Bachelor of Science in Energy Engineering

Description

Energy Engineering is a profession that concerns itself with sustainable energy and energy efficiency. Energy Engineering also deals with energy utilization for conventional power generation, alternative sources of energy, and non-power application with focus on energy conversion, combustion technologies, heat transfer, energy materials, thermodynamics, built environment, and technological impacts to society. Energy engineers study the behavior of different engineering systems and improve their efficiency. Energy professionals optimize the designs and operations of power generation facility, transmission and distribution facility, manufacturing facility, office buildings, residential towers, airports, industrial plants, cold storages, and energy intensive engineering systems such as, but not limited to, automobiles and transportation systems, cooling systems, heating systems, and fluid machinery systems. Energy engineers work on utilities, air-conditioning, refrigeration, electric vehicles, energy converters, pumps, blowers, materials, heat exchangers, and energy management sectors (e.g., energy supply, energy access, energy storage, energy efficiency, energy audits, energy services, and energy policies).

Energy Engineering is an emerging engineering discipline that converge allied engineering fields such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and other technical fields such as Architecture, Built Environment, Automotive, and Utilities. Energy Engineering is one of the broader fields of engineering discipline both in terms of the range of problems that fall within its purview and in the range of knowledge required to solve these problems. Anything that is related to energy and sustainability is within the broader scope of energy engineers.

Program Educational Objectives

Within five (5) years after graduation, graduates of the program shall have:

• Undertaken, singly or in teams, projects that show ability to solve complex energy engineering problems.
• Had substantial involvement in projects that take into consideration safety, health, environmental concerns, and the public welfare, partly through adherence to required codes and laws.
• Demonstrated professional success via promotions and/or positions of increasing responsibility.
• Demonstrated life-long learning via progress toward completion of an advanced degree, professional development/continuing education courses, or industrial training courses.
• Exhibited professional behavior and attitude in energy engineering practice.
• Initiated and implemented actions toward the improvement of energy engineering practice.

Program Outcomes

By the time of graduation, the student shall have developed:

ABET Program Outcomes

1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

PRC and CHED Outcomes

1. Apply knowledge of mathematics, natural science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
2. Conduct investigations of complex engineering problems using research-based knowledge and research methods, including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of information to provide valid conclusions.
3. Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design systems, components, or processes that meet specified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
4. Function effectively as an individual and as a member or leader of diverse teams and in multidisciplinary settings.
5. Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems, reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
6. Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of engineering practice.
7. Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
8. Understand and evaluate the sustainability and impact of professional engineering work in the solution of complex engineering problems in a societal and environmental context.
9. Recognize the need for and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.
10. Apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal, and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to professional engineering practice and solutions to complex engineering problems.
11. Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools, including prediction and modelling, to complex engineering problems with an understanding of the limitations.
12. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of engineering management principles and economic decision-making and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.