3rd year | Semester 5
Green chemistry and Ecodesign

From ecodesign to recycling

Tags: circular economy, eco-design, life cycle analysis, recycling
Evaluation method:
Written report and oral presentation of the project
Course outline:

This course is intended to raise awareness among students of the importance of taking into account the environmental impact, related to the use of a particular material or process, during the design stages of a finished or semi-finished system. It is based on a macroeconomic vision of the environmental problems to be taken into account when designing. The notions of the life cycle of materials will be addressed in order to acquire the knowledge essential to the realization of eco-audits. The different strategies for selecting materials or processes will then be applied, based as much as possible on concrete case studies.
Teaching is a continuum between courses, seminars (actors from the professional world of eco-design, recycling, circular economy), active participation of students around a project and a restitution of the acquisition of skills in the form of presentations. The project work will start with a product. A reflection of the upstream and downstream aspects of this product will lead the group to a description of the life cycle of this compound. The objective of this training is to deepen the concepts through criticism and the construction of a thorough and global reflection on eco-design, waste management, recycling and the circular economy in a more global way

Learning objectives:

Provide the main keys to tackle eco-design and recycling, through a scientific, technical, economic and societal vision, so that future chemical engineers become actors of innovation which is a challenge in this field. The working approach in project format will give rise to a critical reflection of the existing situation in order to identify innovative ways that need to be explored further.

Prerequisites: Notions in all fields of chemistry in the first and second year courses of the engineering program.

Teaching language: FR

Documents:
french and english documents