This minor, offered by Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, underscores the vital and contemporary importance of energy and highlights its significance to many engineering and non-engineering disciplines. By pursuing this minor, you will develop a strong background in topics related to energy and be better prepared for professional jobs or graduate studies in the field.
The Energy Engineering Minor (MENE) differs from the Energy Studies minor in that it focuses on the technical aspects of energy and requires courses concentrated in engineering and science. Topics include:
- Blackouts, the stability of the power grid and other reliability issues in energy distribution
- Energy efficiency and policy
- The politics of power
- Sources of energy and the related environmental concerns
- Carbon dioxide capture and storage
- Nuclear energy and the associated difficulties
- Clean coal technology
- Biofuels
The Energy Engineering Minor aligns with the university’s institutional commitment, as reflected in the creation of the Center for Sustainable Energy, to provide its undergraduates with the educational background necessary to confront this important technological issue.
Requirements
The Energy Engineering Minor requires completion of five courses from this list:
- AME 20231 Thermodynamics
- AME 40431 Gas Turbines and Propulsion
- AME 40472 Electrical and Hybrid Vehicles
- AME 40530 Wind Turbine Performance, Control and Design
- AME 47431 Special Studies: Designing Energy-Efficient Buildings
- AME 40532 Computational Fluid Dynamics
- AME 40538 Nanotechnology Solutions for Sustainability and Energy
- AME 40634/60634 Intermediate Heat Transfer
- AME 50535 Energy Systems
- AME 60636 Fundamentals of Combustion
- AME 60638 Turbine Engine Components
- AME 60733 Solar Energy: Photovoltaic Systems
- CBE 20256 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- CBE 40425 Energy, Economics, and Environment
- CBE 40435 Electrochemical Energy and Storage
- CBE 40498 Energy and Climate
- EE 30372 Electric Machinery and Power Systems
- EE 47010 Alternative Energy Devices and Materials
- EE 40472 Electrical and Hybrid Vehicles
- EE 47015 Electric Vehicles and the Power Grid
- PHYS 30461 Thermal Physics
Contact
For more information about the Energy Engineering Minor, please contact Prof. Michael Seelinger at mseelin1@nd.edu.