Books by Susan Krumdieck

Engineering Transition: Building a Sustainable Future examines new strategies emerging in response to the mega-issues of global climate change, decline in world oil supply, scarcity of key industrial minerals, and local environmental constraints. These issues pose challenges for ...organizations, businesses, and communities, and engineers will need to begin developing ideas and projects to implement the transition of engineered systems. This work presents a methodology for shifting away from unsustainable activities. Teaching the Transition Engineering approach and methodology is the focus of the text, and the concept is presented in a way that engineers can begin applying it in their work.
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Essentials of Sustainable Energy Systems provides a concise and up-to-date look at energy sources, ecoonomics, and engineering applications for a sustainable future. Written by leading experts, and taking a global perspective, this textbook concentrates on the practical applicati...ons for achieving energy efficiency and a cleaner environment. Each source of clean energy - wind, solar, biomass, and ocean/tidal - is examined from both the engineering and the economic points of view. Methods for forecasting, evaluating and trnsitioning energy production and usage are integrated, so that the book will be more than just a topical survey of energy sources.
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