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18186
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Engenharia Mecânica
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Entry requirements |
NA
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Learning outcomes |
-Learn about different types of waste, waste flows and management, strategic plans, and environmental policies for the efficient use of natural resources.
-Acquire scientific knowledge about the life cycle of materials, the circular economy of materials, the main risks of supply chains, and the dependence on critical materials for technological innovation.
-Understand the consumption, generation, and storage of energy incorporated into materials and their relationship with environmental impact.
-Understand material selection strategies and know how to apply ecological criteria in material selection.
-Know how to give examples of successful cases of circular economy applied to materials and understand the role of waste recovery in technological innovation.
-Understand industrial ecology as an approach that relates industry and the environment, including the analysis of the effects of material and energy flows on the use and transformation of resources.
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Syllabus |
1. Introduction. Analysis of material flows. Natural resources and the environmental impact of mining. Abundance and dependence on materials.
2. Circular economy and resource recovery. Environmental strategies and policies. Waste classification and management. Urban mining. The life cycle of materials.
3. Materials and sustainability. Circular economy of materials. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Risks in the materials supply chain.
4. Energy consumption of materials. Energy in materials and environmental impact. Carbon emissions. Phase change materials.
5. Material selection strategies. Material indices. Ecological data. Application of ecological criteria in material selection.
6. Case studies of circular economy applied to materials. Waste recovery.
7. Assessment and analysis of environmental impacts. Efficient management of resources and material flows, in accordance with current practices in industrial ecology and circular economy.
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Main Bibliography |
Lecture notes, worksheets, and notes available on Moodle.
Michael F. Ashby, Materials and the Environment. Eco-informed Material Choice (2020), Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128215210. João A. Labrincha, Rui M. Novais, Dachamir Hotza, Materiais & Sustentabilidade (2024), EngeBook, ISBN: 9789899177482. Julia L.F. Goldstein, Paul Foulkes-Arellano, Materials and Sustainability. Building a Circular Future (2024), Routledge, ISBN: 9781032529325.
Michael F. Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design (2010), Elsevier, ISBN: 9781856176637.
Donald R. Askeland, Pradeep P. Fulay, Wendelin J. Wright, The Science and Engineering of Materials (2010), CL Engineering, ISBN: 100495296023.
Thomas E. Graedel e Braden Allenby, Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering (2009), Pearson, ISBN: 0136008062. Shinichiro Nakamura, A Practical Guide to Industrial Ecology by Input-Output Analysis (2023), Springer, ISBN: 978-3-031-43683-3. Scientific articles chosen by professors.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Two hours of lectures are given each week, with slides prepared with didactic content being made available, and one hour of classes with the resolution of selected exercises of increasing difficulty in order to understand the interdependence of the properties of crystalline structure materials and improvement treatments. Use of material property databases and training in learning technical language to understand the respective magnitudes of values.
Completion of at least one group analysis and synthesis project (TAS), with an oral presentation in plenary class, in which “knowing- knowing” learning is applied by analysing, understanding and synthesising case studies in which the circular economy and waste recovery is an asset for obtaining new materials.
Carrying out at least one laboratory work (TLab), in a group with a report, where the learning of “knowing how to do” is applied through contact with the valorisation of waste in the design of different materials.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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