Students complete 12 Units consisting of one course (3 units) in each of the following categories:
1. Engineering Management/Business
Take one of the following courses:
- SIE/ ENTR 557 Project management
- SIE 515: Technical Sales and Marketing
- ENGR/SIE 567: Financial Modeling for Innovation
- SIE/ENGR 514: Law for engineers/Scientists
- BNAD 523: Business law and BNAD 520E: Project management
- SIE 564: Cost Estimation
- HWRS 576: Natural Resources Law and Economics
Other courses may be approved by Department advisor
2. Applied Engineering/Mathematics
Take one of the following courses:
- BE 513: Applied Biostatistics
- CE 502: Introduction to Finite Element Methods
- CE 503: Subsurface Fluid Dynamics
- CE 504: Numerical Methods in Subsurface Hydrology
- CE 523: Hydrology
- CE 510: Probability in Civil Engineering
- CHEE 571: Rheology: Principles and Applications
- CHEE 502: Advanced Engineering Analysis
- CHEE 505: Advanced Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena
- CHEE 506: Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- CHEE 530: Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering
- ECE 501B: Advanced Linear Systems Theory
- ECE 503: Probability and Random Processes for Engineering Applications
- ECE 511: Numeric Modeling of Physics & Biological Systems
- HWRS 506: Modeling of Mass and Energy Flow in Soils
- HWRS 527: Computer Applications in Hydraulics
- HWRS 582: Applied Groundwater Modeling
- SIE 500A: Introduction to SIE Methods: Probability and Statistics
- SIE 506: Quality Engineering
- SIE 508: Reliability Engineering
- SIE 520: Stochastic Modeling I
- SIE 522: Engineering Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
- SIE 530: Engineering Statistics
- SIE 531: Simulation Modeling and Analysis
- SIE 533: Fundamentals of Data Science for Engineers
- SIE 540: Survey of Optimization Methods
- SIE 554A: Systems Engineering Process
- SIE 574: Information Analytics and Decision-Making in Engineering
Other courses may be approved by Department advisor
3. Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Design
Take one of the following courses:
- ChEE 676: Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment
4. Advanced Engineering Science
Take one of the following courses:
- AME 542A: HVAC System Design
- ATMO 569A: Air Pollution I: Gases
- ATMO 569B: Air Pollution II: Aerosols
- ATMO 536A: Fundamentals of the Atmospheric Sciences
- ATMO 555: Introduction to Atmospheric and Hydrology Remote Sensing
- ATMO 656B: Atmospheric Radiation and Remote Sensing
- BE/CE 526: Watershed Engineering
- CE 545: Geoenvironmental Engineering
- CE 522: Open channel flow
- ChEE 578: Hazardous Waste Management
- SIE 540: Survey of Optimization Methods
- ECE 514A: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems
Other courses may be approved by Department advisor
Other requirements specific to this ME degree
Students must complete 18 Units consisting of the following:
- 15 units of required courses: ChEE 500R, ChEE 576A, ChEE 576B, ChEE 577R, and ChEE 574
- 3 units of independent study (ChEE 599) or elective approved by department advisor from the following focus areas:
Air Quality/ Pollution
- ATMO 569A: Air Pollution I: Gases (3 units)
- ATMO 569B: Air Pollution II: Aerosols (3 units)
Hazardous Waste
- CHEE 578: Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management (3 units)
- CHEE 582: Analysis of Emerging Environmental Contaminants (3 units)
Water Resources
- CE 529: Special Topics in Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering (3 units)
- CE/HWRS 521: Water Resources Systems Planning and Management (3 units)
Hydrology
- CE/HWRS 523: Hydrology (3 units)
- HWRS 518: Fundamentals of Subsurface Hydrology (3 units)
- HWRS 519: Fundamentals in Surface Hydrology (3 units)
- HWRS 528: Fundamentals: Systems Approach to Hydrologic Modeling (3 units)
Energy
- CHEE 514: Sustainable Water Supplies for Remote Communities (4 units)
- ECE 514A: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems (3 units)
Example Semester Plan for 1-year ME:
Fall – 15 units
- ChEE 500R Water Chemistry (3 units)
- ChEE 576A Water Treatment (3 units)
- ChEE 576B Wastewater Treatment (3 units)
- ChEE 577R Microbiology (3 units)
- ChEE 599 Independent study (3 units)
OR elective course of one focus (3 units)
OR Subject Course 1, 2, or 4 categories (3 units)
Spring - 15 units
- ChEE 574 Environmental Transport (3 unit)
- Subject Course Category 3 (3 Units)
- Subject Course 1,2 or 4 category (3 units)
- Subject Course 1,2 or 4 category (3 units)
- ChEE 599 Independent study (3 units)
OR elective course of one focus (3 units)
OR Subject Course 1, 2, or 4 categories (3 units)
Minimum GPA in coursework: 3.0/4.0
