Departments & Centers
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
B.S. in Energy Engineering
Energy Engineering at IUPUI is an interdisciplinary engineering degree housed in the Mechanical Engineering Department. It is a four-year Purdue University Bachelor’s degree that is only offered on the IUPUI campus in Indianapolis, IN. For more details, visit the Energy Engineering website: http://engr.iupui.edu/energy/index.shtml.
We combine courses from chemistry, mechanical engineering, physics and electrical engineering to create a strong knowledge base essential to success in this industry. Students also have the opportunity to take courses concentrating on critical energy issues such as green building, hybrid and electric transportation, fuel cells and bio fuels, and energy systems such as wind, solar and nuclear.
Whether entering the workforce directly or continuing on to further education, graduates of this program will leave equipped to tackle the exciting and meaningful challenges ahead on the energy horizon.
The Energy Engineering Program Educational Objectives are:
- Serve as competent energy engineering professionals that meet or exceed the expectations of their employers.
- Pursue advanced degrees in energy or other related fields of engineering. Pursue other professional degrees, such as law or business.
- Assume leadership roles in government and industry, as well as in their communities and the global society.
Click here to view the Student Learning Outcomes for the B.S. in Energy Engineering.
Semester by semester, the 129 total credit hours are distributed as follows:
Freshman Year
First Semester (17 credit hours)
- ENGR 19500 - Introduction to Engineering Profession (1 cr.)
- ENGR 19600 - Introduction to Engineering (3 cr.)
- MATH 16500 - Integrated Calculus and Analytic Geometry (4 cr.)
- CHEM-C 105 - Chemical Science I (3 cr.)
- COMM-R 110 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 cr.)
- ENG-W 131 - Elementary Composition I (3 cr.)
Second Semester (16 credit hours)
- ENGR 19700 - Introduction to Programming Concepts (2 cr.)
- MATH 17100 - Multidimensional Mathematics (3 cr.)
- MATH 16600 - Integrated Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (4 cr.)
- PHYS 15200 - Mechanics (4 cr.)
- Gen Ed Elec - General Education Elective (3 cr.)
Sophomore Year
Third Semester (17 credit hours)
- ENGR 29700 - Computer Tools for Engineering (1 cr.)
- MATH 26100 - Multivariate Calculus (4 cr.)
- PHYS 25100 - Heat, Electricity, and Optics (5 cr.)
- EEN 22000 - Fundamentals of Electrochemical Materials & Energy Engineering (4 cr.)
- ME 20000 - Thermodynamics I (3 cr.)
Fourth Semester (17 credit hours)
- ECE 20400 - Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Circuits (4 cr.)
- MATH 26600 - Differential Equations (3 cr.)
- EEN 24000 - Basic Mechanics (4 cr.)
- EEN 26000 - Sustainable Energy (3 cr.)
- ME 32700 - Engineering Economics (3 cr.)
Junior Year
Fifth Semester (16 credt hours)
- ECE 49500 - Fundamentals of Electrical Energy Engineering (3 cr.)
- EEN 33000 - Dynamic Systems Modeling and Measurements (4 cr.)
- ME 27200 - Strength of Materials (4 cr.)
- EEN 31000 - Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (5 cr.)
Sixth Semester (15 credit hours)
- ECE 32100 - Electromechanical Motion Devices (3 cr.)
- EEN 33500 - Electric Power Networks and Interfaces (3 cr.)
- EEN 34500 - Renewable Energy Systems and Design (3 cr.)
- EEN ELEC - Energy System Elective (3 cr.)
- GEN ED ELEC - General Education Elective (3 cr.)
Senior Year
Seventh Semester (17 credit hours)
- EEN 41000 - Clean Power Generation (3 cr.)
- ME 48200/ECE 38200 - Control Systems Analysis and Design (3 cr.)
- EEN ELEC - Energy Systems Elective (3 cr.)
- EEN ELEC - Energy Systems Elective (3 cr.)
- TECH ELEC - Technical Elective (3 cr.)
- TCM 36000 - Communication in Engineering Practice (2 cr.)
Eighth Semester (14 credit hours)
- ME 40500 - FE Preparation and Seminar (1 cr.)
- ME 46200/EEN 46200 - Capstone Design (3 cr.)
- ME 40100 - Engineering Ethics and Professionalism (1 cr.)
- TECH ELEC - Technical Elective (3 cr.)
- EEN ELEC - Energy Systems Elective (3 cr.)
- GEN ED ELEC - General Education Elective (3 cr.)
Electives
Energy Systems Electives
* 3 cr. Unless noted otherwise
ECE 49500 - Electronic Fundamentals of hybrid and Electric Vehicles
ECE 59500 - Modeling, Analysis and Control of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
ECE 59500 - Energy Systems
ME 50400 - Automotive Control
ME 49700 - Powertrain Integration
ME 59700/EEN 4xx00 - Renewable Energy and Fuel Cells
EEN 3xx00 - Thermal and Hydro Generation (Under Development)
EEN 3xx00 - Wind and Solar Generation (Under Development)
EEN 3xx00 - Hybrid & Electric Transportation (Under Development)
EEN 3xx00 - Energy Storage Devices and Systems (Under Development)
EEN 3xx00 - Power Electronics (Under Development)
EEN 4xx00 - Fuel Cell & Battery Engineering (Under Development)
EEn 4xx00 - Nuclear Power Systems (Under Development)
EEN 4xx00 - Power train Modeling and Simulation (Under Development)
EEN xxx00 - Energy Systems Instrumentation (Under Development)
EEN xxx00 - Bio-fuels Extraction & Conversion (Under Development)
EEN xxx00 - Fuel Reforming & Reactor Design (Under Development)
EEN xxx00 - Materials for Energy Conversion (Under Development)
EEN xxx00 - Geothermal HVAC (Under Development)
EEN xxx00 - Zero and Lew-Energy Building Design (Under Development)
Technical Electives
*3 cr. unless noted otherwise
ME 34400 - Introduction to Engineering Materials
ME 37200 - Mechanical Design II
ME 41800 - Heating and Air-Conditioning Analysis and Design
ME 43000 - Power Engineering
ECE 43200 - Power System I
ME 43300 - Principles of Turbomachinery
ME 44600 - CAD/CAM Theory and Applications
ME 45000 - Computer-Aided Engineering Analysis
ME 45100 - Computational Methods in Thermal Sciences
ME 45800 - Composite Materials
ME 47200 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials
ME 47400 - Vibration Analysis
ME 50500 - Intermediate Heat Transfer
ME 50900 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
ME 51000 - Gas Dynamics
ME 52500 - combustion
ME 55000 - Advanced Stress Analysis
ME 55100 - Finite Element Analysis
ME 55200 - Advanced Applications of Finite Element Methods
ME 56300 - Mechanical Vibrations
ME 56900 - Mechanical Behavior of Materials
ME 58100 - Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering
ME 59700 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ENGR 20010, 25010, 30010, - Career Enrichment Internship I-III (1 cr each)
ECE - Power Electronics (Under Development)
ECET - Industrial Energy Systems Design (Under Development)