Individual Sustainable Development Assignment (ENGG107 2012-13) v1 Name (family name in CAPITALS, followed by one first name e.g.

. BROWN, John)

Student Number Programme Group Mechanical Engineering

Product or Process or System Selected (Friday 26 October submission)

Brief description of the scope of product, process or system , its market situation and your Sustainable Development concerns (Friday 26 October submission)

Overview of completed case study (Monday 3 December submission)

Background Technology of your Product, Process or System which is relevant to Sustainable Development Issues (Friday 26 October submission)

Framing of Product or System in a Sustainable Development Context (Frriday 26 October submission)

(Attitudes have drop-down menus)

Current Attitude of Consumers/Users Price, availability and familiarity of biofuel are the major issue that most of the consumers/users concern about. As there is only small amount of biofuel vehicle available in the market and the biofuel is less common than petrol with lack of refuelling site, it is unlikely for Due to the high prices, low availability and lack of familiarity, the number of biofuel user is unlikely to increase rapidly in the next few year Current Attitude of Retailers

Current Attitude of Manufacturers

Current Attitude of Pressure Groups

Current Attitude of Government/Regulators

Current Attitude of any other relevant parties

Process Flow Diagram of Life Cycle (Cradle to Grave)(Fri 26 October submission)

(Create flow diagram in separate Word file using Insert-Object-Create from File-Browse-Insert. No more than one side. If you need to upload or send to me by e-mail , be sure you put your surname into both that file name and on the actual diagram)

Text Matrix of Life Cycle Stages and Sustainable Development Impacts (Wednesday 14 November submission)
(Minimum font size Arial 9pt)

SD Factor Life Cycle Stage

Scoring Matrix (Wednesday 14 November submission) (must contain same column and row headings as previous text matrix) No effect = 0 to Serious effect = 4 : Improvement -ve

SD Factor L/C stage

Design Opportunities Matrix (Wednesday 14 November submission)

Give A,B anc C a short title .Describe each opportunity briefly, referring back to your scoring matrix..AT LEAST ONE OPPORTUNITY MUST INVOLVE MATERIALS INITIATIVES FOR WHICH YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN). Position A,B,C in the matrix.

Chance of Success

Low

Potential benefits Medium

High

High Medium Low

Design Opportunity A

Design Opportunity B

Design Opportunity C

Materials information relevant to the Implementation Approach for your selected idea (Monday 3 December submission)

Implementation Approach for ONE of your three Design Opportunities which must involve MATERIALS initiatives. (Monday 3 December submission) Title of Opportunity Impact on Scoring Matrix

General Implementation Approach

Technology Issues

Economic Issues

Consumer/User Issues

Retailer Issues

Technology Issues

Government/Regulatory Issues

Other Issues (add your own title)

REFERENCES (Monday 3 December submission)

Give up to 5 of your key references, expressed as taught.

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