Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Sustainability establishes a relationship between humans and nature, and provides a guideline for the protection of the environment and human beings.Engineers and scientists develop new processes and refine existing processes according to new technologies using a collection of raw materials and energy resources and converting them into a desirable finished product.The manufacturing of needed products is accomplished by the production of waste, some of which is unavoidable.Historically, little attention has been given to the effects of producing a product on the environment and the associated risk of the manufacturing process.This trend began to change in the 1990s with the new concept of pollution prevention, which elaborated how to protect the environment from pollution at its source and minimize the risk to human health.The principles of green engineering provide a framework for designing processes and products with minimum pollution at the source and a risk-free atmosphere for humans and the environment.Green chemistry is applied across the life cycle of a chemical product, from its initial design to its uses, and ensures less waste material, less energy usage, and less pollution.Sustainable development of nanotechnology requires analyzing the environmental impact of nanomanufacturing.Unlike much conventional manufacturing, nanomanufacturing requires a unique process control and a unique facility.The effect on the environment as the result of nanomanufacturing is more significant than that from conventional manufacturing.This paper emphasizes the potential environmental and human health hazards from the manufacture of nanomaterials.Nanomaterials often have environmental and human health related issues, which must be considered before evaluating nanoproducts for their "greenness."Incorporating proper decisions at the product-design stage using risk analysis of sustainable nanomanufacturing practices, employing the rules of green engineering and green chemistry and their application on engineering education are seen as possible solutions.
Source: ASEE Midwest Section Conference
Authors: W.S. Khan, M. Ceylan, B. Zhang, R. Asmatulu
Institution: Wichita State University
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Chemistry
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4407699861