Villanova Launches Sustainable Engineering Research Center The
new center of research will aim to bring concepts of
sustainability within the study and practice of engineering to
life. Villanova's College of Engineering has launched a new
center of research that brings concepts of sustainability within
the study and practice of engineering to life. The new Villanova
Center for the Advancement of Sustainability in Engineering
(VCASE) will house multi-disciplinary research and teaching in a
number of emerging areas and seeks to protect and restore the
environment through the systems-based integration of
sustainability principles into engineering solutions. "In the
21st century, engineering innovations will be judged not only on
how effectively they solve a particular problem, but also on the
net impact they leave on the planet. The importance of working
across disciplines to mitigate that impact, while respecting the
complexity of our environment, cannot be overstated," says Dr.
Robert Traver, professor of civi