Bosch, Darrell J.Clark, Susan F.Cobourn, Kelly M.Easton, Zachary M.Godrej, Adil N.Hession, W. CullyHester, Erich T.Hull, Robert Bruce IVLittle, John C.Marathe, AchlaMcGinnis, SeanO'Rourke, Megan E.Schmale, David G. IIISchoenholtz, Stephen H.Shortridge, JulieSwecker, TerryThomason, Wade E.Vullikanti, AnilWhite, Robin R.2017-10-062017-10-062017-05-15http://hdl.handle.net/10919/79545Although sustainability is an essential concept to ensuring the future of humanity and integrity of the resources and ecosystems on which we depend, identification of a comprehensive approach to assess and enhance sustainability is another grand challenge. Fortuitously, in a groundbreaking re-conceptualization of the problem, we identified the collective limitations of the current suite of approaches used to assess sustainability and instead proposed a computational, system-of-systems framework that is causal, modular, tiered, and scalable. Our approach incorporates a comprehensive definition of sustainability as well as new educational structures to systematically and computationally connect across the disciplines. It also aspires to address the political, economic, and decision-making challenges that limit the applicability of science and technical solutions to wicked problems...en-USCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesOther