Recommended Academic Plan for B.S. in Energy Engineering (effective spring 2014) Bachelor of Science in Energy Engineering Program 1 Semester 2nd Semester CHEM 110 (GN) Chemical Principles CHEM 112 (GN) Chemical Principles CHEM 111 (GN) Experimental Chemistry 1 MATH 141 (GQ) Calculus With Analytic Geometry II 4 MATH 140 (GQ) Calculus With Analytic 4 PHYS 211 (GN) General Physics: Mechanics 4 Geometry I ECON 102/014 or EBF 200 (GS) ENGL 015 (GWS) Rhetoric and Economics (GA/GH/GS Elective 1) Composition or ENGL 00 (GWS) EM SC 100S (GWS) Freshman Seminar * GA/GH/GS Elective 2 Health and Physical Activity (GHA) 1.5 rd Semester 15.5 17 4th Semester CHEM 202 Organic Chemistry EE 211 Electrical Circuits and Power Distribution* MATH 251 Ordinary and Partial 4 MATH 21 Calculus of Several 2 Differential Equations Variables PHYS 212 (GN) General Physics: 4 CMPSC 201 or 201C or CMPSC 201F Electricity And Magnetism GA/GH/GS Elective PHIL 10 (GH) Ethics (GA/GH/GS Elective 5) GA/GH/GS Elective 4 GA/GH/GS Elective 6 Health and Physical Activity (GHA) 1.5 17 15.5 5th Semester 6th Semester EGEE 012 Energy Engineering Lectures 1 EGEE 04 Heat and Mass Transfer MATSE 201 Intro. to Material Science EGEE 40 Intro. to Combustion EME 01 Thermodynamics FSC 41 Chemistry of Fuels- coal, EME 0 Fluid Mechanics of Energy Systems petroleum, gas, biomass EGEE 02 Principles of Energy Engineering EGEE 47 Design of Solar Energy Conversion Systems ENGL 202C (GWS) Technical Writing EGEE 48 Sustainable Energy Options 16 15 7th Semester 8th Semester EME 460 Geo-resource Evaluation and EGEE 494A Research Projects/ EGEE 295/95/495 2 Investment Analysis / IE 02 Engineering Economy Industrial Internship FSC 42 Petroleum and Natural Gas Processing Technical Elective 1 EGEE 441 Electrochemical Energy Conversion EGEE 464W Energy Design Project EGEE 451 Energy Conversion Processes EGEE Elective Professional Elective 1 Technical Elective 2 EGEE 411 Energy Science and Engineering Laboratory Credits for Graduation 11 Professional Elective 2 18 17
* For Students at Campus Colleges Students at campuses where EM SC 100S (GWS) and EE 211 are not offered should take CAS 100 (GWS) in place of EM SC 100S and an appropriate or equivalent electrical circuits course in place of EE 211. The curriculum has been designed to enable students who start at campus locations other than University Park to transfer to University Park and seamlessly transition into the program in their fifth semester. ELECTIVES Students may select their EGEE, professional, and technical electives from the lists below. The technical electives are energy-related courses outside the major that are offered by various colleges across Penn State. Substitutions must be made by petition. The electives marked with an asterisk have prerequisites that only students pursuing concurrent degrees may be able to satisfy. EGEE ELECTIVES EGEE 412 Green engineering and environmental compliance EGEE 420 Hydrogen and fuel cells EGEE 46 Modern thermodynamics for energy systems EGEE 455 Materials for energy applications EGEE 470 Air pollution from combustion sources ENVSE 427 Pollution Control in the Process Industries PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVES ACCTG 211 Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (4) EBF 01 Global Finance for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries () EBF 04W Global Management for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries EBF 401 Strategic Corporate Finance for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries () EBF 47 Risk Management in Energy Industries ()* EBF 484 Energy Economics ENGR 10 Entrepreneurial Leadership ENGR 12 Sustainable Energy Entrepreneurship ENGR 407 Technology-Based Entrepreneurship ENGR 408 (US) Leadership Principles (2) ENGR 409 (US) Leadership in Organization ENGR 425 New Venture Creation ENTR 00 Principles of Entrepreneurship* ERM 411 Legal aspects of resource management* B LAW 24 Legal Environment of Business B LAW 40 Business Law BA 250 Small Business Management I B 0 International Business Operations MGMT 01 Basic Management Concepts MGMT 426 Invention Commercialization MGMT 427 Managing an Entrepreneurial Start-up Company
TECHNICAL ELECTIVES BE 497B Biomass energy systems AE 456 Solar energy building system design AE 498D Photovoltaic systems design and construction CE 70 Introduction to environmental engineering CE 71 Water and wastewater treatment* CE 475 Water quality chemistry* CE 476 Solid and hazardous wastes* CH E 20 Phase & chemical equilibria CH E 410 Mass transfer operations* CH E 40 Chemical reaction engineering* CH E 48 Bioprocess engineering* CH E 446 Transport phenomena* EE 87 Energy conversion* ENGR 294H Resource Sustainability: Biodiesel Production and Use () ENVSE 406 Sampling and Monitoring of the Geo-Environment* ESC 1 Introduction to Principles, Fabrication Methods, and Applications of Nanotechnology E SC 417 (MATSE 417) Electrical and