• Exploring sustainability themes in engineering accreditation and curricula 

  Byrne, Edmond P.; Desha, Cheryl J.; Fitzpatrick, John J.; Hargroves, Karlson (Emerald, 2013)

  Purpose: This paper aims to present key findings from an inquiry into engineering accreditation and curricula renewal. The research attempted to ascertain conceptions of requisite sustainability themes among engineering ...
• Educating engineers to embrace complexity and context 

  Byrne, Edmond P.; Mullally, Gerard (ICE Publishing, 2014-10)

  Education represents a key intervention point in encouraging the emergence of a professional engineering ethos informed by a sustainability ethic. In terms of establishing an appropriate relationship between sustainability ...
• Teaching engineering ethics with sustainability as context 

  Byrne, Edmond P. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012)

  Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the engagement and response of students to the teaching of engineering ethics incorporating a macro ethical framework whereby sustainability is viewed as context to ...
• Educating the chemical engineer of the future 

  Byrne, Edmond P. (Institution of Chemical Engineers, 2010-11)

  Edmond Byrne argues that sustainability needs to quickly become the context for 21st century chemical engineering education to enable engineers be fit for purpose to address significant challenges ahead. He provides some ...
• Making programme learning outcomes explicit for students of process and chemical engineering 

  Fitzpatrick, John J.; Byrne, Edmond P.; Kennedy, Declan (Elsevier, 2009-07)

  There is a global shift from solely content-driven teaching to learning outcomes driven engineering education which underpins much of the educational reform. In engineering education, degree programme learning outcomes ...

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