Department of Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate Studies: Environmental Option

Students can elect the Environmental Option within Mechanical Engineering. Air pollution control, environmental aspects of energy conversion, and pollution prevention through product and manufacturing process design are important areas in which mechanical engineers contribute to environmental protection. Students taking the Environmental Option will satisfy the requirements for a Mechanical Engineering degree, but focus elective courses on environmental engineering and science. Successful completion of the Environmental Option will be recognized with a certificate awarded by the department. For additional information, contact Professor Jana Milford at 303-492-5542, ECME 251, jana.milford@colorado.edu.

Requirements:

Requirements for the Environmental Option are the same as for the general Mechanical Engineering degree, with the following exception:

CHEM 3311 (Organic Chemistry) is required in
place of PHYS 2130 (General Physics).
Four environmental technical electives should be chosen from the following list of 3000 and 4000 level courses, with exceptions by petition only. At least two of the electives must be in Mechanical Engineering. Because it serves as a prerequisite to several other courses, it is strongly advised that students take CVEN 3414, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, in their sophomore year. Note that some of the courses listed below have 1000-level prerequisites.

COURSE	TITLE	PREREQUISITE(S)
ATOC 3500	Air Chemistry and Pollution	CHEM 1111/1131
ATOC 4720	Introduction to Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics	APPM1360 & PHYS1120
CVEN 3414	Introduction to Environmental Engineering	CHEN1211/CHEM1221 & APPM2350
CVEN 3424	Water and Wastewater Treatment	CVEN3414
CVEN 3434	Introduction to Applied Ecology	CHEN 1211, PHYS 1110 & PHYS 1140
CVEN 3454	Water Chemistry	CVEN3414, CHEN1211/CHEM1221
CVEN 4424	Environmental Organic Chemistry	CVEN 3414
CVEN 4474	Hazardous and Industrial Waste Management	CVEN3414 & CVEN3424
CHEM 3331	Organic Chemistry II	CHEM3311 & CHEM3321
CHEN 3220	Chemical Engineering Separations and Mass Transfer	CHEN3200
MCEN 4120	Engineering Statistics	APPM2360
MCEN 4121	Air Pollution Control Engineering	MCEN3021
MCEN 4122	Thermodynamics II	MCEN3012
MCEN 4131	Indoor Air Pollution	MCEN3021 & MCEN3022
MCEN 4162	Energy Conversion	MCEN3012
MCEN 4228	Wind Energy
MCEN 4228	Sustainable Energy
MCEN 4228	Environmental Modeling	CHEN 1211, MCEN 3021 & GEEN 1300
MCEN 4848	Independent Study – environmental topic to be arranged with instructor