Green Chemistry & Green Engineering Courses at Yale

Greening Business Operations

F&ES 96019a / MGT 564

Marian Chertow, Julie Zimmerman

MW 1.00-2.20

The course examines various industries from engineering, environmental, and financial perspectives. Methods are drawn from operations management, industrial ecology, and accounting and finance to investigate industrial processes, the potential to pollute, and the environmental and business implications of various sustainability approaches. Discounted cash flow analysis, life cycle assessment, and environmental cost accounting are typical tools that are taught; the class also involves several field trips to companies. 

Intro to Green Chemistry

CHEM 102 01 (11552)

Paul Anastas

TTh 9.00-10.15

Overview of green chemistry. Introduction to the basic concepts and methods needed to design processes and synthesize materials in an environmentally benign way. Related issues of global sustainability. Case studies that suggest possible solutions for the serious environmental and toxicological issues currently facing industry and society.
Intended for non-science majors with a basic high school background in chemistry and physics, as well as high school algebra. Does not satisfy premedical chemistry requirements or requirements for the Chemistry major.

Green Engineering and Sustainable Design

ENVE 360 / ENAS 360 / ENAS 660

Julie Zimmerman

MW 9.00-10.15

Study of green engineering, focusing on key approaches to advancing sustainability through engineering design. Topics include current design, manufacturing, and disposal processes; toxicity and benign alternatives; policy implications; pollution prevention and source reduction; separations and disassembly; material and energy efficiencies and flows; systems analysis; biomimicry; and life cycle design, management, and analysis.

Prerequisite: CHEM 113 or 114 or permission of instructor.