. Students will form teams, identify an environmental problem and possible opportunity to solve it. Interested teams are invited to enter the Spring UW Environmental Innovation Challenge.
For registration information contact Pam Tufts, ptufts@uw.edu
