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Energy Engineering Education and Research Initiatives. Engineering Advisory Council October 14, 2005. 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
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Energy Engineering Education and Research Initiatives Engineering Advisory Council October 14, 2005
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
Renewable and Alternative Energy Resources Energy Engineering Petroleum Engineering Fossil Fuels Production & Generation Distribution & Transmission Consumption Energy System Diagram Geothermal & Hydroelectric Solar & Wind Biomass Nuclear Smart Buildings Zero Emission Power Plant Coal Smart Grid Zero Emission Refining Depot / Fuel Stations Oil ICE/Elec/H2 Hybrid Vehicles Distributed H2 Generation Natural Gas Natural Gas Conversion
Education Initiatives • ENGR 101 • Energy Engineering Certificate
ENGR 101 Energy: Resources, Utilization, and Importance to Society • Honors course for 2006 • Regular course starting in 2007 • Applying for Natural Science core curriculum designation • Sustainable development component
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
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
Energy Engineering Certificate ENGR 101 plus 3 senior elective courses: 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
Research Initiatives • Crisman Institute - Center for Energy, Environment, and Transportation Innovation CEETI • Institute for Engineered Sustainable Development IESD
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.
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
Local Transportation Energy Perspective TIME Magazine, Oct. 3, 2005
Institute for Engineered Sustainable Development Reuse/ Reuse/ Recycle Recycle • Center for Sustainable Energy • Center for Sustainable Materials and Products • Center for Process Sustainability Products/ Products/ Processes Processes Materials/Energy Materials/Energy Waste Waste PLANET PLANET EARTH EARTH Resources Resources
Way Forward ENGR 101 Honors Spring, Fall 2006 ENGR 101 Fall 2007 Energy Eng. Certificate Fall 2006 Assess student and industry interest Energy Eng. Graduate Degree Programs (2-3 yrs) Energy Eng. Minor (~ 5 yrs) Energy Eng. Degree (~ 10 yrs)