Collection

2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Daniela Galatro; Ya-Huei Chin; Bradley Saville

we look at chemical process design for zero waste,by reusing, recycling and/or renewing materials [11]. At the University of Toronto, sustainability topics have been vertically integrated into ourchemical engineering undergraduate curriculum through analyzing and/or designing a biodieselplant, whose elements/unit operations/principles have been discussed in several courses overdifferent years. In addition to this integration strategy, we have three design-related courses wheresustainability has been addressed: (i) CHE324 Process Design is a third-year course that introducesthe philosophy of chemical engineering design projects, including material and energy balances,design of unit operations, equipment specifications, and development