Industrial Ecology and Green Chemistry Specialization

Students gain an understanding of systems analysis applied to environmental problems in production-consumption systems, acquire methods to quantify the use of energy, materials, water, and land for industrial production, and the comparative evaluation of different pollution types. They learn about how organizations use these approaches in environmental management.

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    The Specialization will prepare students for employment in corporate sustainability and environment, health and safety positions, in environmental consultancies and think-tanks, nongovernmental organizations, and governmental and multi-lateral agencies.

    Note that a capstone course used to fulfill the MEM capstone requirement cannot also be used toward fulfilling an MEM Specialization requirement; a capstone course taken once cannot be used to fulfill multiple requirements. Learn more about YSE capstone courses by visiting the MEM Capstone page.

    Program Courses

    Core

    Two required courses.
    Course Fall 2025 Spring 2026 Fall Spring
    ENV 771
    Fundamentals of Green Engineering and Green Chemistry
      Anastas
    Tentative
    ENV 884
    Industrial Ecology
    Faculty  

    Electives

    Choose four elective courses.
    Course Fall 2025 Spring 2026 Fall Spring
    ENV 594
    Global Carbon Cycle
    Denning  
    ENV 603
    Environmental Data Visualization for Communication
    Queenborough  
    ENV 639
    Food Systems and Climate Services
    Hernandez-Aguilera  
    ENV 705
    Global Climate Change: Simple, Serious, and Solvable
    Denning  
    ENV 706
    Toxic Organic Chemicals in the Environment
      Anisfeld
    ENV 708
    Aquatic Chemistry
    Faculty  
    ENV 725
    Water, Energy, and Food Interconnections in a Changing Climate
      Saiers
    ENV 730
    Environmental Data Science in R: Introduction to Data Integration and Machine Learning
    Malone  
    ENV 758
    Multivariate Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences
      Reuning-Scherer
    ENV 800
    Energy Economics and Policy Analysis
      Gillingham
    ENV 807
    Corporate Sustainability: Strategy and Management
    Esty  
    ENV 811
    ESG Controller
    Cort  
    ENV 814
    Energy Systems Analysis
    Rao  
    ENV 824
    Environmental Law and Policy
      Klee
    ENV 828
    Risk Assessment & Management: Climate Change
      Wargo
    ENV 834
    Environmental Economics and Policy
      Faculty
    ENV 893
    Principles of Risk Assessment
      Vasiliou
    Tentative
    ENV 894
    Green Building: Issues and Perspectives
    Kops  
    ENV 896
    Public Health Toxicology
      Vasiliou
    Tentative
    ENV 982
    Bio-inspired Design and Engineering
      Zimmerman
    MGT 872
    Managing Sustainable Operations
           
    MGT 873
    Supply Chain Management
           
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    Faculty Coordinator

    Yuan Yao

    Associate Professor of Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Systems

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