There are currently two approaches being adopted by manufacturing industries to minimize the health and environmental impacts of their operations: waste management and waste prevention. The certificate program concentrates on the proactive strategies associate with pollution prevention and waste minimization, with emphasis on the significant role process engineers can play in achieving clean manufacturing. The certificate consists of the following courses.

POLLUTION AND WASTE FROM MANUFACTURING. A course designed to investigate the pollution and hazardous wastes generated by the most commonly used materials manufacturing technologies. The course identifies important pollution sources and quantifies the various wastes generated by manufacturing production processes. Materials accounting and engineering mass balance concepts are utilized to characterize waste streams. Energy and exergy analyses are employed to investigate energy utilization efficiencies. Attention is also devoted to the nature and characteristics of waste products of processing and to the procedures used to handle them. The negative economic impact of polluting while manufacturing is emphasized.

CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES IN METALS PROCESSING. A course designed to promote the use of clean technologies in metals production. A taxonomy of strategies and tools for pollution prevention is introduced. Competing metal manufacturing processes are compared and ranked on the basis of their impacts on health and the environment. The course contains extended descriptions of specific pollution prevention and waste minimization strategies in the areas of metal casting, shaping, fabricating, cleaning and finishing. Also included are discussions on the physicochemical foundations of pollution control and waste minimization methods, as well as on the economic implications of adopting environmentally conscious metal manufacturing technologies.

POLLUTION FREE PLASTICS AND CERAMICS PROCESSING. A course designed to promote the use of clean technologies in the production of non-metallic materials. A taxonomy of strategies and tools for pollution prevention is discussed. Non-metallic material manufacturing processes are compared and ranked on the basis of their impacts on health and the environment. Technological areas covered include microelectronics, ceramics, polymer engineering, composite materials and wood-paper processing. The course contains extended descriptions of specific pollution prevention and waste minimization strategies in the above areas. Also included are discussions on the physicochemical foundations of pollution control and waste minimization methods, as well as on the economic implications of adopting environmentally conscious non-metal manufacturing technologies.

TOPICS IN POLLUTION PREVENTION AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MINIMIZATION. An overview of selected issues in pollution prevention and waste minimization in the manufacturing context. Focus is on the complexities of transforming the existing manufacturing industry into one based on clean technology. The format of this course typically involves a collection of invited experts who speak on the topics of current interest. Topics discussed in previous offerings include: legal and economic implications of pollution prevention, pollution prevention benchmarking, chemical control programs, pollution prevention programs and total quality management, recycling and pollution prevention, contingency planning for pollution prevention, environmentally conscious manufacturing, risk analysis and industrial ecology.

SELECTED STUDENT PROJECTS

All courses in the certificate require completion of a small research project in a specific field. Following is a selected list of previous student projects. For additional information about any of these projects please contact me at ernesto@rh.edu.

1.- A NEW LOOK AT PAPER SLUDGE. JIM FRITSCHE, DEXTER CO

2.- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT IN PLATINUM PLATING OF NIOBIUM- ZIRCONIUM ELECTROLYSIS HARDWARE. MIKE PUSKAR & TRENT MOLTER, HAMILTON STANDARD

3.- DISPOSAL OF NON-RADIOACTIVE HAZARDOUS MEDICAL WASTE. KAREN LEPORE, HAMILTON STANDARD

4.- WASTE MINIMIZATION IN VACUUM FURNACE PROCESSES THROUGH AUTOMATION AND INTEGRATION INTO A FACTORY INFORMATION SYSTEM. MARK CULLER, PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

5.- AN EVALUATION OF HAMILTON STANDARD'S CFC REDUCTION PROGRAM TO DATE. ANDREW STENERI, STEVE STOLL AND DAVID SACCHITELLA HAMILTON STANDARD

6.- AIRCRAFT GAS TURBINE ENGINE TESTING AT PRATT & WHITNEY. ROBERT MAZURKIVICH, PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

7.- STRATEGIES FOR REDUCTION AND/OR RECYCLING OF RINSE WATER FROM CHEMICAL PROCESSES. GARY LOMASNEY, PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

