Session A

Course Title: S028 Green Technology for Environmental Pollution Control

Duration: 2021.7.8-2021.7.23 (2 weeks)  

Campus: Minhang

Course Description

Environmental Pollution Control using green technology is one of the sustainable ways, which could not only solve environmental pollution but also save energy and resources. The course uses multidisciplinary theories and methods to expound on the relationship, connotation, and principles between the environment and sustainable development. To interpret the relationship between economic and social development with environmental protection, energy conservation, and emissions reduction, China will be chosen as the case study, as the most populous and rapid urbanization process country. The development process of water resources, waste sector, soil reclamation, and air pollution control will be introduced in detail, so students can understand the drivers and the development of the shift from the industrial civilization development model to the modern ecological civilization.

The students in this course should be devoted to the lessons, including debates, group discussions, study tours, and listening and answer questions.

Highlights

• Half-day tour of Nanxiang Sewage Treatment Plant.
• Half-day tour of Environmental Theme Park of Suzhou River Mengqing Garden.
• Half-day tour of Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall.
• Half-day tour of Shanghai Xinjinqiao Environmental Protection Company, which is the biggest electrical and electronic waste treatment based in Shanghai.

Instructors

Prof. Yixin ZHAO

Email:  yixin.zhao@sjtu.edu.cn

Yixin Zhao is a professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He obtained a Ph.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University in 2010, followed by working as a postdoctoral fellow at Penn State University and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. His current research interests focus on perovskite solar cells, photoelectrochemical catalysis, and environmental remediation. Professor Zhao is on the editorial board for several journals and co-author of over 100 reviewed publications with more than 6000 citations.

Assessment

Attendance: 20%

Participation in question discussion: 20%

Visit report: 30%

Final program summary: 30%

Contact                                                                                                         

Program Director: Prof. Yixin ZHAO (yixin.zhao@sjtu.edu.cn)

Program Coordinator: Ms. Chenjing BAO(baochenjing@sjtu.edu.cn)