Upon approval, the student should be able to:

1. Understand the need for the development of greener chemistries and chemical processes through an integrated approach, as part of the tools used to drive sustainability through innovation.
2. Identify and understand the most common environmental, health and safety issues when considering what is more sustainable in the realm of green chemistry and green engineering (GC&GE).
3. Analyse and evaluate alternative materials (solvents, reagents, catalysts) and reaction conditions based on GC&GE principles and metrics.
4. Calculate mass and energy balances and apply them as a tool for “greenness” improvement (unit operations of reaction and separations).
5. Use concepts of mass and energy integration and inherently safety to design more sustainable chemical processes.
6. Apply elemental life-cycle methodology to assess processes.

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