Green & Bio-based Chemistry 5th year specialization curriculum
To train future engineers of chemical companies able to innovate for a cleaner and more efficient chemistry, with a possible use of vegetable raw materials and bioprocesses, to get safer products that respect the environment and humans.
Prerequisites
- Good level in organic chemistry.
- Basic knowledge in Process Engineering.
- Basis in life science.
Objectives
- Understand the transformation of renewable resources.
- Elaborate functionnal, safe and innovative bioproducts.
- Develop catalytic processes using eco-design principles.
Skills
- Developing or improving synthesis route using clean technologies, including catalysis.
- Mastering alternative methods in green chemistry.
- Designing and piloting ecocompatible processes.
- Mastering the main transformations of renewable resources with a biorefinery approach.
- Assessing and taking into account the environmental impacts associated with (bio)chemical transformations.
- Knowing how to develop bioproducts or agromaterials, coupled to an ecodesign methodology.
- Managing a project and ability to work as a team.
Teachings
- 220 hours including courses, tutorials, practical work, case studies and seminars
- a 157 h project and the third year common courses
Prospects
Activity sectors
- Development & improvement of (Bio) processes: extraction, separation, synthesis, formulation, scale-up.
- Fine chemicals, cosmetics, flavours, pharmaceutical products.
- Specialty bioproducts (surfactants, solvents, lubricants, coatings, plasticizers).
- Ecomaterials & biobased Polymers.
- New energy sectors: storage, catalysis, valorization of biomass or CO2, anaerobic digestion, microalgae, fuel cell, biocell.
- Agribusiness.
- Agrochemistry and Biocontrol.
- Ecodesign & ecotechnologies.
- Environmental assessments.