Students are expected to learn basic concepts of nanotechnology and the environmental science with research methodology in the field.

Introduction to nanotechnology and the environment, nanoscale materials: definition and properties, overview of manufacturing processes, analyses of nanoparticles in the environment (SEM, AFM, TEM, VSI etc), environmental fate and transport, importance of nanotechnologies on environmental technology, nanomaterials for groundwater remediation, membrane processes, nanomaterials as adsorbants for water and wastewater treatment, nanotechnology and renewable energy, toxicological impacts of nanomaterials, ecotoxicological impacts of nanomaterials, life-cycle assesment of nanomaterials risks, scientific researches and regulations that should be done in the future related to nanotechnology