8.- WASTES CREATED FROM DIP BRAZING AN ALUMINUM HOUSING. WAYNE CAILLOUETTE, HAMILTON STANDARD

9.- CLOSED LOOP CADMIUM PLATING OPERATIONS. JACK HEALY, TORRINGTON COMPANY

10.- WASTE PRODUCTION FROM CLEANING OIL DEPRESERVATION OF METALLIC PIPING SYSTEMS AND MACHINERY. JEFFREY M. BADGER, GENERAL DYNAMICS

11.- USAGE, TREATMENT AND ELIMINATION EFFORTS OF 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE AT A GAS TURBINE MANUFACTURING PLANT. JAMES RUNSTADLER, TEXTRON LYCOMING

12.- HYDROGEN GAS AS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE. JOHN BARTALOTTA, SIKORSKY

13.- EVALUATION AND QUALIFICATION OF NEW RUST PREVENTIVES CANDIDATES. WILLIAM MICHELS, PITNEY BOWES

14.- MEASURING SUCCESS IN POLLUTION PREVENTION. RITA LOMASNEY, CONNECTICUT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

15.- AN EXAMINATION OF THE HAZARDOUS WASTES INVOLVED IN THE PLASMA SPRAYING OF COMPRESSOR ABRADABLE SEALS. MICHAEL CAREY, PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

16.- WASTE EVALUATION ON THE NIIGATA EN40. MICHAEL FRALEY, PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

17.- CONTROL AND TREATMENT OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS IN OIL-COOLED TRANSFORMERS. JOANN MADEUX, HARTFORD STEAMBOILER

18.- HAZARDOUS/TOXIC MATERIALS-CONTAINING ELECTROLYTES FROM SURFACE FINISIHING OPERATIONS. WILLIAM SCHULTZ, HAMILTON STANDARD

19.- MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR POLLUTION ABATEMENT. EDWARD VOGEL, HAMILTON STANDARD

20.- DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER FROM SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSES. DAVID BLACKABY, EDWARD VOGEL, THOMAS VOORHEES, & HARRY WURST, HAMILTON STANDARD

21.- WASTE MINIMIZATION AT THE FOUNDRY OPERATIONS AT PRATT & WHITNEY FACILITY EAST HARTFORD. ANGELO S. DISPENSA, PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

22.- POLLUTION PREVENTION: ITS ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND ITS LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS. HOLLY A. LYNCH, COHEN & CHANNIN

23.- DEGREASING WITH 111-TCE AT A JET ENGINE MANUFACTURING PLANT. JACK SCOTT, PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

24.- WASTE AND WASTE MINIMIZATION IN AN ALUMINUM PROPELLER BLADE GRINDING PROCESS. PAUL FIEJDASZ, HAMILTON STANDARD

25.- LIQUID NITRIDING OF STAINLESS STEEL. ELAINE AVERY, HAMILTON STANDARD

26.- METAL FINISHING BY TUMBLING PROCESS. DANIEL CALLAHAN, HAMILTON STANDARD

27.- PRECISION CONTROLS AND ACCESORIES PARTS CLEANING. WILLIAM CHANEY, GREGG FREEMAN, JIM HARMON & DAVID LEWIS, HAMILTON STANDARD

28.- THE PRECISION CLEANING OF SPACE FLIGHT HARDWARE. CHRISTOS DANTOS, CHRISTOPHER ROLLEND & LOWELL C. WHITEHEAD, HAMILTON STANDARD

29.- ROBOTIC CONVEYORIZED COATER. STEVE EITELMAN, HAMILTON STANDARD

30.- CLEANING WITH 111-TRICHOLOROETHANE. VICTORIA FITZGERALD, PAUL HANSON, & DON DIGENOVA, HAMILTON STANDARD

31.- CHEMICAL MIXING AND PAINTING SPRAY BOOTH. EDDIE LAROSSA, HAMILTON STANDARD

32.- CHROMATE CONVERSION COATING OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS. WILLIAM OEHLER, HAMILTON STANDARD

33.- POLLUTION PREVENTION AUDITING. THOMAS BATZINGER, UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER

34.- WASTE MINIMIZATION THROUGH MATERIALS ACCOUNTING. DAVID BLACKABY, EDWARD VOGEL, THOMAS VOORHEES, AND HARRY WURST HAMILTON STANDARD

