Environmental engineers help determine the most sustainable energy options using systems and life cycle analysis. This allows a comparison of energy use and environmental impacts over the entire life cycle of the system, such as from extraction of oil through refining, transport, and end use to determine which energy sources are the most compatible with the environment and are sustainable for the planet.
Environmental engineers can turn traditional "waste" products into energy. For example, anaerobic digesters can be used to produce methane or hydrogen from municipal wastewater or landfills, various organics-laden industrial wastewaters, and animal manure. Environmental engineers design waste-to-energy incinerators to extract the energy content from municipal solid waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill.
Environmental Engineering Technical Electives (upper-division)
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ select at least Two courses from this list (or a second from list A, no double counting). Faculty can petition to add additional courses.
Undergraduate Energy Engineering Minor
You may consider theÌý:ÌýTheÌýCU Energy Engineering Minor aims to prepare students with the background and tools to be leaders in energy technology, policy and research.Ìý The minor requirements consist of a selection of technical energy courses, an energy policy course and an interdisciplinary projects course focused on the design and analysis of energy technologies from a technical, economic and policy perspective.
Companies that Work on Projects Related to Energy:
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