Magnetic Properties E SC 481 Elements of Nano/Micro-electromechanical Systems Processing and Design E SC 482 Micro-Optoelectromechanical Systems (MOEMS) and Nanophotonics E SC 48 (MATSE 48) Simulation and Design of Nanostructures E SC 414M Elements of Material Engineering GEOG 40 (currently 406): Human use of environment* ENVSE 400 Safety Engineering ()* ENVSE 40 Industrial health and safety program management () ENVSE 445 Industrial hygiene and toxicology () MatSE 259 Properties and processing of engineering materials* MatSE 412 Thermal properties of materials* Meteo 47 Application of computers to meteorology Meteo 474 Computer methods of meteorological analysis and forecasting* ME 402 Power Plants* ME 40 Polymer Electrolyte fuel cell engines* ME 404 Gas turbines* ME 408 Energy systems* ME 410 Heat Transfer ME 401 Refrigeration and air conditioning ME 411 Heat exchanger design ME 41 Internal combustion engines MNG 401 Mining operations MNG 410 Underground coal extraction* MNG 441 Surface mining systems and design* MN PR 01 Elements of mineral processing NucE 01 Fundamentals of reactor physics* NucE 10W Issues in nuclear engineering NucE 401 Introduction to nuclear engineering
NucE 405 Nuclear and radio-chemistry* NucE 420 Radiological safety* NucE 428 Radioactive waste control* PNG 405 Rock and fluid properties PNG 411 Introduction to Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction (1) PNG 410 Applied Reservoir Engineering ()* PNG 480 Production process engineering Agricultural and biological, chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical, mining, nuclear and petroleum engineering, materials science and engineering, industrial health and safety, and energy business and finance students will be able to substitute by petition some of their courses for some of the minor and dual or concurrent degree requirements. Students in chemical, mechanical, and nuclear engineering in particular may make the following substitution of courses: EGEE Course Substitute/equivalent course EMSC 100S () CAS 100 () EGEE 012 (1) CH E 00 (1) EME 01 () CH E 220 () or ME00 () EME 0 () CH E 0 () or ME 20 () EGEE 02 () CH E 210 () EGEE 04 () CH E 50 () or ME 410 () EGEE 420 () ME 40 () EGEE 40 () ME 40 () EGEE 464 () CH E 470 ()# EGEE 470 () ME 4 () # the capstone design project needs to be energy related and must be approved by the ENENG program chair prior to taking the course. Energy Engineering Majors are not allowed to take equivalent courses from other department without the permission of the ENENG program chair. The program goal is to ensure a broad-based energy engineering education for Penn State students with special interest in energy. For example, in the required capstone design course EGEE 464W, the program intends to participate and work with the Learning Factory program in the College of Engineering to provide students an opportunity to work on industrial energyrelated problems in teams composed of students from multiple energy-related disciplines. The proposed energy engineering program is consistent and in line with the recent Penn State University Energy Task Force report and recommendations. In particular, it fulfills the recommendation to develop an exciting new undergraduate curriculum in energy.
Select courses (9 credits) from the following Courses for Energy Engineering Minor EME 01 Thermodynamics in energy and mineral engineering EME 0 Fluid mechanics in energy and mineral engineering EGEE 02 Principles of energy engineering EGEE 04 Heat and mass transfer EGEE 411 Energy Science and Engineering Laboratory or EGEE 494A Research projects EGEE 40 Introduction to combustion or ME 416 Introduction to combustion EGEE 420 Hydrogen and fuel cells or ME 408 Fuel cell engines Select courses (9 credits) from the following FSC 41 Chemistry of fuels FSC 42 Petroleum and natural gas processing EGEE 4 Physical processes in energy engineering EGEE 47 Design of solar energy conversion systems EGEE 48 Sustainable energy options EGEE 441 Electrochemical energy conversion EGEE 451 Energy conversion processes EGEE 464W Energy design project or CH E 470 or ME 442W (2) and ME 44W (1) EGEE 470 Air pollution from combustion sources or ME 470 Fundamentals of air pollution The approved course substitutions should make it attractive for students in chemical, mechanical, and nuclear engineering, in particular, to be able to readily work towards a minor, option, or dual or concurrent degree in energy engineering. The prerequisites for the above courses or their substitutes would have been met for most engineering students within their major. Students in disciplines such as agricultural and biological, civil, electrical, environmental, mining, and petroleum engineering; materials science and engineering; and energy business and finance (EBF) should seek advice from the Energy Engineering program chair on the substitutions and technical elective choices for minors, options or dual degrees.