Bioproducts Engineering

The green transition is happening now, and the emerging specialist field of bioproducts engineering – rooted in Finland’s pulp and paper industry – is at a turning point. Bioproducts engineering needs visionaries who understand bio-based materials at the cellular level, and who use that expertise to design, manufacture and market reusable alternatives for plastics and other fossil-based materials. In this major, you’ll learn exactly how to convert bio-based resources like wood, plants, natural fibres, and organic waste into new materials. These and other bioresources are increasingly used in materials engineering - for example in packaging and textile innovation. The possibilities for new innovations are endless. As a Bioproducts Engineering graduate, you will be able to: ●      Use wood, plant fibres and other bio-based resources to make more sustainable materials, products, and solutions. You’ll understand the structure of plant fibres at a molecular level and know how to apply that knowledge in industry. You will also learn the skills needed to engineer and run next generation biorefineries.●      Understand what circular bio-economies are and how to build and assess them. Fossil-based resources pollute the atmosphere with carbon dioxide – and they’re running out. Circular economies reduce carbon output and reuse materials and productsas part of the solution.●      Characterise biomass, polymers, fibres, raw materials and end products. You’ll learn to use spectroscopy, microscopy, colloidal and other techniques to make better renewable products.●      Design, conduct, and report research projects. You’ll graduate with strong scientific research and communication skills. This will make you a valuable asset to the cutting-edge research that’s happening in bioproducts engineering worldwide. Replacing non-renewable products and processes with renewable ones is one of the most urgent business goals across industries today. Building an engineering career in bioproducts means solving complex sustainability challenges, making a practical impact on how new products are created and brought to market -  and playing a key role in leading the green transition.