Industrial Ecology and Quality Management

Code:

EA0044

Acronym:

EIQ

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Environmental Technologies
OFICIAL	Design, Development, Implementation and Operation
OFICIAL	Environmental Management
OFICIAL	Interp/Personal professional attitudes and capac.

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEA	20	Syllabus since 2006/07	4	-	5	56	135

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

1. Technical knowledge and reasoning
1.2 To acquire a sound knowledge in engineering sciences and be capable of using it in the formulation, resolution and discussion of problems;
1.3 To acquire a sound knowledge in the area of training and be capable of using it in the design of solutions, forecast and prevention of those problems, including counterproductive effects;

2. Personal and professional skills
To acquire personal and professional skills and attributes (2), namely:
2.1 Engineering reasoning and problem solving
Problem identification and formulation
Modeling
Estimation and qualitative analysis
Analysis with uncertainty
Solution and recommendation
2.2 Experimentation and knowledge discovery
Hypothesis formulation
Survey of print and electronic literature
Experimental inquiry
Hypothesis test and defense
2.3 System thinking
Thinking holistically
Emergence and interactions in systems
Prioritization and focus
Tradeoffs, judgement and balance in resolution

3. Interpersonal skills
3.3 Communication in foreign languages

4. Conceiving, designing, implementing and operating systems in the enterprise and societal context
4.5 Implementing
Designing and implementation process
Hardware manufacturing process
Software implementing process
Hardware software integration
Test, verification, validation and certification
Implementation management
4.6 Operating
Designing and optimizing operations
Training and operations
Supporting the system lifecycle
System improvement and evolution
Disposal and life-end issues
Operations management

Program

Concept, strategies and tools of industrial ecology

- Clean production
- Lifecycle management
- Product design
- Integrated waste management
- Eco-industrial parks
- Circular economy
- Sustainable consumption

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes (tutorials):
Presentation of course unit themes, supported, whenever possible, by the identification of real situations related to the environment problematic or examples of application of the concept of Industrial Ecology and case studies.

Theoretical-practical classes:
Compulsory writing of small reports on the course unit themes along with oral presentation.

Sessions with guest speakers and visits to companies (dates to be set).

keywords

Natural sciences > Environmental science
Technological sciences > Technology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

To be admitted to exams, students have to obligatorily:
- reach a minimum average grade of 8 out of 20 in the continuous assessment component (exam).
- write four reports out of eight selected topics.

Calculation formula of final grade

FG1: Exam
FG2: practical component (reports and oral presentations)

Final Grade (FG) will be based on the following formula (FG=0.4*FG1+0.6*FG2).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The assessment at the special season encompasses a final exam and an article*. The final exam will cover the course unit themes.
*article can either be:
- a review paper – critical review of the topics of the program based on a bibliography research.
- research paper – oriented to the application of the course unit themes in a given situation.

Final Grade (FG) will based on the following formula (FG=0.4*exam + 0.6*article).

In order to improve their grades, students have to attend a final exam and they can only improve the grade of the exam.

Classification improvement

In order to improve their grades, students have to attend a final exam and they can only improve the grade of the exam and not the continuous assessment component (reports and presentations).

Observations

Prerequisites: knowledge in tools to aid environmental decision making.
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A study visit to Relvão eco-park and a session on eco-industrial parks.