{"id":931,"date":"2025-04-24T05:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/mgn\/?page_id=931"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:08:57","slug":"ma5510-circular-economy-for-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/mgn\/ma5510-circular-economy-for-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"MA5510 &#8211; Circular Economy for Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><style>\n        body {\n            font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\n            background-color: #f9f9f9;\n            margin: 0;\n            padding: 0 0px;\n        }\n        .container {\n            max-width: 1000px;\n            margin: 30px 0;\n            background-color: #fff;\n            padding: 20px;\n            box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\n        }\n        h2 {\n            color: #800000;\n        }\n        h3 {\n            color: #000000\n        }\n        .section-title {\n            background-color: #fff8dc;\n            padding: 10px;\n            margin-top: 30px;\n            border-top: 2px solid #800000;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            font-size: 1.2em;\n            color: #800000;\n        }\n        .content-block {\n            margin-bottom: 20px;\n        }\n        ol {\n            padding-left: 40px;\n        }\n        li {\n            margin-bottom: 10px;\n        }\n        .bold {\n            font-weight: bold;\n        }\n        .grey-box {\n            background-color:#fff;\n            padding: 15px;\n        }\n        .table-section {\n            display: flex;\n            gap: 20px;\n            margin-top: 20px;\n        }\n        table {\n            border-collapse: collapse;\n            width: 60%;\n            background-color: #fff;\n        }\n        th, td {\n            border: 1px solid #ccc;\n            padding: 8px 12px;\n            text-align: left;\n        }\n        th {\n            background-color: #fff8dc;\n            color: #800000;\n        }\n        .half-table {\n            width: 48%;\n        }\n        .text-left {\n\t\ttext-align: left;\n\t}\n\n\t.text-right {\n    \t\ttext-align: right;\n\t}\n    <\/style><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Credits:<\/strong> 3 <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong> None <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Core \/ Optional:<\/strong> Optional <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Aim(s):<\/strong>To introduce the concept of circular economy and discuss the necessary involvement of Engineering Managers for the effectiveness of its application in engineering processes.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Intended Learning Outcomes: <\/p><\/strong>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>explain<\/strong> the differences between a circular economy and a linear economy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>explain<\/strong> the basic concepts of a circular economy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>create<\/strong> circular economic business models for different processes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>analyse<\/strong> material recovery indications for a circular economy.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<p><strong>Course Content (Only main topics &amp; subtopics):<\/p><\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Introduction to Circular Economy:<\/strong> Linear economy and waste of resources, green economies, regenerative economics, the Circular Economy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Basic Principles of a Circular Economy:<\/strong> The concepts of design out, regeneration, zero waste, 3R; reduce, reuse, and recycle, 5R, 10R and extended 6R principles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Models of Circular Economy:<\/strong> Circular supply chain, engineering inputs at different levels of a circular economy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Initiation of material recovery:<\/strong> Developing indicators for a circular process in engineering activities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Challenge Project:<\/strong> Building a circular economic model for any engineering activity and presenting the model.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<p><strong> Time Allocation:<\/p><\/strong>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n        <col style=\"width:60%;\">\n        <col style=\"width:40%;\">\n        \n    <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Learning component<\/th>\n<th class=\"text-right\">Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Theory<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Small group activities<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assignments<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Practical<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Independent Learning<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> Marks Allocation:<\/p><\/strong>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n        <col style=\"width:60%;\">\n        <col style=\"width:40%;\">\n        \n    <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Assessment<\/th>\n<th class=\"text-right\">Percentage Marks<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Continuous Assessments\n<br>Small group Activities 30%, Challenge project 20% <\/br><\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Final Assessment<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading: <\/p><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>De Angelis, R. (2018). Business Models in the Circular Economy: Concepts, Examples and Theory. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-75126-9<\/li>\n<li>Machado, G. and Davim, J. P. (2020). Circular Economy and Engineering. Springer: Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-030-43043-6<\/li>\n<li>Mao, J., Li, C., Pei, Y., Xu, L. (2018). Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Enterprises. Springer: Singapore. ISBN 978-981-10-8524-6<\/li>\n<li>Scott, J. T. (2015). The Sustainable Business. 2nd Edition. Greenleaf Publishing, UK. ISBN-13: 978-1-907643-52-1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Credits: 3 Pre-requisites: None Core \/ Optional: Optional Aim(s):To introduce the concept of circular economy and discuss the necessary involvement of Engineering Managers for the effectiveness of its application in engineering processes. Intended Learning Outcomes: explain the differences between a circular economy and a linear economy. explain the basic concepts of a circular economy. 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