Energy Economics and Engineering
The focus path in Energy Economics and Engineering brings together faculty and students from various personal and academic backgrounds to focus on potential careers in energy-related technology, management, and public policy. Course work explores current and evolving energy systems.
The focus path in Energy Economics and Engineering brings together faculty and students from various personal and academic backgrounds to focus on potential careers in energy-related technology, management, and public policy. This example curriculum satisfies the chemical engineering M.Eng. requirements and the focus path requirements.
Fall Course | Course Name | Credit | Spring Course | Course Name | Credit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHEME 6660 | Analysis of Sustainable Systems | 3 | CHEME 6650 | Energy Engineering | 3 |
CHEME 6640 | Energy Economics | 3 | CHEME 6642 | Energy Policy | 1 |
Required Elective3 | 3 | Required Elective 3 | 3 | ||
CHEME 6641 | Energy Value Chain | 1 | Required Elective 3 | 3 | |
CHEME 666_ | Single Credit Modules in conjunction with 66604 | 2 | Free Elective6 | 2-3 | |
Business Elective5 | 3 | Business Elective (can also be taken in the spring semester) | |||
CHEME 5650 | Energy-related M.Eng. Project | 1-9 Credits
(Variable) | |||
15 | 15 |
1. Minimum total credits to be 30
2. At least 12 of these credits, not including credits earned for the M. Eng. project (more than three credits), must be earned in chemical engineering courses.
3. Required Electives: (Economic and Societal Impact, Environmental Impact, Energy Technology). A minimum of 3 credits in each of the three broad categories outlined below. Required electives: 666_ one credit modules taught in Spring/Fall and not taken as part of the 2 credits below can also be considered as Energy Technology Electives.
4. Two modules (each of 1 credit) to be taken in conjunction with CHEME 6660. Select from the following:
- CHEME 6661 Bioenergy and Biofuels (spring)
- CHEME 6662 Solar Energy (spring)
- CHEME 6663 Geothermal Energy (fall)
- CHEME 6664 Wind Energy (Hydrokinetic and Aerodynamic) (fall)
- CHEME 6666 Unconventional Fossil Resources from Shale Gas Formations (spring)
- CHEME 6667 Transportation Energy Systems (spring)
- CHEME 6671 Nuclear Energy Module (spring)
- CHEME 6672 Electrical Power System Module (fall)
- CHEME 667X Energy Storage (spring)
- CHEME 6678 Water- Energy Nexus (fall)
5. Business Elective can be taken in either semester. Only one business elective of 3 credits is required. Recommended business electives:
- CHEME 5720 Managing New Business Development (fall) 3 credits
- CEE 5900 Project Management (spring) 3 credits
- Any other course with the approval of the M.Eng. Director
6. Free elective(s) will be a requirement if the 30 credit criteria is not met. It can be from any of the three sections (Economic and Societal Impact, Environmental and Energy Technology) or any other relevant area with the consent of the M.Eng. Director.
7. Suggested Electives
Economic and Societal Impact Electives:
AEM 4150 Price Analysis (fall) 3 credits
AEM 4450 Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries (fall) 3 credits
AEM 4500 Resource Economics (fall) 3 credits
AEM 6080 Production Economics (fall) 3 credits
AEM 6510 Environmental and Resource Economics (spring) 4 credits
AEM 6580 Economics and Psychology of Sustainable Business (fall) 3 credits
AEM 7500 Resource Economics (fall) 3 credits
CEE 4920 Engineers for a Sustainable World (fall) 3 credits
- CRP 5040 Urban Economics (spring) 3 credits
- NBA 5245 Introduction to Macroeconomics (fall/spring) 3 credits
NBA 6030 Strategies for Sustainability (spring) 1.5 credits
PAM 3240 Risk Management and Policy (fall) 3 credits
- PAM 5040 Public Finance: Economics of the Public Sector (spring) 4 credits
- PAM 5470 Microeconomics for Management and Policy (spring) 4 credits
- PAM 3130 Behavioral Economics and Public Policy (spring) 3 credits
PAM 3400 The Economics of Consumer Policy (spring) 4 credits
- CHEME 6673 Tools for Analyzing Energy and Society (spring, alternate years) 1 credit
Environmental Impact Courses:
CHEME 6610 Air Pollution Control (spring) 3 credits
BEE 4870 Sustainable Bioenergy Systems (fall) 3 credits
EAS 4570 Atmospheric Air Pollution (fall) 3 credits
CEE 6200 Water Resources Systems Engineering (spring) 3 credits
BSOC 2061 Ethics and the Environment (fall) 4 credits
MAE 5010 Future Energy Systems (spring) 3 credits
AEM 4510 Future Energy Systems (spring) 3 credits
AEM 4390 Technology Strategy (spring) 2 credits
- BEE 4750 Environmental System Analysis (fall) 3 credits
- NBA 6030 Strategies For Sustainability (winter) 1.5 credits
Energy Technology Electives:
BEE 6880 Applied Modeling and Simulation for Renewable Energy Systems (spring) 3 credits
- BEE 4010 Renewable Energy Systems (spring) 3 credits
EAS 4010 Fundamentals of Energy and Mineral Resources (fall) 3 credits
EAS 4340 Exploration Geophysics (fall) 3 credits
ECE 4510 Electric Power Systems I (fall) 4 credits
ECE 4520 Operation and Optimization of the Power Grid (spring) 4 credits
MAE 5010 Future Energy Systems (spring) 3 credits
- MAE 4020 Wind Power (fall) 3 credits
- MAE 4590 Introduction to Controlled Fusion: Principles and Technology (spring) 3 credits
MAE 5430 Combustion Processes (fall) 3 credits
MAE 6560 Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion (spring) 4 credits
MSE 5330 Materials for Energy Production, Storage, and Conversion (fall) 3 credits
CEE 4630 Future Transportation Technologies & Systems (fall) 3 credits
CHEME 4130 Introduction to Nuclear Science and Engineering (fall) 3 credits
CHEME 5207 Hydrocarbon Resources (spring) 2 credits
CHEME 5870/5880 Energy Seminar II (fall/spring) Only 1 credit will count
CHEME 6675 Energy Life Cycle Assessment Module (spring) 1credit. One quarter term.
- CHEME 6800 Computational Optimization (fall) 4 credits
Students are required to re-check course offerings in Cornell Courses of Study at the beginning of each semester.
Students who wish to fulfill an elective by taking a course that is not listed above should send the course title and description to the for approval M.Eng. Director before taking the course.
Related courses include:
- ChemE 664 Energy Economics (fall)
- ChemE 6641 Energy Value Chain (fall)
- ChemE 6642 Energy Policy (spring
- ChemE 665 Energy Engineering (spring)
- CHEME 6661 Bioenergy and Biofuels (spring)
- CHEME 6662 Solar Energy (spring)
- CHEME 6663 Geothermal Energy (fall)
- CHEME 6664 Wind Energy (Hydrokinetic and Aerodynamic) (fall)
- CHEME 6666 Unconventional Fossil Resources from Shale Gas Formations (spring)
- CHEME 6667 Transportation Energy Systems (spring)
- CHEME 6671 Nuclear Energy Module (spring)
- CHEME 6672 Electrical Power System Module (fall)
- CHEME 6678 Water- Energy Nexus (fall)
- Energy Modules