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The ongoing evolution of the energy system and related global, environmental, and economic issues make necessary a new interdisciplinary approach to the education of energy-industry engineers and management professionals, as well as to the planning and performance of energy research and development. The petroleum, coal, natural gas, nuclear, renewable, and electric utility industries and associated resource and raw material extraction, equipment design and manufacturing, and construction industries, are facing not only technological change and environmental constraints, but also drastic changes in the economic, institutional, and trade environments in which they operate.

The university's Energy/Environment/Economics (E3) program was developed to respond to the rapidly changing needs of the energy industry by providing the interdisciplinary research and training required to produce a new breed of engineer鈥攐ne who specializes in energy technologies and who understands the associated environmental issues and economic forces that drive technology choice.

Curriculum

Students interested in the Ph.D. program are required to take at least 72 credit hours beyond the B.S. degree requirements, including CHE 543, and at least five E3 courses (four from both groups A and B; see course listings below) upon the recommendation of their thesis adviser. Registration for approximately 24 credit hours of Ph.D. thesis research in E3 areas of study is also required. Candidates must pass written qualifying and comprehensive examinations and must defend their thesis in an oral examination. The Ph.D. committee for E3 students must include at least one E3 professor from outside the student鈥檚 department.

• Energy
• Environment
• Economics