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Objective

The student will know the environmental and human health effects of materials used in painting, hot dip galvanizing and electrochemical surface treatment. Student knows the design principles of a safe installation and is able to make a risk analysis. The student will know the national and EU regulations controlling products, installations, waste water effluents and volatile organic compound emissions. The student knows the best available technology, is able to minimize the amount of waste and knows the relevant treatment techniques.
The student knows the basics of experimental design.

Content

1. Harmful properties of products used in the field of materials and surface engineering.
2. Principles of risk evaluation
3. Regulations in materials and surface engineering.
4. Best available technologies, waste minimization and treatment techniques.
5. Design of experiments used when finding the most important variables of a phenomenon; regression and variance analysis

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1. The student is able to identify the harmful constituents of surface treatment chemicals and can list their harmful properties.
2. The student is able to find the relevant regulations controlling surface treatment and is able to link them with the matters addressed in environmental license applications and license conditions.
3. The student is able to name the essential waste minimization methods and necessary waste treatment techniques.
4. The student is able to find the reference data for best available technologies and can justify his or her selections with the help of the data
5. The student understands the principles of experimental design

Assessment criteria, good (3)

1. The student is able to name the harmful constituents of surface treatment chemicals and can categorize them according to their harmful properties.
2. The student is able to apply the relevant regulations controlling surface treatment to the matters addressed in environmental license applications and license conditions.
3. The student is able to select the essential waste minimization methods and waste treatment techniques.
4. The student can search, evaluate and use information
5. The student is able to apply statistical methods to analyze and design practical applications

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

1. The student is able to classify surface treatment chemicals according to their harmful properties.
2. The student is able to evaluate the need for an environmental license and plan the necessary applications.
3. The student is able to plan the essential waste minimization methods and waste treatment techniques.
4. The student is able to demonstrate a good knowledge basis in the field and apply it in practice
5. The student not only understands the possibilities of the methods but also their limitations

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

1. The student is able to identify the harmful constituents of surface treatment chemicals and can list their harmful properties.
2. The student is able to find the relevant regulations controlling surface treatment and is able to link them with the matters addressed in environmental license applications and license conditions.
3. The student is able to name the essential waste minimization methods and necessary waste treatment techniques.
4. The student is able to find the reference data for best available technologies and can justify his or her selections with the help of the data
5. The student understands the principles of experimental design