Integrating sustainability into engineering education to protect and improve our planet and lives

About EOP

Engineering for One Planet (EOP) is an initiative to transform engineering education to reflect the growing importance of sustainability in all engineering functions. Catalyzed by The Lemelson Foundation and VentureWell — in collaboration with hundreds of sustainability advocates across sectors, geographies, and lived experiences  — EOP seeks to ensure all future engineers across all disciplines learn the fundamental skills and principles of social and environmental sustainability.

The EOP Framework

The EOP Framework is a cornerstone of the EOP initiative, the first of its kind to guide coursework, teaching tools, and student experiences that define what it means to be an engineer who is equipped to protect and improve our planet and our lives. It provides faculty with a vetted menu of competencies aligned to ABET accreditation standards that every graduating engineer, regardless of subdiscipline, needs to acquire to design, code, build, and implement solutions that are socially and environmentally sustainable.

Co-created by a community of hundreds of experts from a range of identities, lived experiences, geographies, and sectors — including academia, industry, nonprofit, government, and philanthropy — the Framework was designed to be widely adaptable and adoptable by engineering faculty and administrators. It was launched in 2020, piloted in 2020-2021, and updated in 2022 to better reflect diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice principles and topics of social sustainability.

The EOP Community

The EOP initiative mobilizes a growing international community of hundreds of collaborators and advocates who have the expertise and leadership to institute systemic change in engineering education, including stakeholders from academia — including students, faculty, and administrators — industry, philanthropy, government, and nonprofits. Learn about ways to get involved here.

EOP Q4 2024 Newsletter

Engineering for One Planet (EOP) strives to transform engineering education to equip all engineers with the skills, knowledge, and understanding they need to protect and improve our planet and our lives. During this quarter, Engineering for One Planet was represented at Climate Week NYC and a number of important convenings of the engineering and sustainability community. New EOP-related grantees and funding opportunities were announced, EOP was quoted in reports, articles, and podcasts, and an important report from LinkedIn served as a call to action for EOP and like-minded initiatives to address the critical green skills gap. FUNDING & AWARD OPPORTUNITIES…

A Champion for Sustainability

ABET and The Lemelson Foundation recognized Dr. Jennifer Watt, Director of Sustainability Education at the University of Utah, with the inaugural Engineering for One Planet Innovation in Sustainability Award.

Harnessing Engineering Skills for the Global Climate Crisis

Engineering for One Planet (EOP) and our partners brought a strong sustainability focus to this year’s 2024 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) — which included a presentation by Lemelson Foundation President Eric Lemelson about how to define sustainability in new ways to address our global climate crisis.

ASEE’s EOP Mini-Grants Program Awards 18 New Grants

The award represents the third cohort of grantees for the program, providing funding and mentorship to help engineering faculty integrate sustainability into their curricula.

EOP Q2 2024 Newsletter

EOP made waves this quarter! From industry and educational events to our thriving network and the launch of #EOPFrameworkFridays, we’re spreading the word about sustainability in engineering education.

EOP and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

A new EOP brochure details how engineers are uniquely equipped to help achieve the UN’s 17 SDGs.

EOP is at ASEE!

EOP will have a strong presence at the 2024 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon.

EOP Q1 2024 Newsletter

This month, we’ve been celebrating World Engineering Day (March 4) by recognizing the vital role that engineers play in creating a sustainable future.

New Grantees Announced for Engineering for One Planet

Lemelson Foundation funding supports higher education institutions integrating sustainability into engineering.

Engineering for One Planet: A Paradigm Shift for Climate Action and a Sustainable Future

World Engineering Day prompts crucial questions: Can the very ingenuity that defines engineering — the force that builds our world’s cities and puts a world of knowledge in our hands — help pave the path towards a truly sustainable future?

Contact Us

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