Repository logo
 
Publication

Learning Sustainability with EPS@ISEP – Development of an Insectarium

2016Conference object Open access
Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorFountain, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorKuron, Bartosz
dc.contributor.authorBentin, Carina
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Eughan
dc.contributor.authorSuits, Kristjan
dc.contributor.authorDel Toro, Paloma
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Abel José
dc.contributor.authorMalheiro, Benedita
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Maria Cristina
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Fernando José
dc.contributor.authorLima, Luís
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorGuedes, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T10:02:32Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T10:02:32Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.updated2016-07-17T22:54:12Z
dc.description8th International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education (PAEE)pt_PT
dc.description.abstractSustainability plays a key role in EPS@ISEP programme - the European Project Semester programme at the School of Engineering of the Polytechnics of Porto. Not just the environmental, but also economical (marketing) and social (ethics) perspectives are explored by multicultural teams during this one semester capstone/internship programme. In 2015, a team of EPS@ISEP students choose to design and develop an insectarium to grow insects for reptile feeding. The team, after exploiting the topic, contemplated growing insects not only for animal feed, but also for human food. Their motivation resulted from the fact that insects, when compared with traditional sources of protein, are more sustainable, i.e., require considerably less resources per kg of protein. This approach, in the current Earth’s population growth scenario, contributes to minimise the resources required for meeting food needs. The main goal of the proposal was to raise the awareness of the participants regarding sustainable development while creating a functional, cost-effective, ecofriendly and attractive prototype. The team, driven by this multidisciplinary problem, performed: (i) a survey of competing products; (ii) a selection of the insect species to grow based on the study and comparison of the life cycle and habitat requirements of different species of insects; (iii) a marketing plan; (iv) a sustainability and an ethic and deontological analysis of the proposed solution; and (v) the design, assembling and testing of the prototype. Furthermore, the students also developed cross-cultural understanding, teamwork and communication skills. The project provided an excellent opportunity to foster the concept of sustainable development amongst the students.pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/8544
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.publisherPAEE Association and Department of Production and Systems of the University of Minho,pt_PT
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPAEE/ALE;2016
dc.subjectEngineering Educationpt_PT
dc.subjectSustainable Developmentpt_PT
dc.subjectEuropean Project Semesterpt_PT
dc.subjectInsectariumpt_PT
dc.titleLearning Sustainability with EPS@ISEP – Development of an Insectariumpt_PT
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceGuimarães, 2016pt_PT
oaire.citation.title8th International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education (PAEE)pt_PT
person.familyNameBENEDITA CAMPOS NEVES MALHEIRO
person.familyNameFerreira
person.familyNameGuedes
person.givenNameMARIA
person.givenNamePaulo
person.givenNamePedro
person.identifier.ciencia-id7A15-08FC-4430
person.identifier.ciencia-idF31B-57D3-9A5E
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9083-4292
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-6432-6366
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9254-7692
person.identifier.scopus-author-id56757712600
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typeconferenceObjectpt_PT
relation.isAuthorOfPublicationbabd4fda-654a-4b59-952d-6113eebbb308
relation.isAuthorOfPublicationca0846e6-47ec-4f6d-8cfa-c6b5f31ade52
relation.isAuthorOfPublicationa6ae9eda-d88e-450a-981d-d38e73323abf
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscoveryca0846e6-47ec-4f6d-8cfa-c6b5f31ade52

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
COM3_LSA__2016.pdf
Size:
545.51 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

ISEP – LSA – Comunicações em eventos científicos