Sustainability and Pollution Prevention

Fuzzy-logic based methodology for defining and assessing the sustainability of an entity. Pollution prevention for chemical processes at the macroscale (life-cycle assessment) and mesoscale (unit operations). Quantitatively identifying critical components of sustainability for a corporation or other similar entity. Chemical process design methods for waste minimization, increased energy efficiency, and minimal environmental impact.

Prerequisite: permission of instructor

Credits: 3.00

Course Code: EID 447

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.