35.- WASTE MINIMIZATION FROM DIP BRAZING AN ALUMINUM HOUSING. WAYNE CAILLOUETTE, HAMILTON STANDARD

36.- RECYCLING EFFORTS IN THERMAL SPRAY. MICHAEL CAREY, PRATT & WHITNEY

36.- WASTE MINIMIZATION OF METALWORKING FLUIDS. MICHAEL FRALEY, PRATT & WHITNEY

37.- BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF PULPMILL EFFLUENT. JIM FRITSCHE, DEXTER CO

38.- WASTE MINIMIZATION STRATEGIES FOR GRAY IRON FOUNDRIES. SCOTT GARRISON AND JIM MACGLAFLIN, GENERAL DYNAMICS-ELECTRIC BOAT

39.- METALWORKING FLUIDS: IN-HOUSE METHOD FOR MANAGING AND RECYCLING COOLANTS AND OILS. JOHN HEALY, TORRINGTON CO

40.- ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR WASTE MINIMIZATION. SHAWN HURLEY, TEXTRON LYCOMING

41.- INCINERATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AT AMERICAN REF-FUEL. MICHAEL KERST & DAVID GAIEWSKI, GENERAL DYNAMICS

42.- THE TORRINGTON COMPANY STANDARD PLANT CHROME TREATMENT UPGRADE. LEONARD KOELZER, CHRISTOPHER SENGER, GORDON STELZER, TORRINGTON CO

43.- POLLUTION PREVENTION ANALYSIS OF A FLUIDIZED BED HEAT TREATING FURNACE. WILLIAM MICHELS, PITNEY BOWES

44.- REDUCTION OF HAZARDOUS SOLVENT EMISSIONS FROM A RUBBER MASKANT USING A CARBON ADSORPTION BED AND AN AIR STRIPPER FOR RECLAMATION OF THE SOLVENT. REBECCA PARRY, PRATT & WHITNEY

45.- HAZARDOUS WASTE MINIMIZATION IN A SMALL PLATINUM ELECTROPLATING OPERATION. MICHAEL PUSKAR, HAMILTON STANDARD

46.- IMPLEMENTATION OF AQUEOUS BASED CLEANING IN METALWORKING OPERATIONS. JAMES RUNSTADLER, TEXTRON LYCOMING

47.- PLANNING FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION: SLIDE AND PICTURE SET AND FACILITATORS GUIDE. JOHN SCOTT, PRATT & WHITNEY

48.- THE CLEANUP AND PREVENTION OF PETROLEUM SPILLS CAUSED BY UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. MARK SNURKOWSKI, PRATT & WHITNEY

49.- A STUDY OF LEAD-FREE SOLDERS. ANDREW STENERI, HAMILTON STANDARD

50.- A WASTE REDUCTION STRATEGY FOR A LIQUID NITRIDING PROCESS. ELAINE AVERY, HAMILTON STANDARD

51.- DRILL & REAM TAPER HOLE FOR ALUMINUM BLADES. DANIEL CALLAHAN AND JAY SHEDD, HAMILTON STANDARD

52.- FREON SUBSTITUTION DEGREASING PROJECT: ULTRASONIC ALKALINE DEGREASING. WILLIAM CHANEY, HAMILTON STANDARD

53.- STRATEGIES FOR THE MINIMIZATION OF HYDRAZINE WASTE IN THE TESTING OF PROPULSION SYSTEMS. CHRISTOS DANTOS AND CHRISTOPHER ROLLEND, HAMILTON STANDARD

54.- ROBOTIC CONVEYORIZED COATER: A POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN. STEVE EITELMAN, HAMILTON STANDARD

55.- WASTE MINIMIZATION OF A 111-THRICHLOROETHANE ULTRASONIC VAPOR DEGREASER. VICTORIA FITZGERALD, HAMILTON STANDARD

56.- WASTE REDUCTION IN THE AIR BEARING COATING PROCESS. GREGG FREEMAN, HAMILTON STANDARD

57.- REPLACEMENT OF METHYL ETHYL KETONE IN THE MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENTS OF HAMILTON STANDARD. PAUL HANSON, HAMILTON STANDARD

