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Credits
pollution
in
the
environment
and
the
ways
in
which
legislation
and
economics
might
be
used
to
reduce
their
negative
impact.
Chapters
1,
2,
&
13
Journal
&
news
reports
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Topic
Objective
Reading
Environment
Pollution
and
Carbon
To
consider
the
sources
of
both
carbon
and
Energy
Production
and
Green
Alternatives
To
consider
both
conventional
and
alternative
energy
production
and
the
systemic
problems
related
to
each.
Also,
to
consider
ways
to
implement
change
and
to
define
“viable”
strategies
for
commercialization
of
“green
technologies”.
Chapters4
5
&
Consumer
packaging
To
understand
the
“function”
of
packaging
and
the
economic
factors
that
drives
the
application
(specifically
bottled
water).
To
consider
strategies
that
might
“mitigate”
the
negative
issues
related
to
consumer
packaging.
Municipal/Industrial
waste
and
water
handling
and
practical
alternatives
|
Chapters
7,8
&
9
Plus
Journal
&
news
reports
To
understand
how
a
consumer
society
impacts
both
the
economy
and
environment.
Also,
to
consider
practical
alternatives
to
current
practices
that
generate
revenues
or
reduce
costs.
Material
Science
Xerographic
and
ink
jet
pnnters
:
|
Class
notes
To
understand
how
material
related
propemes
can
be
manipulated
to
develop
innovative
products.
Also,
to
consider
strategies
used
to
market
technoflogy
based
products
to
“small
consumers”.
Class
notes
Micro
and
naho
:
technologies
and
their
application
Many
of
the
technologies
in
this
topic
are
early
|
stage
and
pre-commercial.
The
objective
would
be
to
define
areas
where
they
might
be
applicable
and
how
research
might
be
focused
to
achieve
early
stage
adoption.
Medical
Science
&
Drugs
Disinfectants
and
antiseptics
'
Class
notes
Use
of
a
case
study
to
illustrate
some
of
the
challenges
of
commercializing
products
and
changing
user/consumer
behaviour.
Case
Study
Wound
care,
catheters
and
intubation
coatings
Use
of
a
case
study
to
illustrate
the
potential
barriers
to
market
and
to
consider
strategies
to
circumvent
these
barriers.
Diagnostics
and
Pomt
of
Care
Testing
Case
Study
Use
of
a
case
study
to
illustrate
government
and
legal
barriers
to
the
commercialization
of
“useful”
products.
Also,
to
illustrate
how
“great”
products
can
fail
in
the
market
because
of
these
barriers.
Case
Study
Gena
testlng
and
eraptes
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Use
of
a
case
study
to
develop
strategles
to
market
technology
platforms
usmg
government
initiatives
as
the
driver.
Case
Study
nun
lnnmnni
'
channels
to
market.
Another
abjective
is
to
To
understand
how
drugs
are
currently
being
developed
and
how
large
pharma
protect
their
intellectual
property
and
control/manipulate
consider
the
role
of
government
in
the
development
and
control
of
drugs.
Agriculture
F
actorik
Jf.a‘rm,ln
'
To
understand
the
economic,
sacietal
and
il
farmmg
Also,
to
consider
viable
alternatives
and
|
|
why
“green”
may
or
may
not
be
sustamable
for
a
Chapter
10
“environmental
factors
that
result
from
factory
rapidly
growing
population.
T
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11
Transgenic
crops
and
animals
and
molecular
pharming
/|
To
understand
how
genetic
mampulatlon
can
‘ba
used
to
“improve”
crop
and
animal
production
and
used
to
manufacture
drugs
and
protein
therapies.
|
Also,
to
understand
how
intellectual
property
protection
impacts
this
sector
of
the
market
(i.e.
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