U-ENE-MIN - Energy Engineering - Minor

Five unique courses and one capstone design course must be completed to earn the minor in energy engineering. The requirements for the minor are: 

Core Course. One required: Energy Engineering 310 (Introduction to Energy Generation, Delivery, Conversion and Efficiency) or Mechanical Engineering 461 (Energy Engineering and the Environment).

Energy Engineering Area Courses. Four courses required, at least one in each category, up to two outside Duke.

Generation and Delivery. Energy Engineering 490.xx (Special Topics-Bioenergy); Energy Engineering 490.xx (Special Topics- Renewable Energy Technologies); Energy Engineering 490.xx (Special Topics-Modern Power Systems); Electrical and Computer Engineering 341 (Solar Cells); Mechanical Engineering 516 (Thin-Film Photovoltaic Technology).

Conversion and Efficiency. Energy Engineering 490.0xx (Special Topics-Energy for the Built Environment); ECE 431/Energy Engineering 431 (Power Electronic Circuits for Energy Conversion); Energy Engineering 490.xx (Energy Engineering 370) (Special Topics-Transportation Energy); Mechanical Engineering 490.xx (Power for Mechanical Systems). Other courses not listed here can be considered to fulfill the area course requirements. They are to be approved by the energy engineering program director on an individual basis with consideration given to the engineering content and relevance to the field. Please contact the program director before enrolling.

Capstone Design. Energy 490L (Energy and Environment Design) or departmental capstone if the project is energy-related, with prior approval by the energy engineering program director.