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Jun 16, 2024
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ME 4350 - Energy Engineering and Management
Application of the Law of Conservation of Matter, Law of Conservation of Energy, and considerations of efficiency, economic impact and environmental impact to the analysis of the relative merits of conventional and alternative energy sources for industrial, residential, and transportation use.
Requisites: CHEM 1510 and ET 3200
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to apply conservation laws, efficiency considerations, and economic and environmental impacts to analyze the relative merits of conventional and alternative energy sources for industrial, residential, and transportation use.
- Students will be able to compare and contrast the availability, efficiency, cost, and environmental impact of specific conventional and alternative energy sources used in industrial, residential, and transportation contexts.
- Students will be able to identify outstanding scientific or technical issues that must be resolved in order to make specific conventional or alternative energy sources more attractive options for the future.
- Students will be able to select an appropriate energy source or combination of energy sources for a specific industrial, residential, or transportation application, and to justify that selection.
- Students will be able to describe some current U.S. and global political and legal issues related to energy usage.
- Students will be able to describe the chemical reactions and mechanical systems involved when specific conventional and alternative energy sources are developed and used in industrial, residential, and transportation contexts.
- Students will be able to quantitatively describe current and projected global energy usage and availability.
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