kawthar ME290 2

Summer 2020 E-Learning Assessment 2 (15%)

Grade:

Course Code/Title : ME290 Global Eng. Prof. Seminar Section Number : O1 Instructor Name : Dr. Ali Dinc Semester/Year : Summer 2020

Assignment/Homework/Project Report Title:

Making informed judgments with consideration of the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.

Due Date: 19 Jul 2020 to be delivered as electronic copy only (upload to Moodle as word or pdf) individually.

Name your solution file as StudentID.StudentName.ME290Asm2.doc or pdf (example: 12345.AlbertEinstein.ME290Asm2.doc) to upload in Moodle

you can save as pdf in MS word to convert to PDF if the file size is too big

or you can use word to pdf conversion: https://www.pdfen.com/merge/merge-word-to-pdf-pdfa

Submission Date:

Student Name and Number

1.

Student declaration:

By writing my name above, I attest that I have done this assessment /homework/ assignment alone.  I understand that any act of plagiarism will be treated as an academic misconduct for which provisions stipulated in the Student Code of Conduct should apply.

Based on the lecture (Chapter2 Impact of Engineering Solutions):

Engineers are sometimes required to make informed judgments with consideration of the impact of their engineering solutions in economic, environmental, and societal contexts. The impact of their engineering solutions can be negative or positive in terms of economic, environmental, and societal contexts. For example, the refrigerants contained in air-conditioners and refrigerators can be extremely harmful to the environment and human health. Many refrigerants, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) damage the ozone layer, while others are extremely potent greenhouse gases. However, there are also natural refrigerants which occur in nature's bio-chemical processes. They do not deplete the ozone layer and make a negligible - or zero impact.

Based on above information, a design engineer is working on the process of designing air conditioners. He will also decide on choosing the refrigerant gas to be used in air conditioners. He has two main and legal options for the “Refrigerant Gas”: Gas A and Gas B. Gas A (chlorofluorocarbon type) has 10 times higher negative effect on environment than Gas B (natural refrigerant) has. He also made a search for raw material prices in market and found out that the cost of is Gas A 50 $ per kg and the cost of Gas B is 100 $ per kg. For a sustainable development what would be your decision on the selection of Gas? Explain and discuss your decision in economic, societal and environmental context with advantages and disadvantages. Explain also harmful effects Refrigerant Gases to environment and human health and give examples.

· Name your solution file as StudentID.StudentName.ME290Asm2.doc or pdf (example: 12345.AlbertEinstein.ME290Asm2.doc) as file name format.

· Submission is individual to Moodle.

· Follow APA Formatting and Style Guide for your report (include table of contents, abstract, introduction, conclusion, references etc.).

· Use the cover sheet given in Page 1 of this document for your report.

· Main body of report can be about 1-3 pages (excluding table of contents, abstract, introduction, conclusion, references etc.)

· Try to include references from AUM Library also.

Grading Scheme

Item		Weight
1	Quality and effectiveness of text (relevance with the topic, stating the point, clear ideas and expressions, quality of references etc.) Completeness of Text (required sections of Essay exists)	70%
2	Formatting in APA style and additional formatting instructions given in this document	20%
3	Grammar and typing	10%
4	Similarity check (penalty points to be deducted)
	Total	100%