Contacts Curriculum Development: Prof. J. W. Tester Director, Energy Institute jwt45@cornell.edu Administration: Carol Casler Chem. & Bio. Engr. 120 Olin Hall cad1 @cornell.edu 607-255-8656 MINOR IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS AT CORNELL
Introduction to Cornell s Minor in Sustainable Energy Systems Guiding Philosophy Providing affordable energy to meet the demands of both developed and developing nations without further damaging the natural environment and the Earth s climate system, is a Grand Challenge for the 21 st century. Our quality of life and the stability of the world s nations ultimately depend on having accessible energy resources and an equitable and sustainable energy supply and distribution system. Achievement of these goals requires the participation, ingenuity, and hard work of people with a range of specialized backgrounds, working collaboratively and thinking globally. The minor is intended to emphasize the importance of viewing the challenge of meeting the world s energy needs as a system of interacting themes. The requirements of the minor are designed to provide a systems framework for the energy landscape breadth across a range of energy resource types, with consideration of conversion, transmission and storage technologies (existing and future solutions) an appreciation for the interrelation and importance of environmental, policy, economic, business, political, ethical, risk and social consequences of pursuing potential energy options.
Contacts and Sponsorship Sponsorship: Cornell s minor in Sustainable Energy Systems is offered collaboratively by the departments and schools of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering It is open to all Cornell students regardless of college or department Contacts: Curricular development topics Prof. J. W. Tester Director, Sustainable Energy Institute, 200 Rice Hall jwt45@cornell.edu 254-7211 Administrative or registrar topics, Carol Casler, Undergraduate programs office, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering cad1@cornell.edu 255-8656.
Requirements Academic Standards: Attainment of a grade of at least C in each course selected for the Minor Total of 6 courses, with a minimum total of at least 18 credits Complete at least one course from each of four breadth categories Complete at least two courses in category 2: Energy Sources and Technologies for a Transition to Sustainability No more than two courses may be major-required courses in student s Major field Four Breadth Categories: (1) Energy Systems Analysis (2) Energy Sources and Technologies for a Transition to Sustainability (3) Natural Systems Impacted by Energy Production and Use (4) Social Impact: Policy, Economics, Business, History, Ethics, and Risk Analysis.
Courses Satisfying breadth categories Courses satisfying each of the breadth categories 1) Energy Systems Analysis BEE 4010 Renewable Energy Systems BEE 4870 Sustainable Energy Systems CHE 6660 Analysis of Sustainable Energy Systems MAE 5010 Future Energy Systems 2) Energy Sources and Technologies for a Transition to Sustainability Traditional sources CHE 5204/5206/5207 Turbomachinery; Petrochemicals: From Rocks to Docks; Petroleum Refining (series of three 1-credit hour courses) EAS 4010 Fundamentals of Earth and Minerals Resources ECE 4840 Intro to Controlled Fusion MAE 4580 Intro to Nuclear Science (also ECE 4130 and MAE 4580) MAE 4590 Nuclear Fusion (also NSE 4840) MAE 5430 Combustion Processes TAM 4130 Introduction to Nuclear Science and Engineering (also AEP/CHE/ECE/MAE/NSE 4130)
Courses Satisfying breadth categories 2) Energy Sources and Technologies for a Transition to Sustainability (continued) Renewable sources BEE 4900 Biofuels CEE 6200 Water-Resources Systems Engineering CHEME 4130 Intro to Nuclear Science and Engineering EAS 4370 Geophysical Field Methods EAS 4340 Exploration Geophysics ECE 4510 Electric Power Systems I ECE 4520 Electric Power Systems II MAE 4020 Wind Power MAE 4040 Materials Selection for Clean Mechanical Designs MAE 4140 Mechanics of Lightweight Vehicles MAE 4490 Combustion Engines and Fuel Cells MAE 6560 Nanoscale Energy Transport & Conversion MSE 4330 Materials for Energy Production, Storage & Conversion ORIE 5140 Applied System Engineering ORIE 5142 Systems Analysis Architecture, Behavior and Optimization
Courses Satisfying breadth categories 3) Natural systems impacted by energy production and use BEE 3710 Physical Hydrology for Ecosystems BEE/EAS 4880 Our Changing Atmosphere: Global Change and Atmospheric Chemistry BEE 6740 Ecohydrology BIOEE/EAS 3500 Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems BIOEE/NTRES 4560 Stream Ecology CEE 4320 Hydrology CHE 6610 Air Pollution Control EAS/NTRES 3030 Introduction to Biogeochemistry EAS 4400 Seminar: Climate Science, Impacts, and Mitigation EAS 3050 Climate Dynamics EAS 3530 Physical Oceanography EAS 4570 Atmospheric Air Pollution MAE 6480 Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry (also ECE 6480) NTRES 4201 and 4220 Forest Ecology (Lecture and Lab separately numbered)
Courses Satisfying breadth categories 4) Policy/Economics/Business/History/Ethics/ Risk Analysis AEM 4510 Environmental Economics BSOC 2061 Ethics & the Environment BSOC 3181 Living in an Uncertain World: Science, Technology and Risk CEE 5970 Risk Analysis and Management CHEME 6640 Energy Economics DSOC 3240 Environment & Society ENGRG 2500 Technology in Society ENGRG 3600: Ethics in Engineering Practice MAE 4000 Components and Systems: Engineering in a Social Context (offered alternate years; not offered fall 2010) NTRES 3320 Introduction to Ethics and the Environment ORIE 4150 Economic Analysis of Engineering Systems