MicroMasters® Program in Chemistry and Technology for Sustainability

Description

What you will learn

• Understand the challenges of switching from a fossil source-based economy to a biobased economy.
• Understand how to identify suitable raw materials and create valuable new products.
• Learn how to refine biomass without damaging its valuable components.
• Perform a functional analysis of potential methods that can be used for refining a resource.
• Learn how to efficiently convert biobased feedstocks into desired products.
• Evaluate technological, ethical, societal and economic consequences in the production of biobased products.