Course Description: This course will introduce students to the major environmental issues related to chemical processing, develop the ability to determine long-term effects of chemicals on the environment, discern harmfulness of exposures, and minimize risks to human health and the environment.

Course Learning Objectives:

• Familiarity with and ability to explain: environmental issues relating to global warming, smog formation, acidification, criteria air pollutants, and effects on ecosystem and health.
• Determine health risk (carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic) associated with contaminant exposure.
• Familiarty with the concepts of sustainability, sustainable energy processes, and advancements toward sustainability.
• Familiarity with and ability to explain prominent federal environmental statutes.
• Familiarity with and ability to apply the concept of life cycle assessment (LCA), ability to define system boundaries, functional unit, and compute lifecycle impacts.
• Ability to recognize and apply green chemistry principles and processes to case studies.
• Ability to evaluate a chemical’s structure and properties as it related to green chemistry principles of biodegradation and reduced toxicity.

Life Cycle Analysis Project Posters: