Course Identification

Title:

Sustainable Materials

Code:

20262152

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Boris Rybtchinski, Dr. Haim Weissman

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2026

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Thursday, 11:15 - 13:00, WSoS, Rm 1

First Lecture:

19/03/2026

End date:

25/06/2026

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Chemical Sciences: Seminar; Elective; 2.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

15

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Required in at least 80% of the lectures

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Assignments:

20%

Seminar:

80%

Evaluation Type

Seminar

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

Sustainability basics: Circular economy, Recycling and biodegrading, Energy cost/durability, Environmental and health issues.

Present and future of man-made materials: Inorganics (concrete, metals, etc), Organics (small molecules and polymers), plastic recycling and degradation, composites.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to understand and analyze problems and solution related to materials sustainability, energy cost and circular economy concepts and concerns, as well as develop thinking related to future solutions.

Reading List

TBD

Website

N/A