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 The application of the principles by which engineers have a positive impact on sustainability is known as sustainable engineering or, more colloquially, green engineering. The latter terminology resonates with resurging interest in the environmental impact of human activity and the associated “green” approaches in mitigating them. While elements of sustainable engineering permeate the broad-based Stevens undergraduate engineering programs, the scope is somewhat limited. We encourage any student, who wishes to explore sustainable approaches to engineering in some depth, to pursue a minor program.
Green Engineering Minor Objectives
Provide a holistic, systems perspective to the impact of human activity on the environment, including the role of engineering. Educate students in the concepts of sustainable development and industrial ecology. Provide insight into sustainability tools and metrics such as life cycle analysis and ecological footprint. Show how engineering decisions, particular with regard to design, can support sustainability goals. Develop awareness of the ethical, economic, social and political dimensions that influence sustainability. Green Engineering Minor Content
The Green Engineering Minor consists of six courses, three of which are required as core. These core courses comprise a two-course technical foundation (Sustainable Engineering and Sustainable Energy) plus one contextual course (Environmental Policy: Economic & Philosophical Issues). This is followed by two technical electives which can also provide a sustainable engineering focus area. An elective contextual course completes the Minor. It should be noted that some of the courses taken towards the minor might also be applicable to meet Humanities/Social Science as well as General Education course requirements where appropriate. Engineering Minor General Requirements
- A minimum of two courses are required beyond those needed to meet the requirements of the student’s BE degree (including general electives)
- A minimum course grade of C in a minor course is required for it to count
- A minimum GPA of 2.5 is required to commence the minor program
Must be an undergraduate engineering junior. Green Engineering Minor Study Plan
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| Green Engineering Minor - Core |
- EN 530 Sustainable Engineering (was EN301) (Fall)
- E580 Sustainable Energy (was E380) (Spring)
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HPL 480 Environmental Policy: Philosophical and Economic Issues
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Environmental Policy: Philosophical and Economic Issues |
This course introduces students to environmental policy and ethics, with special attention to the importance of economic considerations. Specific issues to be covered may include: the equity-efficiency contrast, different decision-making structures, the role of narratives in policy-making, externalities, public goods, property rights, market-failure, benefit-cost analysis, justice, the choice of categories in quantifying policy problems, the relationship of formal and informal rules, propaganda versus information, and the normative idea of rights. This course is an introduction to the interplay of politics, economics, and ethics as they enter into policy-making in the environmental arena. |
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E580 requires a core thermodynamics course (E234, ChE234 or ME234) or equivalent as a pre-requisite. | Green Engineering Minor - Technical Electives |
Two technical electives are required from the following (as available). The technical electives can create a focus area. A Minor technical elective might also be applied to the major degree program if it meets the program's requirements.
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Civil & Structures
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CE 304 Water Resources Engineering
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Water Resources Engineering |
Principles of engineering hydrology, the hydrologic cycle, rainfall-runoff relationships, hydrographs, hydrologic and hydraulic routing; groundwater resources; planning and management of water resources; probabilistic methods in water resources, reservoir design, water distribution systems. |
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CM 560 Sustainable Design
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Sustainable Design |
A study of sustainable design principles and techniques. The course is designed to make the construction manager familiar with the procedures used by designers to achieve sustainable projects. Students will study the role of government mandates for sustainable design, the selection of materials and systems that meet sustainable requirements, the ecolabeling of buildings, and the economic and environmental impact of sustainable designs. |
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CM 561 Green Construction
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Green Construction |
A study of green construction principles and techniques. The course is designed to make the manager familiar with the procedures required to achieve green construction. Students will study the role of government regulations requiring contractors to produce green construction projects, green building commissioning and the economic and environmental impact of green construction. |
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- PA 5XX Fundamentals of Analysis for Sustainable Building Systems (pending approval)
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Environmental
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EN 375 Environmental Systems
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Environmental Systems |
An introduction to environmental engineering, including: environmental legislation; water usage and conservation; water chemistry including pH and alkalinity relationships; solubility and phase equilibria; environmental biology; fate and transport of contaminants in lakes, streams and groundwater; and design and analysis of mechanical, physicochemical, and biochemical water and wastewater treatment processes. |
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EN 575 Environmental Biology
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Environmental Biology |
A survey of biological topics concerning the environment: ecology, population dynamics, pollution microbiology, aquatic biology, bioconcentration, limnology, stream sanitation, nutrient cycles, and toxicology. |
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ME 532 Air Pollution Principles and Control
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Air Pollution Principles and Control |
An introduction to the principles and control of air pollution, including:
types and measurement of air pollution; air pollution chemistry; atmospheric dispersion modeling; compressible fluid flow; particle dynamics; ventilation systems; inertial devices; electrostatic precipitators; scrubbers; filters; absorption and adsorption; combustion; condensation.
