The Green Engineering Education in Chemical Engineering Curriculum at East China University of Science and Technology

Yanyang Wu; Jie Huang; Ling Zhou; Xianmei Zhang; Yixia Gao; Huiming Fan; Zhong Xin

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The Green Engineering Education in Chemical Engineering Curriculum at East China University of Science and Technology

Yanyang Wu, Jie Huang, Ling Zhou, Xianmei Zhang, Yixia Gao, Huiming Fan, Zhong Xin

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The green engineering education plays an important role in sustainable development. Motivated by government, industry, and missions of university, the concept of green engineering has been introduced and then gradually enhanced in chemical engineering program at East China University of Science and Technology over these years. Now it becomes an essential part in the curriculum. The green engineering education has been presented in a number of ways including standalone courses, integration into the courses, and modules in experimental, design and practice. There are 5 required standalone courses and 1 elective related to the green engineering in chemical engineering program, and also a series of electives for general education on a green engineering platform at the university level. In the meanwhile, the 12 principles of green engineering have been analyzed and presented by the core courses such as transfer process, separation process, chemical reaction engineering, chemical engineering technology, and chemical engineering design in chemical engineering program. In addition, the green engineering education has been presented by some modules in different kinds of practice, which include experimental, design and practice in the field. All the specified principles have been matched with specific courses. The ability related to green engineering education has been analyzed and assessed by course assessment records and survey from alumni (or senior students), teachers and employers. Both of them indicate that the ability can meet the criteria. This curriculum can be a prototype, for those programs in the developing process of green engineering education within a global, environmental, economic, and societal context.

Published in	Education Journal (Volume 10, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.edu.20211003.13
Page(s)	83-90
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Chemical Education Research, Green Engineering Education, Sustainability, Chemical Engineering Curriculum, Green Engineering Principles

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Yanyang Wu

School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Jie Huang

School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Ling Zhou

School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Xianmei Zhang

School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Yixia Gao

School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Huiming Fan

School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Zhong Xin

School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

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