58.- ELIMINATION OF THE USE OF FREONS IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES OF THE HAMILTON STANDARD SPACE AND SEA SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT. WILLIAM OEHLER, WILLIAM SCHULTZ AND JOHN STEELE, HAMILTON STANDARD

59.- AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION TO OZONE-DEPLETING SOLVENTS IN CLEANING APPLICATIONS. LOWELL C. WHITEHEAD, HAMILTON STANDARD

60.- WASTE MINIMIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SLUDGE. ELAINE AVERY, HAMILTON STANDARD

61.- PIN BOARD CLEANER: A POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN. STEVE EITELMAN, HAMILTON STANDARD

62.- HAZARDOUS/NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING. GREGG FREEMAN AND JIM HARMON, HAMILTON STANDARD

63.- ALTERNATIVES TO OZONE DEPLETING CLEANING SOLUTIONS. VICTORIA FITZGERALD, HAMILTON STANDARD

64.- THE LIFE CYCLE OF HDPE BLOW MOLDED CONTAINERS: CAN THE LOOP BE CLOSED? WILLIAM OEHLER, WILLIAM SCHULTZ, AND JOHN STEELE, HAMILTON STANDARD

65.- HEAT EXCHANGER COATINGS. MICHELLE MARINO AND DON DIGENOVA, HAMILTON STANDARD

66.- VCI CORROSION PREVENTION AND WASTE MINIMIZATION. WILLIAM CHANEY AND PAUL HANSON, HAMILTON STANDARD

67.- ANHYDROUS HYDRAZINE TESTING AT THE COMBUSTION LABORATORY. DANIEL CALLAHAN AND JAY SHEDD, HAMILTON STANDARD

68.- EXERGY ANALYSIS: AN ANALYTICAL TOOL FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS. CHRISTOS DANTOS, MICHAEL PUSKAR, AND CHRISTOPHER ROLLEND, HAMILTON STANDARD

69.- A MATERIALS TRACKING PROGRAM FOR A SMALL BUSINESS. BRYAN BARBERA, YANQUEE GAS

70.- WASTE MINIMIZATION THROUGH MATERIALS ACCOUNTING: IMPLEMENTATION. DAVID BLACKABY, ANDREW STENERI AND THOMAS VOORHEES, HAMILTON STANDARD

71.- PAPERMAKING SPENT SULFITE LIQUOR DISPOSAL. JIM FRITSCHE, DEXTER CO.

72.- STATUS OF POLLUTION PREVENTION IN EDUCATION. ROBERT E. KENYON AND ELIZABETH A. OOSTEROM, GENERAL DYNAMICS-ELECTRIC BOAT

73.- POLLUTION PREVENTION IN METALLOGRAPHIC SAMPLE MOUNTING. WILLIAM MICHELS, PITNEY BOWES

74.- POLLUTION PREVENTION CASE STUDY: THE TORRINGTON COMPANY STANDARD PLANT. JACK HEALY, THE TORRINGTON COMPANY

75.- ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS POLLUTION PREVENTION AT SPACE AND SEA SYSTEMS EAST GRANBY FACILITY. DANIEL CALLAHAN AND BRIAN CHLEBOWSKI, HAMILTON STANDARD

76.- MACHINE COOLANT WASTE MINIMIZATION EFFORTS AT PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT. GLENN FIALKOFF AND ALEJO VERDES, PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

77.- WATERPLANT SYSTEM MANUAL AND ALUM SLUDGE REMOVAL. JIM FRITSCHE, DEXTER CORPORATION

78.- COURSE MANUAL FOR COURSE NUMBER IEM 1414 "WASTE MINIMIZATION AND TREATMENT" AT THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY COMMUNITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE. JOHN R. HEALY, TORRINGTON COMPANY

79.- POLLUTION PREVENTION ANALYSIS OF OIL AND POLYMER QUENCHING IN THE HEAT TREATMENT OF STEEL. WILLIAM MICHELS, PITNEY BOWES

