Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Contemporary scientific approaches in life cycle assessment of products (17.ZSP18)

Native organizations units: Department of Production Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Doctoral Academic Studies	Environmental Engineering (Year: 2, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Metrology, Quality, Fixtures and Ecological-Engineering Aspects Environment Protection Engineering
ECTS	10

Acquisition of knowledge about modern approaches to evaluating the products life cycle and their potential application in Environmental Engineering.

Competence to solve scientific and technical research assignments and problems concerning the application of modern approaches in life cycle assessment of products.

Terms and definitions for the evaluation of the product life cycle (LCA); Modern principles of product life cycle assessment (LCA), methodology of life cycle assessment (LCA, LCIA); Modern approaches in the use of LCA in eco-design and labeling of Environmental Protection, Development trends of product life cycle assessment (LCA).

The classes are held in the form of interactive lectures. Lectures present the theoretical part of the teaching material, including typical tasks with application of modern ICT and software systems for the purpose of gaining knowledge from the study area. Apart from lectures, consultations are regularly held. Research work includes: active monitoring of primary scientific resources, organization and execution of experiments and statistical data processing, numerical simulation, writing of paper in the specific scientific field, encompassing the theme of PhD thesis.