Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis (ENGG) 555
(previously ENCH 519.06)
Description:
The course will analyze the technologies that energize industrial civilization by adopting a systems view of energy extraction, transformation and use, and of the interaction of energy technologies with the environment. Topic include energetics of natural systems and agriculture; formation, extraction, and transformations of fossil fuels; nuclear power; modern renewables such as biomass, solar and wind; electricity generation, transmission and economics. Energy systems operate within environmental constraints, most importantly the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to slow climate change. We will analyze the technical options for reducing CO2 emissions.
Detailed course outline is here.
Energy and Environmental Systems (EESS) 601
Introduction to Energy and Environmental Systems
Description:
The course provides a structured overview to the interactions of energy systems and the environment. The lectures are taught collaboratively by EES faculty. The course aims to foster a unified, scientific understanding of energy flows and transformations in industrial society and the natural world; a scientific overview of some of the most important links between energy and environmental systems; and an introduction to the business, legal and regulatory systems that shape the interactions between energy and environment.
Energy and Environmental Systems (EESS) 603
Project Course
Description:
Projects are applied interdisciplinary problem-solving courses in which students work as leaders or as members of project teams. Most course time is devoted to project management and presentations from students. The project course gives students experience working on weakly-structured, real-world problems that require teamwork and contributions from diverse disciplines. They are co-managed by students and faculty advisors and should be responsive to an external "client" or expert panel. Problem areas are abstracted from local, provincial and national situations and involve the interaction of energy systems, the environment and public policy. Oral and written presentations concerning the results of project studies are required.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the EES specialization.
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