KEMS6310 Chemical Upcycling: Metals, Plastics, and Biomaterials (3 cr)

Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Chemistry
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

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The course focusing on the upcycling of metal, plastics, and bio-based material.

Description

The course focuses on chemical upcycling of metals, plastics, and bio-based materials.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student:

  • understand the basics of chemical upcycling and resource efficiency,
  • familiarizes herself/himself with the most important sources of raw materials and methods for their upcycling into value-added chemicals and products,
  • and understand the importance of resource efficient utilization of raw materials.

Work life skills:

  • during the project work student learns team working, project management, academic writing, communication, and information seeking skills,
  • whereas seminars educate the student to communicate efficiently the topic related to chemical upcycling to fellow students.

Additional information

Lectures are given every other year, in academic years 2025-2026 and 2027-2028.

Description of prerequisites

Recommended B.Sc. level studies in chemistry.

Recommended prerequisites

Study materials

Lecture material and research articles as well as material produced during the course. All material will be available in the course learning environment.

Completion methods

Method 1

Evaluation criteria:
The course is graded based on the project work (80 %) and the seminar presentation (20 %). At least 50 % of total points of the course is needed to pass the course.
Time of teaching:
Period 2
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Participation in teaching (3 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Study methods:

Lectures, project work and seminars

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