Sustainability in Engineering: Annotated Bibliography and Review

This assignment presents a draft of an annotated bibliography and literature review focused on the topic of sustainability in engineering. The student has researched and compiled a list of academic journal articles and websites related to the subject, including works by authors such as Cui and Fang, Allen and Shonnard, and Poff et al. The document includes a classification and brief summary of each source, highlighting key concepts and arguments. The introduction provides a critical analysis of the concept of sustainable development, drawing on definitions provided by various authors and exploring the integration of sustainability principles into engineering practices. The assignment aims to demonstrate academic searching skills and critical analysis of key definitions applicable to the subject, fulfilling the requirements of the assignment brief which includes a partial annotated bibliography and a literature review introduction.

Running head: SUSTAINABILITY IN ENGINEERING
Engineering Management for Sustainable Future
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Classification 1
Definition? (Y/N)
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Classification 3
Cui, Q. and Fang, D.,
2012. Special Issue on
Engineering Management
for Sustainable
Development. Journal of
Management in
Engineering, 28(1), pp.1-1
In Special Issue on Engineering
Management for Sustainable Development,
the author Cui and Fang has discussed the
special issues in the management system of
sustainable development in the field of
engineering. The article shades light on the
existing challenges in sustainable
development in engineering operation in
terms of nature, society and future
expectations.
Y Y N
Haapala, K.R., Zhao, F.,
Camelio, J., Sutherland,
J.W., Skerlos, S.J.,
Dornfeld, D.A., Jawahir,
I.S., Clarens, A.F. and
Rickli, J.L., 2013. A review
This paper presets a brief literature review
on the topic of sustainable development in
engineering while considering all the
challenges as well as positive consequences.
As analysis process, the paper has used a
secondary and qualitative research method
Y N Y

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of engineering research in
sustainable
manufacturing. Journal of
Manufacturing Science and
Engineering, 135(4),
p.041013.
that lacks some Bibliometric analysis as well.
Allen, D.T. and Shonnard,
D., 2012. Sustainable
engineering: concepts,
design, and case studies (p.
207). Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice Hall.
According to Allen and Shonnard (2012),
sustainable development aims to create
equilibrium within the artificial interventions
and the potential outcomes of nature. The
paper also explores the cross sectional issues
of engineering management including the
role of advance engineering and planning of
sustainable ecosystem. In this paper three
aspects of infrastructure development has
been identified namely energy efficiency,
land use and intervention of eco friendly
engineering.
Y N Y
Clarke, S.F., Morris, N. and
Rhodes, M., 2013.
Considering is specificity and brief
discussion it can be said that this paper is
Y N N

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Managing engineering for a
sustainable
future. Engineering
Management
Journal, 12(8), pp.275-
280.
able to covey very basic ideas and arguments
in the study of sustainability management in
engineering.
Poff, N.L., Brown, C.M.,
Grantham, T.E., Matthews,
J.H., Palmer, M.A.,
Spence, C.M., Wilby, R.L.,
Haasnoot, M., Mendoza,
G.F., Dominique, K.C. and
Baeza, A., 2016.
Sustainable water
management under future
uncertainty with eco-
engineering decision
scaling. Nature Climate
Change, 6(1), p.25.
As per Poff et al. (), along with the emission
measurement, the sustainability also includes
the waste management system and reusable
operations as well. Sustainability is a holistic
tools that uses the external and internal
operation in industrial environment to make
the future better, competent and beneficial.
Y Y N
Introduction paragraph
In 1992, the concept of Sustainable development in industrial and business perspective was first
introduced by Gro Harlem Bundtland, the former Prime Minister of Norway. As per his definition the

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sustainable developments indicates the development that satisfy the needs of existing situation without
compromising the ability to meet the expectation of future generation (Allen and Shonnard 2012). As per
this definition, sustainable development is more ethical aspect of any business or industrial operation. On
the other hand according to Poff et al. (2016), Incorporating the sustainability in engineering requires the
quality of products, technology system, environmental friendly process, integrating economic factors and
evaluation of designs. The sustainability in engineering is a abstract idea that cannot be identified or
defined through quantitative analysis. Clarke, Morris and Rhodes (2013) has argued that Sustainability
has equally limited the operational flexibility of organizations through implementing various restrictions
and constrains for making all the necessary attributes of the sustainable development framework. In 21
century the concept of sustainability mainly revolves around the aspect of environmental friendliness of
any business or industrial operations. To make the business and industrial operation under sustainable
development phase, the engineers are designing energy efficient machines which has less environmental
emission. In every basic framework of sustainability development roles of leaders and managers take a
major part. In this paper the development of sustainability in engineering will be critically explored with
the annotated bibliography. In order to do so, this paper will present an annotated literature review based
on the 3 academic articles and 2 authentic websites. After the critical exploration in existing
implementation process and concepts behind sustainability more clear way of identifying required
alternations can be obtained.

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References
Allen, D.T. and Shonnard, D., 2012. Sustainable engineering: concepts, design, and case
studies (p. 207). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Clarke, S.F., Morris, N. and Rhodes, M., 2013. Managing engineering for a sustainable
future. Engineering Management Journal, 12(8), pp.275-280.
Cui, Q. and Fang, D., 2012. Special Issue on Engineering Management for Sustainable
Development. Journal of Management in Engineering, 28(1), pp.1-1
Poff, N.L., Brown, C.M., Grantham, T.E., Matthews, J.H., Palmer, M.A., Spence, C.M., Wilby,
R.L., Haasnoot, M., Mendoza, G.F., Dominique, K.C. and Baeza, A., 2016. Sustainable water
management under future uncertainty with eco-engineering decision scaling. Nature Climate
Change, 6(1), p.25.