Engineering Faculty
Pollution Prevention for Engineering Curricula:
"Homework Problems to Compliment Traditional Coursework" is a resource for engineering faculty developed by the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute, in collaboration with the Pollution Prevention Consortium of New England Universities. Contact the TURI Librarian to order a CD for $25.00.
Written by engineering professors from four New England universities, these problems illustrate pollution prevention concepts including:
- reduction of toxic chemical usage
- material recovery and reuse
- energy and water efficiency
-
cost savings due to increased process efficiency,
and many more.
Over ninety problems, of varying length and difficulty, cover topics in the following nine subjects:
- material and energy balances,
- heat transfer,
- thermodynamics,
- fluid mechanics,
- kinetics and reactor design,
- water and wastewater,
- process control,
- general engineering, and
- engineering economics.
These problems can be easily incorporated into existing engineering coursework and are intended to enhance the students' abilities to meet the ever-increasing efficiency and cost savings needs of today's manufacturers.