MEC600 –ENGINEER IN SOCIETY INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE OUTCOME (CO) PROGRAM OUTCOME (PO)

Identify the impact of professional
engineering solutions to societal and
environmental contexts and demonstrate
knowledge and need for sustainable
development [PO7, LO6, SS4];{A4}.
PO7; Environment And Sustainability:
Able to understand the impact of
professional engineering solutions in
societal and environmental contexts and
demonstrate knowledge of and need for
sustainable development.

PROBLEM STATEMENT
Sustainable development is defined as development that satisfies the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy theirs. Sustainable
development insists on the need to protect the diversity of genes, species, and all terrestrial
and aquatic ecosystems in nature. This is possible in particular to protect the quality of the
environment, and by the restoration, development, and maintenance of habitats that are
essential to species.

TASK

-In order to be sustainable, development must combine three main elements: fairness,
protection of the environment, and economic efficiency. Select one sustainable development
problem shown in the list below, and discuss on the issue. Your discussion should include;

I. Introduction of the issue and the effect to human society, world, health, culture,
legal, etc. and the challenges faced in managing the issue
II. Suggestion/Solution - State what others have done with regards to the issue
(Malaysia and overseas) and discuss the challenges in terms of human society,
world, health, culture, legal, cost, etc if we were to follow what have been done
by others. How the activity will support the United Nation Sustainable Goal
III. Identify potential un-ethical problems and come up with suggestions to
overcome them (the do’s and don’ts)

LIST OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS:

No Main Topic Subtopic Suggestion-

follow student
list
1. Pollution Water, air, noise, thermal , radioactive 1-5
2. Green Building - design efficiency 6-10
- energy efficiency
- water efficiency
- waste management
- indoor environmental quality
 3. Energy Water, geothermal, wind, solar, biomass 11-15
4. Food Preventive law, R&D (GMO etc), new 16-20
agriculture technique, large scale modern
farming, alternative food
5 Biodiversity Marine, Fresh water, Terrestrial, Rainforest 21-25
(plant), Rainforest (Animal)
6 Transportation Hybrid vehicles, biofuel, solar power, 26-30
hydrogen, nuclear power.
7 Biomedical -green hospital 31-35
-medical tourism
-Communicable disease
-optimizing workforce
-plastic surgery/bioplastic
8 Resource Food, water, land, oil, forest. 36-40
Scarcity
9 Nature disaster Earthquake, flood, storm, drought, tsunami
3R -wood.-paper –plastic –metal –oil -glass
10

SUBMISSION:
1. Prepare your report with the details of all the tasks.
2. You can prepare the report in the format of the technical report or slide presentation
as long the report should include part I-III
3. Reading resources (references) must be listed in the report.
4. You are also required to prepare materials such as infographic and/or brochure and/or
short article and/or video/ animation etc. to increase the public awareness about the
selected topic. You may upload your materials to YouTube and/or Facebook and/or
slide share, etc. as evidence and for sharing. You are required to promote the sharing
materials to others – number of like, share, views, download and etc, at multimedia
can consider your effort of promoting your sharing material. Provide the print Screen
and link of the website at report as evidence of sharing materials.

Due date: please refer to schedule

 MEC600 –ENGINEER IN SOCIETY INDIVIDUAL
ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT (PO7)

Lecturer Name Remarks

-On Time/- Late
Tittle : Turnitin / Similarity %-

Student Name / UiTM ID Group No

Guidelines Level Very Poor Satisfactory Good Excellent

Poor
Scale 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

PO PART Assessment Criteria (Report) Weight Scale Total=

(w) (y) w*y
Content/ Diagrams/Figures/ Discussion and Conclusion
PO7 I. Introduction. The effect to human society, 10
world, health, culture, legal etc.
PO7 II. Suggestion/Solution and challenge for 40
implementation and support United Nation
Sustainable Goal
PO7 III. Identify potentials un-ethical problems and 10
suggestions to overcome (Do’s and Don’ts)
PO7 IV. Format, Language and Organization, 10
References and citation
PO7 V. Promote information for public awareness 30
TOTAL 100%

REMARKS:
 RUBRICS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (PO7)

ASSESSMEN POOR (3 ACCEPTABLE (7 EXCELLENT

T CRITERIA (1-2) - (5-6) - (9-10)
4) 8)
I. Introduction. Unable to Fairly able to Capable to
Effect to describe describe describe
human background and background and background and
society, importance of importance of importance of
world, subject matter subject matter subject matter
health, Unable to Fairly able to Capable to
culture, etc. evaluate the evaluate the effect evaluate the effect
effect to quality to quality of life to quality of life
of life
II. Suggestion/ Unable to Fairly able to Capable to
Solution express clear and express clear and express clear and
Challenge concise concise concise
suggestion/soluti suggestion/solutio suggestion/solutio
on n n
Unable to Fairly able to Capable to
highlight the highlight the highlight the
current current current
challenge/barrier challenge/barrier challenge/barrier
III. Identify Unable to Fairly able to Capable to
potential un- identify potential identify potential identify potential
ethical un-ethical un-ethical un-ethical
problems and problems and problems and problems and
suggestions/s suggestions/solut suggestions/soluti suggestions/soluti
olutions/ ions/ ons/ ons/
Do’s and Do’s and Don’ts Do’s and Don’ts Do’s and Don’ts
Don’ts
IV. Format, Poor in Format, Acceptable in Excellent in
Language Language and Format, Language Format, Language
and Organization, and Organization, and Organization,
Organization, References and References and References and
References citation citation citation
and citation
V. Sharing No awareness Awareness and Creative and
information and promotion promotion Inspired method
for public available with of awareness and
awareness traditional promotion
method- through wide
hardcopy, fliers coverage medium
etc.
With evident