80.- POLLUTION PREVENTION AND WASTE REDUCTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONVERSION OF A BOILER SYSTEM TO ALTERNATE FUELS. GARY R. MAGOON, PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

81.- PERMIT ACQUISITION FOR AIR EMISSIONS. DAVID E. BLACKABY AND THOMAS VOORHEES, HAMILTON STANDARD

82.- REPLACEMENT OF FREON FOR PATCH TESTING. THOMAS NARDONE AND MARC ADELBERG, SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT

83.- ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS OF WELDING PROCESSES: A DISCUSSION. DOUGLAS BAILEY, MICHAEL J. BRUSKOTTER AND MICHAEL CAREY PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

84.- PLASMA SPRAY POLLUTION CONTROL. WHYNDAM ABRAMS, YALE UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY LABS

85.- COOLANT CONDITIONING AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS. VICTORIA FITZGERALD, HAMILTON STANDARD

86.- THE PERMIT SUBMITTAL PROCESS FOR INDUSTRIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC WASTEWATER DISCHARGES TO PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS. ANDREW STENERI AND DAVID SACCHITELLA, HAMILTON STANDARD

87.- CHROMIUM PLATING: A PROPOSED CLOSED LOOP PROCESS. WILLIAM SCHULTZ, WILLIAM OEHLER AND JOHN STEELE HAMILTON STANDARD

88.- STATIONARY SOURCES AND MOBILE SOURCES: A SIMPLE COMPARISON OF EMISSIONS. STEVEN EITELMAN, HAMILTON STANDARD

89.- REPLACEMENT OF EROSIONCOAT A NON-COMPLIANT BLADE COATING. DONATO DIGENOVA AND PAUL HANSON, HAMILTON STANDARD

90.- PC&A BUSINESS UNIT: WASTE STREAM ANALYSIS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PRIORITIZATION. WILLIAM CHANEY, HAMILTON STANDARD

91.- COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING HAZARDOUS/NON-HAZARDOUS SOLID WASTE MINIMIZATION. GREGG FREEMAN AND JIM HARMON, HAMILTON STANDARD

92.- THE USE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING: AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE. CHRISTOS DANTOS, MICHAEL PUSKAR AND CHRISTOPHER ROLLEND, HAMILTON STANDARD

93.- A GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INFORMATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM (HMITS) FOR LARGE COMPANIES. ROBERT KENYON, ELIZABETH A. OOSTEROM AND ROBERT CLAFFEY, GENERAL DYNAMICS-ELECTRIC BOAT

94.- EMISSIONS STATEMENT FORM FUEL BURNING UPDATE. BRUCE MOTTA AND DANIELLE LEMIEUX, GENERAL DYNAMICS-ELECTRIC BOAT

95.- POLITICAL AND REGULATORY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOMASS ETHANOL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES. ELAINE AVERY, HAMILTON STANDARD

96.- THE HOME POLLUTION AWARENESS GUIDE: A REFERENCE DOCUMENT FOR CONNECTICUT HOMEOWNERS. ROBERT KENYON, ELIZABETH KENYON AND DONNA SPENGLER GENERAL DYNAMICS-ELECTRIC BOAT

97.- CLOSING THE LOOP: AN EXAMINATION OF THE STEPS TO ZERO DISCHARGE. THOMAS GUERTIN, NORTH AMERICAN PRINTED CIRCUITS

98.- SPACE AND SEA SYSTEMS: POLLUTION AND WASTE FROM MANUFACTURING. BRIAN CHLEBOWSKI, HAMILTON STANDARD

99.- ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CLEANLINESS VERIFICATION FOR PRECISION CLEAN SPACEFLIGHT HARDWARE. JOHN M. STEELE, HAMILTON STANDARD

100.- ELECTROCHEMICAL METALLIZING: POLLUTION AND WASTE FROM MANUFACTURING. WHYNDAM ABRAMS, YALE UNIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL LABS

101.- DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO REMOVE OZONE DEPLETING CHEMICALS FROM THE WORK ENVIRONMENT. RICHARD J. STRICKLAND

102.- WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING. TIMOTHY HENDERSON, PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT