Doctor of Philosophy with Specialization in Energy/Environment/Economics (E3)
Curriculum
Students interested in the Ph.D. program are required to take at least 72 credit hours beyond the B.S. degree requirements, including CHE 543, and at least five E3 courses (four from both groups A and B; see course listings below) upon the recommendation of their thesis adviser. Registration for approximately 24 credit hours of Ph.D. thesis research in E3 areas of study is also required. Candidates must pass written qualifying and comprehensive examinations and must defend their thesis in an oral examination. The Ph.D. committee for E3 students must include at least one E3 professor from outside the student’s department.
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering with E3 Specialization Curriculum
| Minimum Credits Required | 72 |
| Minimum 500-level+ ECE Course Credits | 15 |
| Maximum Transfer Credit | 32 |
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| E3 Courses | (18) | |
| CHE 543 | Energy, Environment, and Economics | 3 |
| Select a minimum of five courses from Groups A and B | 15 | |
| Ph.D. Research | (24-36) | |
| ECE 691 | Research and Thesis for Ph.D. 1 | 24-36 |
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Dissertation research topic must be in an interdisciplinary E3 area.
Candidates must pass written qualifying and comprehensive examinations and must defend their thesis in an oral examination. The Ph.D. committee for E3 students must include at least one professor with specialization in an energy and sustainability area from outside the student’s department.
E3 Courses
See descriptions under the respective department’s course listings.
Group A
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CHE 536 | Computational Techniques in Engineering | 3 |
| CHE 541 | Renewable Energy Technologies | 3 |
| CHE 542 | Fluidization and Gas-Solids Flow Systems | 3 |
| CHE 565 | Fundamentals of Electrochemistry | 3 |
| ECE 550 | Power Electronic Dynamics and Control | 3 |
| ECE 551 | Advanced Power Electronics | 3 |
| ECE 552 | Adjustable Speed Drives | 3 |
| ECE 553 | Power System Planning | 3 |
| ECE 554 | Power System Relaying | 3 |
| ECE 555 | Power Market Operations | 3 |
| ECE 557 | Fault-Tolerant Power Systems | 3 |
| ECE 558 | Power System Reliability | 3 |
| ECE 559 | High Voltage Power Transmission | 3 |
| ECE 560 | Power Systems Dynamics and Stability | 3 |
| ECE 561 | Deregulated Power Systems | 3 |
| ECE 562 | Power System Transaction Management | 3 |
| ECE 563 | Artificial Intelligence in Smart Grid | 3 |
| ECE 564 | Control and Operation of Electric Power Systems | 3 |
| MMAE 517 | Computational Fluid Dynamics | 3 |
| MMAE 520 | Advanced Thermodynamics | 3 |
| MMAE 522 | Nuclear, Fossil-Fuel, and Sustainable Energy Systems | 3 |
| MMAE 523 | Fundamentals of Power Generation | 3 |
| MMAE 524 | Fundamentals of Combustion | 3 |
| MMAE 525 | Fundamentals of Heat Transfer | 3 |
| MMAE 526 | Conduction and Diffusion | 3 |
| MMAE 527 | Heat Transfer: Convection and Radiation | 3 |
Group B
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CHE 541 | Renewable Energy Technologies | 3 |
| CHE 560 | Statistical Quality and Process Control | 3 |
| ENVE 501 | Environmental Chemistry | 3 |
| ENVE 506 | Chemodynamics | 3 |
| ENVE 542 | Physicochemical Processes in Environmental Engineering | 3 |
| ENVE 551 | Industrial Waste Treatment | 3 |
| ENVE 561 | Design of Environmental Engineering Processes | 3 |
| ENVE 570 | Air Pollution Meteorology | 3 |
| ENVE 577 | Design of Air Pollution Control Devices | 3 |
| ENVE 578 | Physical and Chemical Processes for Industrial Gas Cleaning | 3 |
| ENVE 580 | Hazardous Waste Engineering | 3 |
