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CHEM 489 Advanced Environmental Chemistry
Green and Sustainable Chemistry

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Course Documents

Syllabus

12 Principles of Green Chemistry InfoGraph (Excellent Compound Chem InfoGraphic)

UN Sustainable Development Goals Graphic

MARCH DUE DATES!!!!!!!

Key Articles

2020 Designing for a green chemistry future

2020 Learning from the past and considering the future of chemicals in the environment

2018 The Green ChemisTREE 20 years after taking root

2000 The Concept of Atom Economy (simple description)

 

Power Point Lectures (pdf)

1-1 Introduction (1-23-2020)

1-2 Introduction (1-28-2020)

1-3 Metrics-2020-brief (1-30-2020)

1-4 Metrics-2020-complete (2-4-2020)

1-5 UNSDGs (2-11-2020)

1-7 Systems Thinking (2-18-2020)

 

Worksheets and Answer Keys

Worksheet #1: Due February 4

Answer Key

Worksheet #2: Due February 11

Answer Key

Worksheet #3: Due February 18

Answer Key

 

 

Class Presentations: February 25, 27, March 3

Presentation Guide and Rubric

Sara (Tuesday, February 25): (2019 Greener Synthetic Pathways), “Merck Research Laboratories is recognized for Innovating for a Greener Future: Development of a Green & Sustainable Manufacturing Process for Zerbaxa

Akilah (Tuesday, February 25): (2019 Greener Reaction Conditions Award), “WSI is recognized for developing TRUpathTM, a successful alternative to traditional commercial laundering technologies

Carine (Tuesday, February 25): (2016 Greener Reaction Conditions Award), “Instinct® Technology - Making Nitrogen Fertilizers Work More Effectively for Farmers and the Planet"

 

Ben (Thursday, February 27): (2019 Academic Award), “Rechargeable Alkaline Zn-MnO2 Batteries for Grid Storage Applications

Ryan (Thursday, February 27): (2016 Designing Greener Chemicals and Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change Awards), “AirCarbon: Greenhouse Gas Transformed into High-Performance Thermoplastic

 

Belmira (Tuesday, March 3): (1998 Academic Award), “Use of Microbes as Environmentally Benign Synthetic Catalysts

Katie (Tuesday, March 3): (2012 Designing Greener Chemicals), “Enzymes Reduce the Energy and Wood Fiber Required to Manufacture High-Quality Paper and Paperboard

 

Journal Club

Journal Club Thursdays. Each Thursday a green chemistry topic will be announced, and students are expected to find one journal article from any internet source. By no later than the following Tuesday, each student will send me their journal article as a .pdf email attachment.  Each student will give a 5-minute summary of the article that includes the green chemistry relevance.

Journal Club-1: General articles on Green Chemistry

Journal Club-2: Academic Programs in Green & Sustainable Chemistry

Journal Club-3: General articles on the UN SDGs (Articles in RED are taken)

2015 UNSDGs chemistry sustainable future

2018 SDGs Organic Chemistry

2018 UN SDGs How can sustainable chemistry contribute

2018 UNSDGs and chemical industry

2018 UNSDGs How can green chemistry contribute

2018 UNSDGs Paul Anastas

2019 UNSDGs General Chemistry

2019 UNSDGs Secondary chemistry education

 

Journal Club-4: General articles on Systems Thinking (Articles in RED are taken)

1-Introduction to systems thinking - Carine

2-Application systems thinking to STEM education - Sara

3-Systems thinking and green chemistry  - Belmira

4-Systems thinking and UN SDGs - Akilah

5-Systems thinking and project based learning

6-Future directions for systems thinking in chemistry education - Katie

7-Green machine card game to introduce systems thinking

8-One world chemistry systems thinking - Ryan

9-Reorienting chemistry education through systems thinking - Ben

 

Resources

Green Chemistry: Journal of green chemistry research from RSC Publishing. Select "Green Chemistry" from the pull down menu and type your search terms in the "title" box. Free PDF files are available for all articles two years after publication date. Click on the DOI number to access the article.

ACS Journal of Chemical Education: The official journal of the ACS Division of Chemical Education and is the world's premier chemical education journal publishing peer-reviewed articles and related information as a resource to those in the field of chemical education.

ACS Publications: You can search ACS Journals by key word and get access to PDF articles from the BSU network. The American Chemical Society is the leading publisher of peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences, serving scientific communities worldwide through an unparalleled commitment to quality, reliability, and innovation.

EPA Green Chemistry Web Site

EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Web Site

ACS Green Chemistry Institute

Warner-Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry

Beyond Benign (green chemistry educational resources)