Sustainable Building Design and Operation, MSE or MS (OL)

Location(s): Online

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About the Program

The Sustainable Building Design and Operation degree provides students with the opportunity to engage in a wide range of interdisciplinary topics focused on integrating sustainability into engineering practices, challenges, and solutions. The need for expertise in sustainability engineering, with skills in energy transition, manufacturing, supply chain, modernized mobility, resiliency, adaptation and workforce development prove the need for a sustainability engineering degree that will provide students the opportunity to engage in a wide range of interdisciplinary topics focused on integrating sustainability into engineering practices, challenges and solutions.

Program Requirements

30 Credits Required

Coursework (30 credits)

Core Selectives (15 credits)

EEE 59500 - Environmental And Ecological Engineering Projects Credit Hours: 0.00 to 6.00 Title: Indoor Air Quality - Credit Hours: 3.00 (alternative to CE 59700: Indoor Air Quality)
CCE 51300 - Lighting In Buildings Credit Hours: 3.00
CCE 51400 - Building Controls Credit Hours: 3.00
CCE 51500 - Building Energy Audits Credit Hours: 3.00
CCE 59700 - Civil and Construction Engineering Projects Credit Hours: 0.00 to 18.00
Titles:
- BIM for High Performance Buildings - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Sustainable Building Design Construction and Operation - Credit Hours: 3.00 (alternative to ME 59700: Sustainable Building Design Construction and Operation)
- Indoor Air Quality - Credit Hours 3.00 (alternative to EEE 59500: Indoor Air Quality)
- Building Air Quality - Credit Hours: 3.00 (alternative to ME 59700: Building Energy and Performance Modeling)
ME 59700 - Advanced Mechanical Engineering Projects I Credit Hours: 0.00 to 6.00
Titles:
- Building Energy Audits - Credit Hours: 3.00 (alternative to CE 51501 Building Energy Audits)
- Sustainable Building Design Construction and Engineering - Credit Hours: 3.00 (alternative to CE 59700: Sustainable Building Design Construction and Engineering)
- Building Energy and Performance Modeling - Credit Hours: 3.00 (alternative to CE 59700: Building Energy and Performance Modeling)

Technical Selectives (9 credits)

CCE 52500 - Built Environment Modeling Credit Hours: 3.00
CCE 59700 - Civil and Construction Engineering Projects Credit Hours: 0.00 to 18.00 Title: Global Sustainable Engineering - Credit Hours: 3.00
ME 50000 - Advanced Thermodynamics Credit Hours: 3.00
ME 51300 - Engineering Acoustics Credit Hours: 3.00
ME 51800 - Analysis Of Thermal Systems Credit Hours: 3.00
ME 53900 - Introduction To Scientific Machine Learning Credit Hours: 3.00
ME 59700 - Advanced Mechanical Engineering Projects I Credit Hours: 0.00 to 6.00 Title: Distributed Energy Resources - Credit Hours: 3.00

Optional Technical Selectives (0-6 credits)

CCE 56400 - Data Science For Smart Cities Credit Hours: 3.00
GRAD 59000 - Special Topics Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00 Title: Program Management: A Comprehensive Overview of the Discipline - Credit Hours: 3.00
IE 57700 - Human Factors In Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
IE 57800 - Applied Ergonomics Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 51100 - Statistical Methods Credit Hours: 3.00
SYS 51000 - Tools And Methodologies For Designing Systems Credit Hours: 3.00
SYS 53000 - Practical Systems Thinking Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (0-6 credits)

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will:

Demonstrate the ability to design energy-efficient, sustainable and comfortable buildings for any location and climate.
Gain expertise in building energy and performance modeling using of state-of-the-art simulation tools.
Utilize technical knowledge to integrate building envelope, mechanical systems and smart buildings controls for optimized overall building operation.
Balance indoor environment quality (thermal, lighting, acoustics and air quality) and building energy performance.

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