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Power & Energy
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ME 510 Power Plant Engineering
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Power Plant Engineering |
Analysis of thermodynamics, hydraulic, environmental, and economic considerations that affect the design and performance of modern power plants; overview of power generation system and its components, including boilers, turbines, circulating water systems, and condensate-feedwater systems; fuels and combustion; auxiliary pumping and cleanup systems; gas turbine and combined cycles; and introduction to nuclear power plants and alternate energy systems based on geothermal, solar, wind, and ocean energy. |
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- ME 518 Solar Energy: Principles & Applications (Spring)
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Manufacturing
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PME 537 Sustainable Design and Operation for FDA Regulated Facilities
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Sustainable Design and Operation for FDA Regulated Facilities |
Course addresses the sustainable operation and design of facilities and sites subject to regulatory requirements of US federal agencies such as FDA, NIH, OSHA, EPA, DOE and/or applicable international regulators. Course presents timely issues, challenges and potential benefits of implementing sustainable means and methods to meet new Green Codes and Design Standards that are either in draft review or final version for the regulated facility, whether in planning, design, construction or operation phase. Regulated buildings typically have their own unique requirements in their operation, which require special knowledge to comply and or mitigate safety and regulatory issues, while minimizing impact of rising energy costs to manufacturers, saving scarce resources, and protecting the environment. Furthermore, course introduces the students to resources, survey information of latest sustainable/Green thinking in Green Chemistry, Sustainability and Energy Efficient Design and Products to reduce waste, energy consumption, eliminate unnecessary or optimize manufacturing steps, cut operating costs and be environmentally sensitive.
Topics include: Global trends in Green Regulations and Design Standards, history of “Sustainable Design,” examples of sustainability in large companies, site selection issues, water resource conservation, architectural issues and material selections, energy resource conservation and efficiency design for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems in regulated facilities, energy performance of buildings, waste and environmental issues, material resource conservation and efficiency (disposables, packaging), construction techniques toward a sustainable certified facility, sustainable design for cGMP facilities and labs, building operations and maintenance. Course will provide useful, current and practical knowledge of Green and Sustainability Design and operation to individuals who are in or entering a technical career in regulated industries such as pharmaceutical, medical devices, and other sectors that have energy-intensive and regulated facilities. |
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NOTE: Capstone Design with significant "green" content can replace a technical elective if approved by the Green Engineering Minor Coordinator" | Green Engineering Minor - Contextual Elective |
One contextual course is the core course noted above:
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- HPL 480 Environmental Policy: Philosophical and Economic Issues
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Environmental Policy: Philosophical and Economic Issues |
This course introduces students to environmental policy and ethics, with special attention to the importance of economic considerations. Specific issues to be covered may include: the equity-efficiency contrast, different decision-making structures, the role of narratives in policy-making, externalities, public goods, property rights, market-failure, benefit-cost analysis, justice, the choice of categories in quantifying policy problems, the relationship of formal and informal rules, propaganda versus information, and the normative idea of rights. This course is an introduction to the interplay of politics, economics, and ethics as they enter into policy-making in the environmental arena. |
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Select one additional contextual elective from the following approved list:
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General Elective
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HUM 320 Science and the Media
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Science and the Media |
This course examines how the print media, including newspapers, magazines, online publications, and books, portray science. Special attention is paid to the social and political impact of the pursuit of science as well as attempts to communicate those pursuits to a wider audience.
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EM 385 Innovative System Design
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Innovative System Design |
This project-based course addresses the fundamentals of systems engineering. Principles and concepts of systems engineering within a life-cycle perspective are presented through case studies and applied throughout the course to a student-selected team project. The initial focus is on the understanding of business drivers for systems engineering and the generation of innovative ideas. Students then engage in analysis, synthesis, and evaluation activities as they progress through the conceptual and preliminary design phases. Emphasis is placed on tools and methodologies for system evaluation during all phases of the design process with the goal of enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of deployed systems as well as reducing operational and support costs. Pre or Corequisite: EM 365 and must be majoring in EM. |
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PEP 575 Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation and Climate
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Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation and Climate |
This course treats scattering, absorption and emission of electromagnetic radiation in planetary media. The radiative transfer equation is derived, approximate solutions are found. Important heuristic models (Lorentz atom, two-level atom, vibrating rotator) as well as fundamental concepts are discussed including reflectance, absorptance, emittance, radiative warming/cooling rates, actinic radiation, photolysis and biological dose rates. A unified treatment of radiative transfer within the atmosphere and ocean is provided, and extensive use of two-stream and approximate methods is emphasized. Applications to the climate problem focus on the role of greenhouse gases, aerosols and clouds in explaining the temperature structure of the atmosphere and the equilibrium temperature of the earth. The course is suitable for beginning graduate and upper-level undergraduate students. |
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EN 587 Environmental Law and Management
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Environmental Law and Management |
A survey of legal and regulatory approaches to environmental protection. Topics include: environmental ethics, National Environmental Policy Act, State and Federal environmental agencies; and the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Superfund, Resource Recovery and Conservation Act, Right-to-Know, Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act, and wetlands protection. |
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HPL 370 Philosophy of Technology (Fall – alternates with HPL 380)
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HPL 380 Environmental Ethics
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Environmental Ethics |
An examination of basic positions in the field of environmental ethics with
emphasis on principles of sustainability, whether there are legal and moral rights for nature, human treatment of animals, and environmental policy and decision-making. |
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HPL 455 Ethical Issues in Science and Technology
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Ethical Issues in Science and Technology |
Consideration of such issues as the ethical responsibility of scientists and technologists for the uses of their knowledge, the ethics of scientific research, and truth and fraud in science and engineering. We will study such contemporary moral questions as those concerning the uses and abuses of nuclear energy, environmental pollution and the preservation of natural resources, and the impact of new technologies on the right to privacy.
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HHS 391 Metropolitan Developmental Studies
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Metropolitan Developmental Studies |
An historical analysis of post World War II suburban-urban growth policies. Examines the successes and failures of developmental proposals, especially social and environmental implications of Federal Housing Administrative incentives: de-facto segregation, commercial-residential sprawl; Smart Growth; New Urbanism and other high density concepts. Urban redevelopment policies, include brownfield, waterfront sites and the public provision of cultural and tourism infrastructure; incentives to promote gentrification; historic preservation; mixed income/community feasibility; and economic development policies, such as business improvement, tax abatements, enterprise zones and transit villages. |
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Social Science
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HSS 360 Public Policy Analysis
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Public Policy Analysis |
This course offers perspectives utilized in the analysis and evaluation of public policymaking and policy results. Policy approaches include cost-benefit allocations, budgetary procedures and feasibility impact studies. Normative constraints and political implications of systematic policy analysis are also examined, particularly in relation to public infrastructure projects. |
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