Prerequisites

Prospective students must hold a BS degree. For those students without a BS degree in Engineering or Physics, or those who lack adequate preparation, may be required to complete one or more of the following courses, either prior to admission or during completion of the MSESE:

• university-level chemistry;
• university-level, calculus-based physics;
• three semesters of university-level mathematics, including calculus, linear algebra and differential equations;
• thermodynamics.

Required Courses

The following 2 courses (6 credits) are required of all students regardless of BS major. Students who took these courses as part of their BS degree may substitute 2 courses from the Energy Systems Tracks listed below:

• MAE 548 - Engineering Economics and Technology Valuation 3 credit(s)
• MAE 551 - Energy Conversion 3 credit(s)

Additional Courses

• MFE 629 - Modeling and Optimization Techniques

• or

• MAE 630 - Advanced Practical Optimization 3 credit(s) and
• ECS 650 - Managing Sustainability: Purpose, Principles, and Practice 3 credit(s) (a total of 6 credits)

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• MFE 629 - Modeling and Optimization Techniques or
• MAE 630 - Advanced Practical Optimization
    3 credit(s)

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• ECS 650 - Managing Sustainability: Purpose, Principles, and Practice
    3 credit(s) and
• BUA 650 - Managing Sustainability: Purpose, Principles, and Practice 3 credit(s)

Thermal Energy Track

• MAE 553 - HVAC Systems Analysis and Design 3 credit(s)
• MAE 554 - Principles of Refrigeration 3 credit(s)
• MAE 585 - Principles of Turbomachines 3 credit(s)
• CEN 542 - Heat and Mass Transfer Operations 3 credit(s)
• MAE 643 - Fluid Dynamics 3 credit(s)

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• MAE 651 - Advanced Thermodynamics 3 credit(s) or
• CEN 651 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 credit(s)

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• MAE 655 - Advanced Heat Transfer 3 credit(s) or
• CEN 741 - Transport Phenomena I 3 credit(s) or
• MAE 657 - Convective Heat and Mass Transfer 3 credit(s)

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• MAE 658 - Bulding Environmental Modeling and Simulations 3 credit(s)
• MAE 659 - Building Materials and Envelope 3 credit(s)
• MEE 757 - Heat Exchange Systems 3 credit(s)
• MAE 765 - Combustion Phenomena in Engineering 3 credit(s)

Alternative Energy Track

• NUC 510 - Nuclear Reactor Design, Operation and Safety 3 credit(s)
• NUC 520 - Radiochemistry, Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Nonproliferation 3 credit(s)
• CEN 573 - Principles and Design in Air Polution Control 3 credit(s)
• MAE 587 - Design of Solar Energy System 3 credit(s)
• MAE 588 - Principles of Wind Turbines 3 credit(s)
• CEN 600 - Selected Topics 1-3 credit(s) Biofuels
• MAE 600 - Fuel Cell Science & Technology

Electric Energy Track

• ELE 514 - Electric Power Systems 3 credit(s) or
• ELE 530 - Electric Power Generation and Distribution 3 credit(s)

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• ELE 691 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering 1-4 credit(s) (Smart Grid) and
• ELE 691 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
    1-4 credit(s) (Power Electronics)

Program Customization

Select 2 course (6 credits) from any of the ESE Tracks listed above, plus 1 course (3 credits) from Business/Management, Social Sciences (Economics, Public Policy…), or Engineering/Computer Science (ECS) Technical Elective (subject to the 500-level 4-course limit).

Additional Requirements

• MAE 995 - Graduate Seminar 0 credit(s)
• MAE 994 - Capstone Project 0 credit(s) - The student will review technical papers or reports in the literature related to the student’s field of interest. The student will prepare an oral presentation summarizing the technical content of the documents reviewed, and present his/her findings before a faculty committee. A hard copy of the presentation, signed by the student advisor, must be submitted to the MAE Graduate Office before the oral presentation.

Fall, Year-1:

• MAE 548 - Engineering Economics and Technology Valuation 3 credit(s)

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• MAE 551 - Energy Conversion 3 credit(s)

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• MAE 600 or
• One Energy Systems Track Elective 9 credit(s)

Spring, Year-1:

ECS 650 , plus two Energy Systems Track Electives. Student may take MAE 630  rather than MAE 629, instead of one of the two Track Electives [9 credits]

Summer, Year-1 (Optional):

A student may take a Management/Business course, Social Sciences course, or an ECS Technical Elective, if offered in the summer (possible 3 credits).

Year-2:

Remaining Electives and 0-credit Capstone Project on an energy-focused topic.