EGRMGMT 590: Sustainable Products for Green Energy Transitions

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At a Glance

  • Instructor(s): Guerry Grune
  • Semester(s) typically taught: Fall
  • Last taught: New Fall 2022
  • Units: 3.0
  • Grading scale: Graded (A-F)
  • Required or elective for MEM degree? Elective
  • If elective, applicable elective track(s): Product Management
  • Pre-requisites: n/a
  • Recommended previous courses: n/a

Course Description/Synopsis 

Although this is a new course offering tailored for the MEMP ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT TRANSITION TRACK, Professor Grune has been teaching in the department since 2005 with a focus on IP and specifically Intellectual Asset Management – how to value Intellectual Property. Professor Grune is a PhD Chemical Engineer with both a undergraduate chemistry and mechanical engineering degree from Duke University (AB Chemistry and BSME). His industrial experience and background include developing the first US based Life Cycle Assessment and ISO 14000 certification for Asea Braun Boveri (ABB) in the early 1990s along with 13 years at IBM-RTP and more than 30 years in product development. He is also a registered US patent agent.

This new course offering teaches students how products are designed to ensure that energy transitions for existing and new products can be managed properly and effectively while providing sustainability and profitability for worldwide consumption. This methodology is useful in order to reach the goals established by the WHO (World Health Organization) and supported by the WTO (World Trade Organization) as well as by most country centric governments. Students will also be introduced to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives plus use of carbon credits for driving the next revolution in products for introduction into retail and wholesale markets. This course will provide the student with the extraordinary ability to more fully understand all aspects of sustainably focused technologies to create products that meet new and existing governmental policies. Teams from the class (and perhaps several teams) may enter the MEMP GCI EXECUTIVE CHALLENGE March 2023 with a distinct advantage by taking this course. The focus of the course will be to provide students with critical thinking skills and the grading will be based upon HW assignments plus a semester long project involving development of products for technology sectors matching the students’ interests.

Course Syllabus (Most Recent)

EGRMGMT 590.08 Syllabus, Fall 2022

A Word From the Faculty

“The push for a “Green Sustainable Energy and Environment Policy” throughout the planet is well established and ongoing. This course teaches students how to design for energy transitions of existing and new products effectively, while providing sustainability for worldwide consumption. While the world’s energy economy, products, and processes remain driven primarily by fossil fuels, the shift to green, sustainable alternatives requires a multivariable approach which includes both risk assessment and gap analysis.
This course focuses on developing these products via a group centric effort using critical thinking as a vehicle to ensure unique and profitable solutions.” -Guerry Grune, course instructor

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