Rate My Professor Jim Petrie

Petrie's academic interests center on sustainable development and process engineering, including industrial ecology, life cycle assessment, environmental technology performance, waste management, resource processing, and decision support for complex industrial systems. A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (CEng FIChemE), he advanced chemical engineering education through sustainability integration, as outlined in his co-authored paper 'Chemical Engineering Curriculum Renewal' (2006). Key publications include 'Strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of copper' (2007, with D. Giurco), 'Deportment and management of metals produced during gasification of municipal solid waste' (2006, with J.M. Rogers, M. Stewart, and B.S. Haynes), the book chapter 'The Case of Power Generation in South Africa' (2004), 'ChemEng: 100 Years at Cape Town' (2021), and 'A South African Challenge' (2018). In 2007, the University of Sydney recognized him among notable members for exceptional achievement and service. Petrie's work has shaped approaches to sustainability in engineering, mining, energy, and waste sectors through frameworks for life cycle management and agent-based modeling of industrial networks.