MPH3265 Material for Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Material for energy and environmental sustainability is taught to third year students in materials science program. It is an advance module that introduce energy material and material selection concepts and their applications for environmental sustainability.

Aims of the module

This module introduces the student to the concept of sustainability and its link to material and energy use with the emphasis on the related climate change and environmental issues.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student should be able to:

• Understand and apply the concept of sustainability to  climate change mitigation
• Understand global energy landscape and energy security and associated material challenges
• Understand the concept of sustainable energy and materials
• Understand the energy and materials flows and their socioeconomic drivers
• Conduct material Life cycle assessment (LCA) and Eco-audit
• Understand and apply an eco-informed material selection for various applications  
• Understand the effect of non-renewable energy use on the climate change, air pollution and environment and the way to mitigate them
• Understand the challenges related to nuclear waste disposal and the way to mitigate them
• Conduct material selection and design sustainable energy conversion systems
• Conduct material selection for energy sustainable efficiency buildings and transportation
• Understand and apply the concept of industrial energy efficiency and related material challenges
• Conduct material selection and design sustainable energy storage systems
• Understand nanotechnology concepts applied to material efficiency enhancement
• Apply nanotechnology concept to heat transfer enhancement
• Understand and apply material efficiency concept to various systems

The module is divided into 8 chapters, which are also divided onto various topics as indicated at the Beginning of the chapter.