Understanding of Transdiscipline and Transdisciplinary process

Abstract

On  July  2007,  NIOSH  sponsored  Prevention through Design (PtD) Workshop, which concluded that there was a critical need to include PtD in the education of engineers.  The main objective of this paper is to introduce the concept of Prevention through Design to prevent occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to freshman engineers in the introduction to design course.  Engineering students should emerge from this transdisciplinary education with a broad perspective of occupational safety and health needs in the design process to prevent or minimize the work-related hazards. Similarities between transdisciplinary process and Prevention through Design concept also introduced and discussed.