1. ET4407 Electronics & the Environment Dr Colin Fitzpatrick Colin.Fitzpatrick@ul.ie E2-011

2. Module Overview Three Distinct Sections Environmental Problems Facing the Electronics Sector (Week 1-4) Proposed Solutions to Mitigate These Problems (Week 5-8) A Project to Demonstrate that you can implement these solutions (Week 9-12) It is research based. The module involves creating a narrative from primary sources (peer-reviewed papers) and then implementing a solution based on your findings

3. How it works Each person is individually assigned a unique research paper. You must study this, write a short report on it and make an oral presentation on it. You must then take these papers as a whole and write a report which summarises (a) the sustainability problems facing the electronics sector (b) proposed solutions for these problems The final phase of the module will see you placed in groups to come up with new products that overcome the problems. To assist in getting into the right frame of mind, we will assume a role play situation where the lecturer is the VP for strategy in a consumer electronics company and you are the research team.

4. How it works Individual Report 1 Individual Report 2 Individual Report n Pool of Reports Review of the Area......

5. Grading SubmissionWhen%age Report on paper 1Friday Week 210 Presentation on paper 1Week 35 First Review of papersFriday Week 420 Report on paper 2Friday Week 610 Presentation on paper 2Week 75 Second review of papersFriday Week 820 Project PresentationWeek 125 Project ReportWeek 1225

6. Module Blog www.et4407.wordpress.com Everything you need for the module will be contained on this site Your work will be submitted via Sulis. I will post your reports onto the module blog.