Engineer Our Future
Become the next inventor, innovator or business leader in sustainable technologies and design. Join Kettering University in pioneering a more sustainable world for generations to come.
A Rewarding Career. A Better Tomorrow.
你热衷于保护自然资源. Excited about adopting clean energies. 对电动汽车和自动驾驶汽车的新功能着迷. 致力于改变我们与地球的互动方式——变得更好.
If this resonates with you, 探索工程中的可持续性研究, business or marketing can position you for a fulfilling career that contributes to a better world for our generation and the next.
什么是可持续发展研究和可持续发展工程?
可持续发展项目:不仅仅是效率
Whether it’s water conservation, 防止污染，甚至减少塑料, 我们经常将“可持续发展”与一个重点领域联系在一起. 真正的可持续发展包括, intersecting efforts to preserve, reuse and even create new resources, including water, air and energy. Sustainability studies focus on how we can utilize resources and develop as businesses, organizations and even nations without depleting those resources for future generations.
可持续工程:支持更智能的创新
Effective sustainability prioritizes smart, regenerative use of resources. Sustainable engineering helps us move the world forward — inventing new products, creating new processes, 提供住房和车辆——以这些目标为中心. In other words, sustainability engineers help us grow and innovate while ensuring that we have enough resources for future development.
“Sustainability is about energy development that meets our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs because of limited natural resources, mainly fossil fuels.” – Dr. Gianfranco DiGiuseppe, Kettering University Mechanical Engineering faculty member
Why Consider Sustainability Studies?
这是美国发展最快的行业
Beyond creating environmental benefits and the opportunity to live out your passion, careers in sustainability are also among the fastest-growing in the United States, according to the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report. Careers in clean energy and electrified vehicles show the fastest growth, with motor vehicle and component parts also standing out within the sector.
This growth is providing numerous opportunities for sustainability engineering students and tech-minded business students. If you’re interested in electric vehicle engineering or sustainable business practices, 浏览我们的可持续发展计划，找到一条适合你的道路.
在任何行业找一份可持续发展的工作
你是否对工程学感兴趣, 商业或其他可持续性的子部门, 可持续发展研究适用于任何行业. Energy, food and beverage, packaging, retail, foodservice and transportation are increasingly pledging to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040. Major brands like Disney, 耐克和星巴克都做出了环保承诺, including zero waste, 减少碳排放或减少塑料的倡议. 如果你对某一特定行业的工作感兴趣, 你可能会有几个可持续发展的工作可供选择.
可持续发展的商业和工程职业
各公司正在全面寻找可持续发展方面的职位, 从制造到工程再到营销. 如果你对可持续发展的职业感兴趣, here are some common positions you can achieve with an engineering or business degree focused on sustainability.
Environmental/Sustainability Engineer
Sustainability engineers can have a wide variety of responsibilities but focus on creating solutions for environmental problems. They may work to help a company manage its wastewater, energy, air and resources. Sustainability engineers may also devise solutions for businesses to meet regulatory compliance or create and implement environmental initiatives.
环境及可持续发展总监
环境和可持续发展主管帮助企业满足当地需求, 遵守国家和有时是国际环境法律. 他们可以监督环境项目的资本规划, 创建标准化的能源管理流程, identify sustainable technologies for businesses to adopt or work with marketing teams to develop communications around social responsibility.
研究工程师(可持续发展或清洁能源)
Research engineers help innovate new solutions to sustainability challenges. 他们可能会为电动汽车开发新的电池技术, design automated tools and devices, 测量温室气体排放并帮助开发专有产品.
Sustainability Programs
Undergraduate Sustainability Programs
在凯特林，你会发现许多可持续发展的职业道路. 浏览工程和商业领域的可持续发展本科学位.
Why Study Sustainability at Kettering?
在教室和最先进的实验室中研究可持续性
了解可再生能源等话题, environmental issues, life cycle assessment, public policy, wastewater treatment, green engineering and other sustainability topics across several disciplines. With these classes, you can approach every problem and issue from a perspective informed by social, economic, and environmental perspectives. Through engineering, science and the humanities, you can help improve the world.
Explore our lab facilities.
在专家教授下学习可持续发展
Our faculty specialize in sustainable engineering and technology leadership and provide opportunities for experiential learning in the classroom.
从第一学期开始从事可持续发展方面的工作
作为我们可持续发展项目的一名本科生, you’ll get real, 从你在凯特林的第一年开始.
Sustainability Engineering News
The Lithium Future
Denise Gray '86, Head of LG Energy Solutions North America External Affairs and Government Relations, discusses the future of electrified vehicles and the production of lithium-ion batteries.
冬天开车前你应该把车暖起来吗?
Bassem Ramadan, department head and professor of Mechanical Engineering, talked with Insider 关于汽车空转对环境的影响.
美国国家海洋和大气管理局资助当地气候影响教育
Climate Resilient Flint is a collaborative effort between Kettering University, 弗林特环境改造运动, M.A.D.E. Institute, Neighborhood Engagement Hub, Genesee Conservation District, 以及NOAA的教育和气候项目办公室. 目标是减少受教育机会的差异, knowledge, and resources, this project reflects NOAA's education mission to further equitable environmental literacy and climate resilience capacity by employing active learning and knowledge co-production.
Fuel Cell Engineer
Toyota senior engineer and alumnae Jackie Birdsall sat down to talk with Design News about the developing fuel cell technology and her experience as a female engineer in a male-dominated industry.
Electrification Technology
内燃的时钟在滴答作响, and that’s creating external consternation as the auto industry’s supply chain retools for electric vehicles. Automotive News talked alumnus Craig Renneker and two other industry veterans to discuss those challenges and also present opportunities to recharge operations for the electrified era.
Feeding The World
企业家布莱恩法尔瑟(10年)详细介绍了他的冒险进入垂直, high production farming, which yields as much 100 times more crops per acre than traditional farming.
The case of national monuments
Assistant Professor Levi Tennen's article shows how aesthetic evaluations of national monuments may hold legal weight. Such considerations can also influence decisions about whether to protect an area as a monument.
The Circular Economy
Jamie Zinser ('99, ME), 诺贝丽斯全球汽车销售和营销副总裁, 讨论铝的可持续性和无限可回收性.
What Is E15 Gas?
E15 is shorthand for gasoline (Unleaded 88) blended with 15 percent ethanol. This type of E15 gas is often cheaper, but it’s limited during the summer travel season because of its environmental effect. 但E15在2022年得到了更多关注，当时 gas prices 因为乌克兰与俄罗斯的战争而崛起. The article in Popular Mechanics relies on information from research performed at Kettering University.
Study Sustainability. Engineer Your Career.
Learn more about sustainability programs at Kettering or apply today to start working toward a smarter tomorrow.