Resource Recovery for a Circular Economy

Subject associations
ENE 321 / CEE 321 / ENV 371
Term
Fall 2025
Instructors
Z. Jason Ren
Registrar description

The course will focus on emerging science and technologies that enable the transition from our traditional linear economy (take, make, waste) to a new circular economy (reduce, reuse, recycle). It will discuss the fundamental theories and applied technologies that are capable of converting traditional waste materials or environmental pollutants such as wastewater, food waste, plastics, e-waste, and CO2, etc. into valued-added products including energy, fuels, chemicals, and food products.