226.023 Transfer of Enviornmental Technology to Developing Countries
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2024S, SE, 2.0h, 2.0EC, to be held in blocked form

Properties

  • Semester hours: 2.0
  • Credits: 2.0
  • Type: SE Seminar
  • Format: Presence

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

  • to analyse waste management systems in developing countries

  • to apply the method of material flow analysis to waste management systems and to interpret the results

Subject of course

  • Introduction into technology transfer and solid waste management
  • Technical features of waste mangement in South Eastern Europe: waste collection systems, waste generation and composition patterns, waste disposal practices
  • EU legislation and the future of waste management in South Eastern Europe
  • Illustration and analysis of the status quo of solid waste management by material flow analysis (MFA): case study Serbia
  • Case studies on successful and unsuccessful technology transfer in the field of solid waste management in Serbia

Lectures and seminars by guest lecturers from Serbia: Prof. Goran Vujic und Prof. Nemanja Stanisavljevic (University of Novi Sad)

Teaching methods

  • Critical discussion of case studies
  • Application of material flow analysis to waste management systems

Mode of examination

Immanent

Additional information

If the course can not take place on-site due to restrictions of the Austrian governement or the TU Wien, the course will take place in an online-format.  The following mode applies if a change to online-format has to be done:

Informationen when courses switch to online-format:

Teaching method if there is a change to online-format:

  • Zoom-Meetings
  • Lecture recordings accessible via TUWEL

Mode of examination if there is a change to online-format:

  • no change compared to on-site format

Examination modalities of an online-examination:

  • see „Examination modalities“; no change compared to on-site format

Required technical equipment to participate in the course and the examination:

  • Device with Internet access (notebook, PC, tablet, smartphone)
Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper: Directive concerning the handling of plagiarism (PDF)

Lecturers

Institute

Course dates

DayTimeDateLocationDescription
10:00 - 14:0024.06.2024 - 28.06.2024Seminarraum AA 03 - 1 226.023 Transfer of Enviornmental Technology to Developing Countries
Thu10:00 - 13:0027.06.2024Seminarraum AA 03 - 1 226.023 Transfer of Enviornmental Technology to Developing Countries
Transfer of Enviornmental Technology to Developing Countries - Single appointments
DayDateTimeLocationDescription
Mon24.06.202410:00 - 14:00Seminarraum AA 03 - 1 226.023 Transfer of Enviornmental Technology to Developing Countries
Tue25.06.202410:00 - 14:00Seminarraum AA 03 - 1 226.023 Transfer of Enviornmental Technology to Developing Countries
Wed26.06.202410:00 - 14:00Seminarraum AA 03 - 1 226.023 Transfer of Enviornmental Technology to Developing Countries
Thu27.06.202410:00 - 13:00Seminarraum AA 03 - 1 226.023 Transfer of Enviornmental Technology to Developing Countries
Fri28.06.202410:00 - 14:00Seminarraum AA 03 - 1 226.023 Transfer of Enviornmental Technology to Developing Countries
Course is held blocked

Examination modalities

Grading of the seminar will be done based on

  • the attendance during the lectures
  • the seminar work/paper.

Seminar work/paper:

  • 6-10 A4 pages
  • topics to be announced
  • Submission via TUWEL

Seminar papers will be checked with the plagiarism software "Turnitin".

Course registration

Begin End Deregistration end
01.03.2024 00:00 30.05.2024 23:59 30.05.2024 23:59

Registration modalities

Course registration in TISS

Curricula

Literature

No lecture notes are available.

Previous knowledge

English reading and writing.

Miscellaneous

Language

English