Energy

Environmental engineers help determine the most sustainable energy options using systems and life cycle analysis. This allows a comparison of energy use and environmental impacts over the entire life cycle of the system, such as from extraction of oil through refining, transport, and end use to determine which energy sources are the most compatible with the environment and are sustainable for the planet.

Environmental engineers can turn traditional "waste" products into energy. For example, anaerobic digesters can be used to produce methane or hydrogen from municipal wastewater or landfills, various organics-laden industrial wastewaters, and animal manure. Environmental engineers design waste-to-energy incinerators to extract the energy content from municipal solid waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill.

Environmental Applications

  • AREN 3010 Energy Efficient Buildings -3 credits
  • AREN 3040 ÌýCircuits for AREN -3 credits
  • AREN 4890 Sustainable Building Design -3 credits
  • AREN 4110 HVAC Systems Design -3 credits
  • CHEN 3660 Energy Fund -3 credits
  • CHEN 3670 Design of Sustainable Chemical & Materials Systems - 3 creditsÌý
  • CHEN 4480 Solar Cells and Optical Devices for Sustainable Buildings- 3 credits
  • GEEN 3010 Circuits for Engineers -3 credits
  • GEOG 4022 Climate Action Planning: Reducing ÎÞÂëÊÓƵ's Emissions- 3 credits
  • MCEN 3017 Circuits and ElectronicsÌý-3 credits
  • MCEN 3032 Thermo 2 -3 credits
  • MCEN 4135 Wind Turbine Design -3 credits
  • MCEN 4152 Intro to Combustion -3 credits
  • MCEN 4194 Energy Conversion & Storage -3 credits
  • MCEN 4228 (Special Topics) Sustainability, Resiliency, and Microgrids - 3 creditsÌý
  • MCEN 4291 Project Based Learning in Rural schools - 3 credits - two term class
  • MCEN 3022 Heat Transfer -3 credits
  • MCEN 4032 Sustainable Energy -3 credits

Undergraduate Energy Engineering Minor

You may consider theÌýEnergy Engineering Minor:ÌýTheÌýCU Energy Engineering Minor aims to prepare students with the background and tools to be leaders in energy technology, policy and research.Ìý The minor requirements consist of a selection of technical energy courses, an energy policy course and an interdisciplinary projects course focused on the design and analysis of energy technologies from a technical, economic and policy perspective.

Companies that Work on Projects Related to Energy:

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