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Sustainability 2012, 4, 72-91; doi:10.3390/su4010072 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 /journal/sustainability Article On a Vision to Educating Students in Sustainability and Design—The James Madison University School of Engineering Approach Robert L. Nagel *, Eric C. Pappas and Olga Pierrakos School of Engineering, James Madison University, 801 Carrier Dr., Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA; E-Mails: pappasec@ (E.C.P.); pierraox@ (O.P.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: nagelrl@; Tel.: +1-540-568-4956; Fax: +1-540-568-8908. Received: 14 November 2011; in revised form: 22 December 2011 / Accepted: 23 December 2011 / Published: 29 December 2011 Abstract: In order for our future engineers to be able to work toward a sustainable future, they must be versed not only in sustainable engineering but also in engineering design. An engineering education must train our future engineers to think flexibly and to be adaptive, as it is unlikely that their future will have them working in one domain. They must, instead, be versatilists. The School of Engineering at James Madison University has been developed from the ground up to provide this engineering training with an emphasis on engineering design, systems thinking, and sustainability. Neither design nor sustainability are mutually exclusive, and consequently, an education focusing on design and sustainability must integrate these topics, teaching students to follow a sustainable design process. This is the goal of the James Madison University School of Engineering. In this paper, we present our approach to curricular integration of design and sustainability as well as the pedagogical approaches used throughout the curriculum. We do not mean to present the School’s model as an all or nothing approach consisting of dependent elements, but instead as a collection of independent approaches, of which one or more may be appropriate at another university. Keywor