Green & Bio-based Chemistry specialization

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

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