ADMF 109 - Green Manufacturing Operations

PREREQUISITES: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in FOUN 071.
PROGRAM: Advanced Automation and Robotics Technology
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2019

Introduces the basic concepts of restructuring the manufacturing workplace and technological activity to incorporate environmental concerns. This course serves as an introduction to the basic principles of “green” manufacturing.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be expected to:

Define the role manufacturing plays in environmental ecology.
Describe the essential concepts of “green” manufacturing.
Explain how technological change presents risks to the environment.
Explain the importance of industrial ecology on personal, corporate, and community level.
Identify and apply the concepts of product and process design with environmental forethought.
Discuss the Product Life Cycle of manufactured goods.
Explain the characteristics of effective corporate strategies with respect to “green” manufacturing.
Define the role of government environmental regulation in the manufacturing workplace.
Explain the concept of waste stream mapping and apply it to common manufacturing activity.

COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -

Industrial Ecology
Risk Assessment
Environmental Compliance
Green Product Design
Green Process Design
Product Life Cycle Assessment
Energy Efficiency
Green Process Economics
Evaluation of Waste Streams
Resource Recovery and Reuse

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ADMF 109 - Green Manufacturing Operations