Sustainable Energy Engineering

Master of Engineering
The objective of the Sustainable Energy Engineering Master of Engineering program is to equip students for careers designing and implementing sustainable energy technologies or pursuing advanced studies in technologies that will provide sustainable sources of energy in the future. This preparation will be customized to meet specific areas of interest to the student with an emphasis on sustainable energy engineering design. Goal 1: Graduates will have mastered selected topics in Sustainable Energy Engineering and related areas to achieve their specific goals and objectives. Goal 2: Graduates will be proficient at engineering design, with the ability to solve complex sustainable energy engineering problems. Goal 3: Graduates will be well prepared for a career in industry or government in sustainable energy engineering.

Admission Requirements
The applicant must meet the Graduate Schools current minimum general admission requirements as published in the Graduate Catalog. 1. B.S. degree in chemical, mechanical, environmental engineering or related field. Students holding a B.S. degree in a science or an unrelated engineering field may be admitted to Qualified Status with an obligation to acquire a background in chemical or mechanical engineering. The exact requirements will be determined on a case-by-case basis. 2. An overall undergraduate GPA of at least 2.50, or 3.00 for the last two years. 3. Graduate Record Examination General Test for those with undergraduate degrees from non-ABET accredited programs. 4. Satisfy the Graduate Schools English Language Proficiency requirements as published in the Graduate Catalog.

Degree Requirements

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A minimum of 30 semester credits, including the credits granted for the design project. At least one-half of the credits must be at or above the 500-level. A maximum of nine semester credits may be transferred from another institution. Please refer to the academic catalog for required courses A written report documenting work on a successfully completed sustainable energy engineering design project. 6. Passing of a comprehensive final examination.

Last Updated 9/4/2012

Faculty and Areas of Expertise

Forrest Ames P.E., External Gas Path Heat Transfer, Film Cooling, and Aerodynamics, Influence of Flow Field Turbulence, Turbulence Modeling, Gas Turbine Component Cooling Steve Benson Efficient and clean utilization of renewable and fossil fuels in gasification and combustion systems, ash formation and fireside ash deposition, carbon products, carbon dioxide separation and capture. Frank Bowman Atmospheric aerosols, organic, aerosol partitioning, mathematical modeling of multicomponent aerosols, air quality modeling, educational technology, assessment of student learning, educational air pollution models. Matthew Cavalli Solid Mechanics, Materials, Manufacturing Will Gosnold Continental heat flow, borehole paleoclimatology, geothermal energy, heat advection in fluids, tectonics. Nanak Grewal, Ph.D., Heat Transfer in Fluidizied Beds Yun Ji Renewable and sustainable energy, chemicals, and fuels; biomass pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, integrated energy and environmental projects, process simulation, forestry biorefinery, pulp and paper technology. Edward Kolodka Polymer reaction engineering, synthesis, rheological and mechanical properties of polymers, development of polymers from agricultural products, synthesis and characterization of conducting polymers. Gautham Krishnamoorthy Computational fluid dynamics, simulations of combustion reacting flows, carbon capture technologies, radiative heat transfer. Michael Mann Chair of Chemical Engineering. Research interests: Advanced energy systems firing coal and biomass, emission control, renewable and sustainable energy systems, coupling thermodynamics with political, social, and economic factors. Jaakko Putkonen Analysis of current and Quaternary landscape evolution through computer modeling and cosmogenic isotope analysis of field samples. Studies of the periglacial processes and the effects of climate change on Arctic and Antarctic environment. Hossein Salehfar Renewable energy systems and components for wind, solar, geothermal, fuel cells; grid integration issues and controls. Wayne Seames Mitigating the impact of heavy inorganic elements upon the environment, combustion technology, alternative fuels development, biochemical unit operations, and environmental impacts from wood and concrete contamination, enhancing the productivity of agricultural processing plants. Brian Tande Polymer science and engineering with applications in sustainable energy, rheology of complex fluids, block copolymer morphology, neutron scattering, effect of polymer branching on membrane transport, polymers and composites from renewable sources Bob Wills Non-thermal drying of solids by chemical dehydration, vegetative oil extraction, product enhancement and process efficiencies in the fermentation industry. Marcellin Zahui Control Systems, Acoustic, Active Noise and Vibration Control Zheng-Wen Zeng CO2 sequestration, CO2 enhanced oil recovery, underground coal gasification, hydraulic fracturing for enhanced geothermal energy recovery

Contact Information
Dr. Gautham Krishnamoorthy, Graduate Director Department of Chemical Engineering University of North Dakota 241 Centennial Drive Stop 7101 Grand Forks, ND 58202-7101 Email: gautham.krishnamoorthy@engr.und.edu Phone: 701-777-6699 Fax: 701-777-3773

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Last Updated 9/4/2012