Prof. Hossein Ganjidoust
Environmental Engineering Division, Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Title: APPLICATION OF GREEN CHEMISTRY IN POLLUTION CONTROL
Abstract:
Green Chemistry is a sustainable approach to chemical processes that aims to reduce hazardous materials and pollutants, contributing to a sustainable future. It involves using Fe/C-rich wastes for corrosion inhibitors and creating valuable materials like adsorbents, catalysts, and membranes. Green Chemistry principles address waste management, pollution control, and sustainability, offering environmentally friendly processes, catalytic reactions, and safer organic synthesis. Integrating green chemistry principles into various industries and research fields holds great potential for effective pollution management. The principles of Green Chemistry include waste prevention, atom economy, use of less hazardous chemicals, safer products, safe solvents, energy efficiency, renewable raw materials, catalytic methods, degradation-resistant products, analytical methodologies for pollution prevention, and inherently safer processes. These are discussed in this presentation.
Biography:
Environmental Engineering Division, Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, I.R. Iran
HosseinGanjidoust received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas in 1976, 1st MS in Industrial Management from Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri in 1977 and 2nd MS in Sanitary Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1978 and PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1988. From March 1995 to April 1996
He was on a Year of Sabbatical Leave at The National Institute for Resources & Environment (NIRE), Tsukuba Science City, Tsukuba, and Ibaraki, Japan. For three years since March 2013.He has over 30 years’ experience in teaching and research in graduate levels and is presently engaged as Full Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty, at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran, I.R. Iran. Dr. Ganjidoust’s research interests include water & wastewater, industrial and hazardous waste handling, treatment, and disposal. In addition, he has given many lectures related to Culture, Archeology & humanity Sciences. .He has supervised more than 30 research projects, and many PhD and MS students’ theses. At present time, he is supervisor of 6 PhD theses and 8 MS theses. He has published over 150 papers in scientific and ISI Journals and over 200 conference proceedings on his research. He was engaged in the books entitled: Principles of construction debris Landfill Site Selection (Case study: Tehran), Department of Housing and Urban Development, Building and Housing Research Center, Feb. 2013 (in Persian), "Application of Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) in Sanitary & Industrial Wastewater Treatment", Tarbiat Modares Univ. Published in February 2011 and a chapter on: “Hazardous Waste Management in Islamic Republic of Iran, HWM Policies and Practices in Asian Countries” published by Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Tokyo in October 2001
APPLICATION OF GREEN CHEMISTRY IN POLLUTION CONTROL