Minor in Sustainable Engineering
About This Program
Sustainable Engineering could be defined as engineering for human development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Due to population growth and expanded global development, the next generation of professionals must be able design with fewer resources for a wider variety and greater number of end users. The Minor in Sustainable Engineering prepares engineering and science students to work across multidisciplinary teams to plan and design products/processes by evaluating them from economic, environmental, and societal perspectives.
The minor is available to all undergraduates who have the necessary prerequisites.
Competencies
- Upon completion, students will be able to explain key sustainability concepts.
- Upon completion, students will be able to describe the broader global/societal context of sustainable engineering designs.
- Upon completion, students will be able to use life cycle assessment to quantify environmental and economic impacts of various design alternatives.
- Upon completion, students will be able to identify and quantify trade-offs among social, economic, and environmental drivers in engineering decision making.
- Upon completion, students will be able to apply engineering knowledge and principles to design sustainable engineering solutions.
Curriculum
| Foundations | ||
| CE 3300 | INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING (INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING) | 3 |
| ENGR 4395 | SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| For Societal Context, select 1 of the following: | 3 | |
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| ECONOMICS FOR ENGINEERS | ||
| For Sustainable Engineering select 3 from the following: | 9 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES (For usstainable Engineering Electives (9-10 hours)) | ||
| DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES - BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING FOR ARCHITECTS/ENGINEERS | ||
| ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| BASIC DESIGN FOR ENGINEERS | ||
| DESIGN STUDIO: ARCHITECTURE I | ||
| ENERGY USE AND CONSERVATION IN ARCHITECTURE | ||
| CONSTRUCTION SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| GIS/HYDROLOGIC & HYDRAULIC MODELING | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING | ||
| BIOPOLYMERS AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY | ||
| AN INTRODUCTION TO TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE | ||
| FORMULATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS | ||
| CONSTRUCTION SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| SYSTEM EVALUATION IN CIVIL ENGINEERING | ||
| LANDFILL DESIGN | ||
| GIS/HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC MODELING | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO AIR POLLUTION | ||
| PHYSICAL UNIT PROCESSES | ||
| WATER CHEMISTRY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING | ||
| DESIGN OF WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES | ||
| CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMICS | ||
| SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PRACTICE | ||
| ECONOMICS OF SOCIAL ISSUES | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF POWER SYSTEMS | ||
| CONTROL SYSTEMS | ||
| OPERATIONS RESEARCH I | ||
| DECISION ANALYSIS IN SYSTEM DESIGN | ||
| SYSTEMS ENGINEERING | ||
| POWER PLANT ENGINEERING | ||
| RESEARCH TRENDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES | ||
| WIND & OCEAN CURRENT ENERGY HARVESTING FUNDAMENTALS | ||
| EARTH SYSTEMS | ||
| GLOBAL WARMING | ||
| NATURAL RESOURCES & SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SCIENCE | ||
| ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |