Graduate Education Options in Energy Systems August 4, 2015

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1 Graduate Education Options in Energy Systems August 4, 2015 Applications for admission to the Master of Engineering degree program with a Concentration in Energy Systems can be submitted to From October 3, 2014 to October 2, 2015, to start in Spring 2016 or Summer 2016 From June 2, 2015 to June 1, 2016, to start in Fall 2016 Submission early in the application period can facilitate planning, particularly for students planning to choose a practicum course. CONTACTS FOR MORE INFORMATION: Energy and Sustainability Engineering Graduate Certificate: John Abelson <abelson@illinois.edu> Master of Engineering in Energy Systems: Margaret Krause <mlkrause@illinois.edu> with copy to Clifford Singer <csinger@illinois.edu> WHICH IS THE RIGHT OPTION? There are three University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Options 1. Students Already Admitted to a UIUC Graduate Program: Graduate Certificate The Graduate Certificate in Energy and Sustainability Engineering (EaSE) is available to any UIUC graduate student who completes their degree requirements and includes within their graduate study program: ENG 471 Seminar in Energy and Sustainability (1 hour) ENG 571 Theory of Energy and Sustainability Engineering (at least 3 hours) 6 hours from one of the course lists below 3 hours from a different course list below Students who plan to complete the EaSE Graduate Certificate requirements should fill out the registration form that can be found under the Download the registration form link at 2. UIUC undergraduates interested in a Master of Engineering in Energy Systems Students who have at least a 3.2 grade point average in UIUC courses should contact Professor Clifford Singer to be assigned an advisor to help plan a program for a combined undergraduate and Master of Engineering degrees. Advisors can be assigned to students at 1

2 any point from their sophomore to senior years. The Energy Systems masters degree is designed to allow students to complete that degree and an undergraduate degree in at most ten semesters. The requirements for the Energy Systems Masters are listed below. 3. Other Prospective Master of Engineering in Energy Systems Candidates Students who have expect to at least a 3.0 grade point average for the last two years of their undergraduate work at UIUC or another institution may apply starting with Graduate College website Start your Application Now link. The Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is required of all applicants, except UIUC students with a grade point average of at least 3.2 at the time of admission. The GRE need not necessarily be completed before submitting an application, but if so it should be taken at the earliest opportunity thereafter. Prospective applicants should examine the admissions and degree requirements and course lists given below and ensure that they have or can readily acquire appropriate background comparable to prerequisites listed in the UIUC course catalogue to complete a set of the Energy Systems masters degree requirements within a time consistent with their financial resources. Graduate College tuition rates for Engineering and estimated additional expenses are available online (as of the date of the present document they were at Applicants must include in their Statement of Purpose with their application an example set of courses from the lists below that satisfy the requirements for the degree and suit their interests, and indicate which semester and year that they would expect to take each course. Instructions for preparing the example set of courses in a required standard format are given below in Appendix C. Each applicant must include in their first semester at least one semester hour of ENG 573, Energy Systems Project, unless they enter with credit in ENG 573 or ENG 572 or have arranged a practicum project and will be taking ENG 572, Energy Systems Practicum, in their first semester. The applicants course plan information will be used only to help assess whether the applicant s background is suitable. Students can choose a different set of courses once admitted, as their interests and available course offerings evolve. Otherwise wellqualified candidates who will not have an undergraduate degree in natural science or engineering are encouraged to apply. However, candidates who do not have mathematics through differential equations and will not enter with an undergraduate degree in natural science or engineering, or in mathematics or statistics with an undergraduate minor in natural science, should include a plan that includes enough semesters of study to adequately prepare for and complete courses for the Master of Engineering degree. The EaSE Graduate Certificate is designed primarily for students in Masters and PhD degree programs that normally require a research thesis for completion. Many such programs provide student opportunities for tuition and other support through the university. This approach is suitable for students who want to spend more than one full time equivalent year on graduate study and have career goals where exercising research capability is particularly important. The Graduate Certificate allows such students to demonstrate that they have educational background broader than specialization within a particular discipline. The Energy Systems masters degree is designed for students who do not expect to pursue a PhD and who are self-supporting financially or who have outside sources of financial support. Degree requirements can be met with academic work correlated with an internship or outside employment, which may provide a potential avenue for financial support for some students. UIUC students can 2

3 count towards the Energy Systems masters degree as much as 12 semester hours of 400 level course work excess to all of their undergraduate degree requirements. This may in some cases allow completion of undergraduate and Master of Engineering degree requirements in less than ten semesters of on-campus study. The Energy Systems masters degree allows for a broader interdisciplinary education than is compatible with many Master of Science programs. The Energy Systems masters can be an appropriate choice for students who find such a background useful for pursuit of their career goals. ADMISSION TO THE ENERGY SYSTEMS MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM Students with bachelors or masters degrees in the natural sciences or engineering will be considered for admission if they have a grade point average equivalent to least 3.00 (A = 4.00) for the last two years of undergraduate study. Admission is possible for the spring term, but most admissions are for the fall term. For admission without a requirement to take an English Language course placement test upon arrival on campus, applicants whose native language is not English must submit a minimum TOEFL score of 103 (ibt), 257 (CBT), or 613 (PBT); or minimum International English Language Testing System (IELTS) academic exam scores of 6.5 overall and in all subsections. Applicants with at least two years of higher education in over 30 different countries may be exempt from the TOEFL if certain criteria are met. Full admission status is granted for those meeting the minimum requirements and having taken the TOEFL or IELTS. Otherwise well-qualified applicants will be consider for admission with English language proficiency scores of 92 (ibt), 235 (CBT), or 580 (PBT); or IELTS of 6.5 overall and 6.0 in all subsections, but such students should include in their draft course plan an allowance for taking one or two English language courses in case they are not exempted therefrom upon taking a placement exam. Those who are not exempt and have English Language scores lower than the requirement for admission on full status should not apply before retesting shows an adequate score. Prospective applicants should not delay application if GRE scores are not available, but they should arrange to take the GRE at the earliest available date. 3

4 DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN ENERGY SYSTEMS Requirements Credit Hours Hours Total Credit for the Degree 32 Course Work 32 ENG 471 and ENG Professional Development (One of three options): Practicum: ENG 572 as approved by an advisor Project: ENG 573 as approved by an advisor 4 credit hours of course work approved by an advisor 4 Primary Field courses from an approved list 12 Secondary Field from the approved list in a field different than the Primary Field 6 Topical Breadth course from an approved list or approved by an advisor 3 Electives courses chosen in consultation with an advisor 3 Other Requirements and Conditions (may overlap): ENG 571 may be taken for 4 credit hours and one credit hour there of can then be applied to the Primary or Secondary Field requirement. ENG 572 or ENG 573 may be taken for variable credit up to a maximum of 8 credit hours between them, and additional credit hours exceeding the 4 credit hour requirement may be applied toward the Primary Field course work requirement with advisor approval. A minimum of level credit hours applied toward the concentration; 8 of which must be in some combination of ENG and the Primary Field A maximum of one 1-credit-hour course may be applied toward the minimum level credit-hour requirement. The minimum program GPA is

5 APPENDIX B: Course Requirements The Energy Systems Concentration for the Master of Engineering degree requires a total of 32 hours of graduate credit, consisting of courses in core material, a Primary Field area, an Area of Specialization, individually tailored work in a practicum or project, and topical breadth. The program structure is designed to give students a solid grounding in the fundamentals of one or more energy-related technical areas as well as a broader exposure to the related economic, social, or political context in which energy systems operate. The application of what is learned in other course work toward a practicum or project is an important element of the program. I. CORE COURSES: ENG 471 Seminar on Energy and Sustain Engineering (1 hour) ENG 571 Theory of Energy and Sustain Engineering (at least 3 hours) II. PRIMARY FIELD At least three courses for at least 12 hours of credit from one of the subcategories in the 10 main categories listed below. A maximum of 4 additional credit hours from ENG 572 or ENG 573 which exceed the 4 credit hour requirement may be applied toward this requirement with advisor approval. III. SECONDARY FIELD At least two courses for at least 6 hours of credit from a subcategory in a different main category from that chosen for the Primary Field. IV. PRACTICUM OR PROJECT (Professional Development) Each student will be assigned a faculty program advisor. Subject to advisor approval, students may complete either ENG 572 Energy Systems Practicum or ENG 573 Energy Systems Project. In lieu of ENG 572 or ENG 573, students may opt to complete 4 credit hours of additional course work if approved by an advisor in order provide greater depth in the Primary Field or Secondary Field. ENG 572 Energy Systems Practicum The Energy Systems Practicum course involves reporting on how experience in an internship or design project relates to pertinent reading material. Reflecting the importance of developing good communication skills beyond written papers, this course will require additional reporting via Web site or poster presentation development and oral presentation. This course includes a half-day orientation session and a half-day debriefing session. It also requires review of periodic reports, and a cumulative report, which shall be thesis length if the course is taken for 8 hours of credit. Each student participant must have a mentor at the site of the practicum and a faculty member to provide oversight. ENG 573 Energy Systems Project For the Energy Systems Project (ENG 573) students will consult with a faculty member approved by their program advisor, select a project, get the topic and general scope approved, survey associated literature and state-of-the art, and then conduct, as appropriate, system-level or conceptual design studies, designand-build activities, feasibility studies, experimental work, detailed numerical simulations, or detailed theoretical analyses of physical phenomena. A faculty member appointed by the Energy Systems program advisor will be required to approve the topic and general scope, and to evaluate and grade the overall effort. The grade for ENG 573 will be a DF (deferred) until the project is completed. The main output of the project will be a final report that describes in detail what was done, why it was done, what avenues were not pursued and why, and makes appropriate recommendations, and as appropriate, suggestions for further work. 5

6 V. BREADTH AREA COURSE At least 3 credit hours focusing on scientific, economic, political, or other subjects relevant to either energy or to energy-producing areas of the world, from the courses listed under a different main category than that of the Primary Field if not used for the Secondary Field requirement, from the Topical Breadth Course list below, or an advisor-approved alternative. VI. ELECTIVES Up to 3 credit hours of course work qualified for graduate credit from the course lists below (not used to fulfill other requirements), or courses for graduate credit taken as prerequisite for required courses. Additional practicum or project hours (not used to fulfill Primary Field course work and exceeding the 4 credit hour requirement) may be applied toward this requirement. However, a maximum of 8 hours credit toward the degree is allowed from ENG 572 and ENG 573 combined. APPROVED COURSE PRIMARY FIELD AND AREA OF SPECIALIZATION LISTS Primary Field courses must be chosen from one of the subcategories under the numbered field categories listed below. Secondary Field courses must be chosen from one of the subcategories under a different numbered field category listed below. Some of the prerequisites approved for graduate credit are listed after the course titles. Energy Systems masters candidates may satisfy their elective course requirements by taking such prerequisites. Such prerequisite courses will not count towards the Primary Field or Area of Specialization requirements unless listed in the same Primary Field or Secondary Field subcategory, respectively. The Elective Requirement may be satisfied by such a prerequisite course. The Topical Breadth Requirement may be satisfied by such a prerequisite course not listed under the Topical Breadth Requirement only with approval by a student s program advisor. Special topics courses (sometimes but not always numbered 498 or 598) may be used to satisfy any requirement with program advisor approval of compatibility with that requirement. A partial list of special topics courses suitable for subcategory approval by the program advisor is given below. Note that prerequisites listed below with course numbers less than 400 are not approved for graduate credit and thus do not count towards the Energy Systems masters degree. Graduate students are not required to have graded credit in every prerequisite course, but they should take great care that they have mastered the material in prerequisite courses sufficiently to successfully complete the courses in which they are enrolled. Students planning to apply for admission to the Energy Masters degree program must thus either take care that their undergraduate education covers the material required as a prerequisite to their planned Energy Masters courses or that they can take or audit the necessary prerequisite course work in a timely manner once admitted. Equivalent courses counted towards an undergraduate degree cannot be repeated and counted towards the Energy Systems degree. Each course is listed in only one category below. In some cases this approach appears to preclude including a suitable course from one category into the list for another category. However, students can request advisor approval that a course from another category be included in the Primary or Secondary Field list, provided that they do not chose the subcategory from which that course was chosen in their other Field list. The first letter of codes after the course titles below indicate whether the courses are normally offered in the fall (F), spring (S), or both (B). The second letter indicates whether the last two offerings have been annual (A), in even numbered years (E), in odd numbered years (O), or too irregularly (I) to have established a clear pattern. Some regularly offered courses are labeled I because their pattern of offering has recently changed, but others may not be reliably offered. (A few courses listed as SA were also offered in the 2014 Fall Semester. Economics courses at the 500 level have been recently reorganized and are assumed to be annual.) Courses with D in parenthesis after the course number have been made 6

7 available as distance learning courses. Students and prospective students should consult the online and click on individual course titles for updates of offerings histories made subsequent to the date of the present document. Students should also check Class Schedules (htpps://courses.cites.illinois.edu) for each semester s current or previous class schedules to make sure that courses offered by different departments do no normally have conflicting time slots that preclude a student taking both courses in the same semester. Students should not rely on the availability of any course without verifying with the offering department that it is expected to be available when needed, particularly in the case of courses without an established pattern of repetition. Each applicant for admission is expected either to have a taken the equivalent of a set of core undergraduate UIUC course or to include in their application a plan for acquiring a similar basic prerequisite knowledge for pursuing the graduate degree. This set of core undergraduate UIUC courses includes: Chem 102 General Chemistry Math 231 Calculus II Math 285 Differential Equations ME 300 Thermodynamics Phys 211 University Physics: Mechanics Phys 212 University Physics: Electricity and Magnetism See the previous three paragraphs for an explanation of the information in parentheses below after each course number. Note: Courses labeled Ener at offered by the University of Illinois Chicago Campus for 4 credit hours each. A maximum of three Ener courses can be counted towards the MEng Concentration in Energy Systems, and the grade for each such transfer course must be at least a B for it to count as transfer credit. 1. Electrical Energy Conversion, Transmission, and Distribution Ener 501 (4 hrs, FA) Management of Energy Projects, can be used for lists 1A F. A. Electric Conversion and Control ECE 431 (4 hrs, SA) Electric Machinery (ECE 330) ECE 464 (3 hrs, FA) Power Electronics (ECE 342) ECE 486 (4 hrs, BA) Control Systems (ECE 210) ECE 515 (4 hrs, SA) Control System Theory and Design (ECE 486) ECE 553 (4 hrs, SA) Optimal Control Systems (ECE 515 and 313) Ener 420 (4 hrs, SA), Combined Heat and Power Ener 451 (4 hrs, SA) Electric Power Generation B. Electric Power Transmission and Distribution ECE 476 (3 hrs, FA) Power System Analysis (ECE 330) ECE 530 (4 hrs, FA) Large-Scale System Analysis (ECE 464 and ECE 476) ECE 573 (4 hrs, FO) Power System Control (ECE 530, may be taken concurrently, and ECE 476) ECE 576 (4 hrs, SI) Power System Dynamics (ECE 530, may be taken concurrently, and ECE 476) ECE 588 (4 hrs, FE) Electricity Resource Planning (Math 415, ECE 313, and ECE 476) GE 424 (3 hrs, BA) State Space Design for Control (Math 415 and GE 320) 7

8 2. Thermal Energy Systems and Combustion Engines A. Thermal Systems AE 412 (4 hrs, FA) Viscous Flow and Heat Transfer (ME 310) ME 400 (4 hrs, SA) Energy Conversion Systems ME 401 (4 hrs, FA) Refrigeration and Cryodynamics (ME 310 and 320) ME 402 (3 or 4 hrs, SI) Design of Thermal Systems (ME 320) ME 404 (4 hrs, FA) Intermediate Thermodynamics ME 412 (3 or 4 hrs, SA) Numerical Thermo-fluid Mechanics (ME 310 and 320) ME 420 (4 hrs, FA) Intermediate Heat Transfer (ME 310 and 320) ME 502 (4 hrs, SI) Thermal Systems (ME 420) ME 520 (4 hrs, SI) Heat Conduction (ME 404) ME 521 (4 hrs, SA) Convective Heat Transfer (ME 411) UP 466 (4 hrs, SA) Energy, Planning, and the Built Environment B. Combustion Engines ABE 466 (3 hrs, FA) Engineering Off-Road Vehicles ME 403 (3 or 4 hrs, FA) Internal Combustion Engines (ME 400 or ABE 466) ME 410 (4 hrs, SA) Intermediate Gas Dynamics (ME 310; or AE311 or TAM 335) ME 501 (4 hrs, SA) Combustion Fundamentals (AE 311 or ME 410) ME 503 (4 hrs, SO) Design of Internal Combustion Engines (ME 403) UP 430 (4 hrs, SA) Urban Transportation Planning 3. Chemistry and Chemical and Materials Engineering A. Chemistry and Materials Science Chem 460 (4 hrs, FI) Green Chemistry (Chem 312, 332, or 360) Chem 524 (4 hrs, SA) Electrochemical Methods (400 level chemistry) Chem 584 (4 hrs, FA) Introduction to Materials Chemistry ECE 510 (4 hrs, FI) Micro and Nanolithography (1 of ECE 444, 460, MSE 462, NPRE 429, PHYS 402) ECE 535 (4 hrs, BA) Theory of Semiconductors and Devices (Senior level quantum or atomic physics) MSE 401 (4 hrs, FA) Thermodynamics of Materials (MSE 201 or MSE 280) MSE 403 (3 hrs, FA) Synthesis of Materials (MSE 401, may be taken concurrently) MSE 445 (3 or 4 hrs, SA) Corrosion of Metals MSE 460 (3 hrs, SA) Electronic Materials I (PHYS 460 or MSE 304) MSE 461 (3 hrs, FA) Electronic Materials II (ECE 340) MSE 487 (4 hrs, SA) Materials for Nanotechnology (MSE 401) MSE 489 (4 hrs, FA) Materials Selection for Sustainability MSE 500 (4 hrs, FA) Statistical Mechanics of Materials (MSE 401) B. Chemical Engineering CHBE 422 (4 hrs, SA) Mass Transfer Operations (CHBE 421) CHBE 424 (3 hrs, SA) Chemical Reaction Engineering (CHBE 422, may be taken concurrently) CHBE 431 (4 hrs, BA) Process Design (CHBE 424, may be taken concurrently, and CHBE 422) CHBE 551 (4 hrs, FA) Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis (undergraduate course in chemical kinetics) Chem 444 (4 hrs, BA) Physical Chemistry II (Chem 442) NPRE 470 (3 hrs, SA) Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Sources Ener 552 (4 hrs, SA) Design of Energy Efficient Buildings 8

9 4. Nuclear Power Generation A. Nuclear Power Generation NPRE 402 (4 hrs, SA) Nuclear Power Engineering; or Ener 554 (4hrs, FA) Nuclear Power Generation NPRE 431 (3 hrs, FA) Materials in Nuclear Engineering NPRE 448 (4 hrs, FA) Nuclear Systems Engineering and Design (NPRE 455) NPRE 455 (4 hrs, SO) Neutron Diffusion and Transport (NPRE 247) NPRE 501 (4 hrs, SI) Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering (NPRE 446, may be concurrent) NPRE 531 (4 hrs, SA) Nuclear Materials (NPRE 431) NPRE 555 (4 hrs, FA) Reactor Theory I (NPRE 455) 5. Wind Energy A. Wind Energy AE 410 (3 or 4 hrs, SA) Computational Aerodynamics (AE 311; AE 312, may be concurrent) AE 416 (3 or 4 hrs FA) Applied Aerodynamics (AE 311) AE 451 (3 or 4 hrs, FA) Aeroelasticity (AE 352 or TAM 412; TAM 251) AE 514 (4 hrs, SO) Boundary Layer Theory (AE 412) AE 515 (4 hrs, SI) Wing Theory (AE 416) MSE 456 (3 hrs, FA) Mechanics of Composites (AE 321, CEE 300, ME 330, or MSE 406) NPRE 475 (4 hrs, SA) Wind Power Systems (CHBE 421, ECE 110, ECE 205, ME 310, or TAM 335) TAM 470 (3 or 4 hrs, FA) Computational Mechanics 6. Solar Energy and Climate Change A. Solar Energy ABE 436 (4 hrs, SA) Renewable Energy Systems, or TSM 438 (3 hrs, FA) Renewable Energy Applications (Credit is not given for ABE 436 & TSM 438.) ATMS 504 (4 hrs, FA) Physical Meteorology ME 522 (4 hrs, FI) Thermal Radiation (ME 420) PHYS 402 (3 or 4 hrs, BA) Light (Phys 102 or 214) B. Climate Change ATMS 449 (4 hrs, FO) Biogeochemical Cycles (consent of instructor) ATMS 507 (4 hrs, SA) Climate Dynamics ATMS 512 (4 hrs, FI) Clouds and Climate (ATMS 504 or consent) CPSC 431 (3 hrs, SO) Plants and Global Change (CPSC 112 or IB 103) Geog 496 (4 hrs, FO) Climate and Social Vulnerability (Geog 410 or 466 or 471 or 520 or consent) NRES 426 (4 hrs, FI) Renewable Energy Policy 7. Environmental Engineering for Energy Applications A. Water Quality CEE 437 (3 hrs, BA) Water Quality Engineering (TAM 335) CEE 442 (3 hrs, FA) Environmental Engineering Principles, Physical (CEE 437) CEE 443 (4 hrs, FA) Environmental Engineering Principles, Chemical (CEE 437) CEE 444 (4 hrs, SA) Environmental Engineering Principles, Biological (CEE 443) CEE 457 (3 hrs, FA) Groundwater (CEE 330; TAM 335, may be concurrent) CEE 534 (4 hrs, SI) Surface Water Quality Modeling (Math 285, CEE 442, and CEE 451) CEE CEE 537 (4 hrs, FA) Water Quality Control Processes I (CEE 442 and 443, may be concurrent) 538 (4 hrs, SA) Water Quality Control Processes II (CEE 444, may be concurrent, and CEE 442 and 443) GEOL 470 (4 hrs, FA) Introduction to Hydrogeology (Math 220 or 221) IB 485 (4 hrs, SA) Environmental Toxicology and Health (a chemistry and a biology course) 9

10 7. Environmental Engineering for Energy Applications (Continued) B. Air Quality CEE 445 (4 hrs, FA) Air Quality Modeling (CE 330 and TAM 335) CEE 446 (4 hrs, FA) Air Quality Engineering (CEE 445) CEE 447 (4 hrs, SA) Atmospheric Chemistry (CEE 330) CEE 545 (4 hrs, SO) Aerosol Sampling and Analysis (CEE 446 and Math 285) CEE 546 (4 hrs, SA) Air Quality Control (CEE 442 and CEE 446) Ener 422 (4 hrs, FA) Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Design Ener 450 (4 hrs, FA) Air Pollution Engineering C. Environmental Management and Human Environments ACE 555 (2 hrs) Economic Impact Assessment CEE 421 (3 or 4 hrs, BA) Construction Planning (CEE320) CEE 424 (4 hrs, SA) Sustainable Construction Methods (two of CE 420, 421, 422) CEE 434 (3 hrs, FA) Environmental Systems I (CEE 330) CEE 440 (4 hrs, FI) Fate and Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants (CEE 330) CEE 535 (4 hrs, SO) Environmental Systems II (CEE 434) CEE 592 (4 hrs, SI) Sustainable Urban Systems (ATMS 421, CEE 491, NRES 439, UP 456, or UP 480; NRES 454, UP 418, Geog 480; or equivalents) Geog 466 (4 hrs, SA) Environmental Policy UP 446 (4 hrs, SA) Sustainable Planning Seminar UP 466 (4 hrs, SA) Energy, Planning, and the Built Environment UP 480 (2 hrs, Spring and Summer, A) Sustainable Design Principles UP 546 (4 hrs, SE) Land Use Policy and Planning UP 547 (4 hrs, FI) Regional Planning and Policy 8. Biomass Energy Resources A. Bioenergy TSM 438 (3hrs, FA) Renewable Energy Applications (Credit is not given for TSM 438 & ABE 436) or ABE 436 (4 hrs, SA) Renewable Energy Systems (Phys 211) ABE 446 (4 hrs, SA) Biological Nanoengineering (MCB 150) ABE 488 (3 hrs, SA) Bioprocessing Biomass for Fuel (CHBE 321 and TAM 335) ACES 501 (2 hrs, FA) Advanced Bioenergy Topics ACES 509 (3 hrs, SA) Advanced Bioenergy Systems CHBE 471 (4 hrs, SI) Biochemical Engineering CHBE 478 (3 hrs, BI) Bioenergy Technology (MCB 450) CPSC 415 (3 hrs, FA) Bioenergy Crops (CPSC 112 or consent) IB 421 (3 hrs, FO) Photosynthesis (IB420 or MCB 354 or MCB 450 or BIOP 401, or consent) Geog 465 (3 hrs) Transportation and Sustainability B. Biosphere ATMS 421 (4 hrs, FI) Earth Systems Modeling Geog 466 (4 hrs, SA) Environmental Policy (a geography or political science course, or consent) Geog 496 (4 hrs, FO) Climate & Social Vulnerability (Geog 410 or consent) NRES 516 (4 hrs, SE) Ecosystem Biogeochemistry 10

11 7. Biomass Energy Resources (Continued) C. Agribusiness ACE 435 (3 hrs, SA) Global Agribusiness Management (ACE 231, ACE 222, BADM 320, or consent) ACE 446 (2 hrs, SA) Modeling Applications in Financial Planning (ACE 240, ACE 345, FIN 221, or consent) ACE 455 (3 hrs, FO) International Trade in Food and Agriculture (Econ 302 or consent) ACE 542 (4 hrs, SI) Advanced Agricultural Finance (Econ 500) ACE 562 (2 hrs, FA) Applied Regression Models I (ACE 261) ACE 563 (2 hrs, SA) Mathematical Programming for Applied Economics I 9. Geologic Energy Resources A. Petroleum ME 472 (4 hrs, SI) Tribology ESE 445 (3 hrs, SI) Earth Resources Sustainability Geol 411 (4 hrs, FA) Structural Geology and Tectonics (Geol 107 or consent) Geol 440 (4 hrs, SA) Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (Geol 208 or consent) Geol 470 (3 hrs, FA) Introduction to Hydrogeology (Math 220 and 221) Geol 540 (4 hrs, SA) Petroleum Geology (Geol 411 and 440) B. Geochemistry Geol 460 (3 hrs, FA) Geochemistry (Geol 101 or 107; Chem 104 and 105; Math 220 or 221; or consent) Geol 561 (4 hrs, FI) Biomicrobiology and Geochemistry (one year of chemistry or consent) Geol 562 (4 hrs, FA) Isotope Geology (consent of instructor) Geol 563 (4 hrs, FE) Analytic Geochemistry (consent of instructor) C. Pipeline Properties TAM 424 (3 hrs, FA) Mechanics of Structural Materials (CEE 300 or ME 330) TAM 435 (4 hrs, FA) Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (AE 312, ME 310, or TAM 335) TAM 445 (4 hrs, SA) Continuum Mechanics (TAM 251) TAM 532 (4 hrs, SA) Viscous Flow (Math 285 and TAM435) AE 529 (4 hrs, FO) Viscoelasticity Theory (TAM 451 or AE321) D. Energy Networks Geog 473 (4 hrs, FA) Map Compilation and Construction Geog 479 (3 hrs, SA) Advanced Geographic Information Systems Geog 379) Geog 489 (4 hrs, FA) Programming for GIS (Geog 473 or Geog 379) Geog 570 (4 hrs, FE) Advanced Spatial Analysis E. Dams CEE 452 (3 hrs, SA) Hydraulic Analysis and Design (TAM 335) CEE 483 (4 hrs, BA) Soil Mechanics and Behavior (CEE 380) CEE 484 (4 hrs, SA) Applied Soil Mechanics (CEE 483) CEE 581 (4 hrs, FA) Earth Dams (CEE 484, may be concurrent) F. Surface Water ABE 456 (3 or 4 hrs, SA) Land and Water Resources Engineering (TAM 35) NRES 401 (3 hrs, SA) Watershed Hydrology (Chem 102 and statistics) Geog 406 (4 hrs, FO) Fluvial Geomorphology (Phys 101; Geog 103 or Geol 107; or consent) ATMS 421 (4 hrs, FE) Earth Systems Modeling CEE 450 (3 hrs, FA) Surface Hydrology (CEE 350) CEE 550 (4 hrs, SI) Hydroclimatology (CEE 450) CEE 551 (4 hrs, FA) Open-channel Hydraulics (CEE 451) 11

12 10. Energy Markets, Reliability, Safety, and Security Ener (4 hrs, FA) Energy Management and Conservation, can be used for lists 10A E A. Econometrics Econ 502 (4 hrs, SI) Economic Statistics (a course in statistics, and consent) Econ 503 (4 hrs, SI) Econometrics (Econ 502), or Econ 532 (4 hrs) Econometric Analysis I (a course in statistics, or consent) Econ 535 (4 hrs, SI) Econometric Analysis II (Econ 532) B. Resource Econometrics Modeling ACE 562 (2 hrs, FA) Applied Regression Models I (ACE 261) ACE 563 (2 hrs, SA) Mathematical Programming Applications in Economics I ACE 564 (2 hrs, FA) Applied Regression Models II (ACE 562) ACE 566 (4 hrs, FI) Mathematics for Applied Economics ACE 567 (4 hrs, SA) Mathematical Programming Applications in Economics II (ACE 563) C. Microeconomics Econ 500 (4 hrs, BA) General Microeconomic Theory (Econ 102) or Econ 530 (4 hrs) Microeconomic Theory I (Econ 302 and 303) Econ 533 (4 hrs, SI) Microeconomic Theory II (Econ 530) Econ 580 (4 hrs, SA) Industrial Organization D. International Economics Econ 420 (2 or 4 hrs, BA) International Economics (Econ 302 or consent) Econ 514 (4 hrs, SI) International Financial Economics (Econ 302 and 303 and consent) Econ 531 (4 hrs, FI) Macroeconomic Theory I (Econ 301 and 302) E. Environmental Economics ACE 411 (4 hrs, FA) Environment and Development (Econ 302) ACE 510 (4 hrs, IA) Advanced Natural Resource Economics (Econ 302) CEE 491 (3 or 4 hrs, SA) Decision and Risk Analysis (CE 202) Econ 549 (4 hrs, SI) Environmental Economics (Econ 302 or consent) F. Reliability CEE 401 (4 hrs, FA) Concrete Materials (CEE 300) CEE 460 (3 hrs, FI) Steel Structures I (CEE 360) CEE 462 (3 or 4 hrs, SI) Steel Structures II (CEE 460) CEE 463 (3 or 4 hrs, FI) Reinforced Concrete II (CEE 461) CEE 503 (4 hrs, SO) Construction Materials Deterioration (CEE 401 or 405) CEE 570 (4 hrs, SA) Finite Element Methods (CEE 471 or TAM 551) CEE 575 (4 hrs, FO) Fracture and Fatigue (CEE 471 or TAM 451 or TAM 551) CEE 588 (4 hrs, SO) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (CEE 472 and 483) ECE 554 (4 hrs, SI) Dynamic Systems Reliability (ECE 313 and 515, or consent) GE 411 (3 or 4 hrs, FI) Reliability Engineering (IE 300) GE 523 (3 or 4 hrs, SO) Discrete Event Dynamic Systems (CS173 or Math 213; CS 225; Math 415; Math 461) GE 524 (4 hrs, SI) Data-Bases Systems Modeling (GE 424 and IE 300) GE 530 (4 hrs, FA) Multiattribute Decision Making (CEE 202 or IE 300) IE 431 (3 hrs, SA) Design for Six Sigma (IE 300) ME 430 (3 or 4 hrs, FA) Failure of Engineering Materials (ME 330) NPRE 457 (3 or 4 hrs, FA) Safety Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Systems (NPRE 402 or NPRE 247) 12

13 10. Energy Markets, Reliability, Safety, and Security (continued) G. Environmental Safety ABE 455 (2 hrs, FA) Erosion and Sediment Control (CEE 350 or NRES 401; CEE 380 or NRES 201) CHLH 469 (3 or 4 hrs, SA) Environmental Health (CHLH 274) CEE 557 (4 hrs, SI) Groundwater Modeling (CEE 457) NPRE 441 (4 hrs, SA) Radiation Protection (NPRE 446) NPRE 442 (3 hrs, SA) Radioactive Waste Management H. Security NPRE 480 (3 hrs, SE) Energy and Security NPRE 481 (3 hrs, SO) Writing on Technology and Security PS 580 (4 hrs, SI) Proseminar on International Relations I PS 584 (4 hrs, SE) International Cooperation (PS 580) I. Information Technology CS 433 (3 or 4 hrs, BA) Computer System Organization (CS 233) CS 438 (3 hrs, BA) Communications Networks (CS 241 or ECE 391; Math 461, Math 463, or ECE 313) CS 461 (3 hrs, BA) Computer Security I (CS 241 or ECE 391) CS 463 (3 or 4 hrs, SA) Computer Security II (CS 461) CS 465 (3 or 4 hrs, SI) User Interface Design (CS 225) CS 565 (4 hrs, SI) Human-Computer Interaction (CS 465) EXAMPLES OF SPECIAL TOPICS COURSES Listed here are examples of special topics courses and the above subcategories for which program advisors might approve their use. Also listed is the most recent semester, working back from Spring 2014, in which the indicated section has been offered. The notation * indicates courses that are planned to be offered regularly under a different course number and do not require program advisor approval. Information on other courses that are planned to be offered regularly and on new course numbers will be is expected to be added to this document at least annually. 5A. Solar Energy *ME 498EEG (4 hrs) Fundamentals of Modern Photovoltaics (Fall 2015) 7A. Water Quality *CEE 498EWS (4 hrs) Energy and Water Sustainability (Fall 2015) 13

14 TOPICAL BREADTH COURSE LIST ACE 406 Environmental Law ACE 448 Rural Real Estate Appraisal ACE 454 Economic Development of Tropical Africa ACE 471 Consumer Economic Policy ACE 474 Economics of Consumption ACE 500 Applied Economic Theory ACE 501 Risk and Information: Theory and Applications ACE 527 Advanced Price Analysis ANTH 467 Cultures of Africa BADM 403 Principles of Business Law BADM 533 Sustainable Production and Business Plans ECON 411 Public Sector Economics ECON 420 International Economics ECON 450 Development Economics ECON 452 The Latin American Economies ECON 462 Macroeconomic Policy ECON 481 Government Regulation of Economic Activity ECON 483 Economics of Innovation and Technology ECON 484 Law and Economics ECON 527 Business International Economics ECON 531 Macroeconomic Theory I ECON 549 Environmental Economics ECON 572 Political Economy ECON 581 Government Regulation of Industry ENG 565 Technology Innovation and Strategy ESE 482 Challenges of Sustainability GEOG 466 Environmental Policy IB 452 Ecosystem Ecology JOUR 471 Science Journalism NRES 427 Modeling Natural Resources NRES 439 Environment and Sustainable Development SOC 447 Environmental Sociology UP 480 Sustainable Design Principles Additional Topical Breadth Courses That Have Been Available Online CRPC 418: CRPC 563: CRPC 588: ENG 460: ENG 461: ENG 466: ENG 560: ENG 561: ENG 565: ENG 566: ENG 567: ESE 445: ESE 482: Crop Growth and Management Chromosomes Plant Biochemistry Entrepreneurship for Engineers (1 hour) Technology Entrepreneurship (3 hours) High-Tech Venture Marketing (2 hours) Managing Advanced Technology I (1 hour) Managing Advanced Technology II (1 hour) Technology Innovation and Strategy (2 hours) Finance for Engineering Management (2 hours) Venture Funded Startups (1 hour) Earth Resources Sustainability Challenges of Sustainability 14

15 GE 530: Multi-attribute Decision Making HORT 442: Plant Nutrition MATH 415: Advanced Linear Algebra MATH 446 EGR: Applied Complex Variables MATH 461: Probability Theory MATH 488 EGR: Mathematical Methods in Engineering STAT 440: Statistical Data Management MoreTopical Breadth Courses That Have Been Available Online Use of the courses below to satisfy a topical breadth requirement requires advisor approval AE 402: AE 420: AE 433: AE 454: AE 504: AE 542: AE 403: AE 419: AE 434: AE 502: AE 543: AE 554: AE 555: CEE 422: CEE 405: CEE 406: CEE 409: CEE 470: CEE 471: CEE 472: CEE 509: CEE 525: CEE 410: CEE 411: CEE 415: CEE 420: CEE 453: CEE 506: CEE 517: CS 410: CS 425: CS 528: CS 411: CS 412: CS 427: CS 440: CS 446: Orbital Mechanics Finite Element Analysis Aerospace Propulsion System Dynamics and Control Optimal Aerospace Systems Aerospace Systems Engineering I Spacecraft Attitude Control Aircraft Flight Mechanics Rocket Propulsion Advanced Orbital Mechanics Aerospace Systems Engineering II Dynamical Systems Theory Multivariate Control Design Construction Cost Analysis Asphalt Materials I Pavement Design I Railroad Track Engineering Structural Analysis Structural Mechanics Structural Dynamics I Transportation Soils Construction Case Studies Railway Signaling and Control Railroad Project Design and Construction Geometric Design of Roads Construction Productivity Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics Pavement Design II Traffic Signal Systems Programming Languages and Compilers Distributed Systems Object Oriented Programming and Design Database Systems Introduction to Data Mining Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning 15

16 CS 523: Advanced Operating Systems CS 527: Topics in Software Engineering CS 538: Advanced Computer Networks CS 573: Algorithms CS 410: Test Information Systems CS 428: Software Engineering II CS 511: Advanced Data Management CS 512: Data Mining Principles CS 576: Topics in Automated Deduction TAM 545: Advanced Continuum Mechanics GE 400: Engineering Law GE 530: Multi-attribute Decision Making MATH 415: Advanced Linear Algebra MATH 446 EGR: Applied Complex Variables MATH 461: Probability Theory MATH 488 EGR: Mathematical Methods in Engineering ENG 460: Entrepeneurship for Engineers (1 hour) ENG 461: Technology Entrepreneurship (3 hours) ENG 466: High-Tech Venture Marketing (2 hours) ENG 560: Managing Advanced Technology I (1 hour) ENG 561: Managing Advanced Technology II (1 hour) ENG 565: Technology Innovation and Strategy (2 hours) ENG 566: Finance for Engineering Management (2 hours) ENG 567: Venture Funded Startups (1 hour) CRPC 418: CRPC 563: CRPC 588: ESE 445: ESE 482: HORT 442: STAT 440: Crop Growth and Management Chromosomes Plant Biochemistry Earth Resources Sustainability Challenges of Sustainability Plant Nutrition Statistical Data Management Appendix C. Instructions for Preparing a Sample Master of Engineering Energy Systems Course Plan in Required Standard Format Include in your Personal Statement a copy of an example course plan in standard format. If you have access to Microsoft Excel, also to Margaret Krause <mlkrause@illinois.edu> a file than contains exactly 7 columns and is named MEngPlannerInput.xlsx using Microsoft Excel. An example of the file content follows these instructions: The cells in the 1st row contain the column header names Surname, Name, Primary, 1abc, Second, 2abc, MaxSemester, in that order. The cells in the 2nd row contain in order: A. Your surname 16

17 B. Your familiar name C. The integer number of your Primary Field in the course list document D. The lower case letter of your Primary Field subcategory (a if there is only one subcategory) E. The integer number of your Secondary Field in the course list document F. The lower case letter of your Secondary Field subcategory (a if there is only one subcategory) G. Either 3, 4, or 10: 3 if you will be applying for a visa; 4 if you will hold a 24 month visa; 10 if you do not need a visa. The cells in the 3rd row contain the headings Year, Semester, Hours, Rubric, Number, Type, Course Name, in that order. The cells in the 4th and following rows contain, in order, the following information for each course you plan to take. (Note that if you are admitted on conditional status because your English Placement Test scores are too low for unconditional admission, you must include esl 500 in the first semester of your course plan!): A. Year the course will be taken B. Semester the course will be taken (f for fall, s for spring; use lower case letters) C. The number of semester hours credit for the course (enter 0 for esl 500) D. The course rubric (in lower case letters, up to a maximum of four letters) E. The course number (a three digit number) F. The type of requirement that the course satisfies: 0 for eng 471, eng 571, and for eng 572 and/or eng for courses satisfying the Primary Field requirement 2 for courses satisfying the Secondary field requirement 3 for the Topical Breadth requirement 4 for the Elective requirement G. The course name. (Correct spelling is encouraged but not required.) Surname Name Primary 1abc Second 2abc MaxSemester Doe John 3 a 10 h 3 Year Sem Hours Rubric Number Type Couse<Name 2015 f 1 eng Seminar5on5Energy5and5Sustainable5Engineering 2015 f 3 eng Enegy5Systems5Project 2015 f 4 mse Thermodynamics5of5Materials 2015 f 4 ece Theory5of5Semiconductors5and5Devices 2016 s 4 mse Materials5for5NanoTechnology 2016 s 3 npre Energy5and5Security 2016 s 4 eng Theory5of5Energy5and5Sustainable5Engineering 2016 s 2 eng Enegy5Systems5Project 2016 f 3 npre Wrting5on5Technology5and5Security 2016 f 3 mse Synthesis5of5Materials 2016 f 3 eng Enegy5Systems5Project 2016 f 3 math Mathematical5Methods5in5Engineering 17