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Energy Engineering Education and Research Initiatives
Engineering Advisory CouncilOctober 14, 2005
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What does the future hold?
• By 2050 oil and gas well drilling and production will be less important
• Current oil and gas companies will be energy companies
• A new discipline—Energy Engineering—will be needed
• Current Petroleum Engineering departments will eventually change
Steve Holditch July 2004
Energy System Diagram
Natural Gas
Natural Gas Conversion
Distributed H2 Generation
Biomass
CoalZero Emission
Power Plant Smart GridSmart
Buildings
Solar &Wind
OilZero
EmissionRefining
Depot /Fuel Stations ICE/Elec/H2
Hybrid Vehicles
Geothermal & Hydroelectric
Production & Generation
Distribution & Transmission ConsumptionFossil
Fuels
Renewable and Alternative Energy Resources
Nuclear
Petroleum Engineering
Energy Engineering
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Education Initiatives
• ENGR 101• Energy Engineering Certificate
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ENGR 101
• Honors course for 2006• Regular course starting in 2007• Applying for Natural Science core
curriculum designation• Sustainable development
component
Energy: Resources, Utilization, and Importance to Society
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ENGR 101 Lecture Topics• Energy
– Link with wealth, size of energy industry, dominance of hydrocarbons
– Energy Conversions, energy for heating, energy storage
– Engines and Energy for Transportation• Electricity
– Power generation, transmission, conserving electricity
• Oil – Resource: History, geology, exploration, production– Conversion: Refining, products, policies/politics of
oil– 20th Century Fuel: transportation, environmental,
conservation/economics• Natural Gas
– 21st Century Fuel: Resources, supply, distribution, utilization, products
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ENGR 101 Lecture Topics• Coal
– Resource: History, geology/geography, mining, utilization
– Conversion: Liquifaction/gasification, shale oil/gas, tar sands, environment
• Energy and Environment– hydrocarbon dominance, global warming, scarcity
• Nuclear – History (present and future roles), utilization,
policy/politics• Hydroelectric and Geothermal
– Water and environment• Alternative Energy Resources
– Biomass: Agriculture sources, utilization, waste sources
– Wind/Solar/Hydrogen: Resource, utilization, emerging/future tech’s
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Energy Engineering Certificate
Energy Conservation in Residential Architecture ARCH 421 Process Safety Engineering CHEN 455 Power System Fault Analysis and Protection ELEN 459 Power System Operation and Control ELEN 460 Internal Combustion Engines MEEN 410 Principles of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning MEEN 436 Principles of Building Energy Analysis MEEN 437 Energy and the Environment NUEN 483 Special Topics in Nuclear Engineering NUEN 489 Petroleum Project Evaluation PETE 403
ENGR 101 plus 3 senior elective courses:
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Research Initiatives
• Crisman Institute - Center for Energy, Environment, and Transportation Innovation CEETI
• Institute for Engineered Sustainable Development IESD
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CEETI Mission
To ensure open collaboration in the development of a 21st century transportation system that improves energy security, safety, emissions, personal mobility, and productivity.
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CEETI Vision
To become the recognized center-of-gravity for the electrified transportation architecture; an innovative research and development center dedicated to accelerating the use of electrified transportation in the United States and around the globe.
Ruf International
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Local Transportation Energy Perspective
TIME Magazine, Oct. 3, 2005
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www.ceeti.org
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Institute for Engineered Sustainable Development
– Center for Sustainable Energy– Center for Sustainable Materials and
Products – Center for Process Sustainability
PLANETEARTH
Resources
Materials/Energy
Products/Processes
Reuse/Recycle
Waste
PLANETEARTH
Resources
Materials/Energy
Products/Processes
Reuse/Recycle
Waste
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Way Forward
ENGR 101 Honors Spring, Fall 2006ENGR 101 Fall 2007Energy Eng. Certificate Fall 2006
Assess student and industry interestEnergy Eng. Graduate Degree Programs (2-3 yrs)Energy Eng. Minor (~ 5 yrs)Energy Eng. Degree (~ 10 yrs)
