Sustainability and Circularity Challenges in Aerospace Engineering Education
for the sustainability transition
Antony Joseph Valiaveetil (TU Delft - Technology, Policy and Management)
Robert M. Verburg (TU Delft - Economics of Technology and Innovation)
M.J. Schuurman (Structural Integrity & Composites)
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Abstract
The aerospace industry and TU Delft have set stringent climate goals for themselves and with each passing year, these goals seem all the more implausible. While sustainability in the aerospace industry is envisioned as futuristic, circular, net-zero aircraft, the change rarely comes from the grassroots. Although these technological solutions are undoubtedly our liberators from long-term climate change, there is relatively less focus on the education of engineers who grow up to design these machines. This thesis follows a bottom-up approach which can stimulate pro-environmental attitudes among future aerospace engineers to give ourselves a fighting chance to mitigate climate change.