This syllabus collects the competencies that the students must acquire in this course, the calendar of planned educational activities, the contents and its distribution, an estimate of the volume of work of the student and the specific criteria of assessment.
The aim of this subject is to form future graduates in Bachelor Mechanical Engineering with the ability to identify the environmental impacts of industrial and human activities, with the aim to minimize, prevent and solve them. In fact, the increase in legal requirements related to environmental protection, together with the interest of society in the application of more environmentally friendly technological solutions enhance the need for professionals capable of solving environmental problems within multidisciplinary contexts. To achieve this, in this subject it is carried out an approach to Environmental Engineering in combination with other knowledge fields, such as Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry (study of pollutants and their behavior), Biology (biotechnological processes) and Process Engineering (design of physical, chemical and biological processes to mitigate contamination).
More specifically, in this subject some technical and practical knowledge about environmental pollution in different ecosystems and their flows of matter and energy will be needed, to later study all the vectors of pollution and evaluate the most appropriate technologies to minimize them, complying whit the current legislation. Lastly, basic knowledge is given on the main policies, tools and indicators developed within the framework of environmental management for the prevention of industrial pollution.
