Nuclear engineering Undergraduate certificate
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Sciences is offering a certificate for students in the Swanson School of Engineering
and qualified students in the School of Arts and Sciences with an interest in nuclear science and technology. Students from the Bioengineering, Civil, Chemical, Industrial, Mechanical, Materials Science, and Electrical/Computer engineering programs as well as Chemistry and Physics majors may be most interested in obtaining this certificate. Fifteen credits are required to complete the certificate.
A minimum 2.5 GPA is required for students to participate in the certificate.
Students must obtain a GPA of at least 2.5 for the courses taken.
objectives
The objectives of the nuclear engineering certificate are:
- To develop the basic competencies needed by science and engineering graduates to contribute quickly and effectively to the renaissance of nuclear science and technology in the United States and abroad.
- To create a benchmark educational program that can serve as a model throughout academia.
The nuclear engineering certificate currently targets competency gaps that exist in the following educational areas:
- Basic theoretical concepts of nuclear physics, radiation protection, reactor physics, reactor kinetics, fuel depletion and energy removal.
- Fundamental calculational skills that can aid in understanding nuclear energy problems and solutions.
- Important fuel cycle operations with uranium from exploration through enrichment including fundamental aspects of spent-fuel reprocessing and fuel-cycle waste management.
- Knowledge of important social and technical issues related to nuclear science and technology.
- Interfaces between engineering disciplines involved with the design of a reactor core and the reactor coolant system for light water reactors.
- Tasks of the reactor thermal designer, nuclear designer and mechanical designer.
- Improvements in near-term nuclear plants and future designs.
Requirements
For a background in nuclear engineering, the following three courses are required for the nuclear engineering certificate:
- ENGR 1700: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (3 units)
- ENGR 1701: Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactors (3 units)
- ENGR 1702: Nuclear Plant Technology (3 units)
It is recommended that students take the nuclear engineering courses in sequence for optimum learning.
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Options
Students must choose one of the seven options below to complete the courses required for a nuclear engineering certificate.
bioengineering
Select two of the following six courses:
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BIOENG/IE 1061: Human Factors Engineering (3 units)
pre-req: ENGR 0020
BIOENG 1311: Hemodynamics and Biotransport (3 units)
pre-req: BIOENG 1220 and CHEM 0300
BIOENG 1380: Medical Imaging Systems I (3 units)
BIOENG 1531: Fundamentals of Biochemical Engineering (3 units)
pre-req: BIOSC 1000 or BIOSC 1810
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BIOENG 1532: Bioseparation (3 units)
pre-req: BIOENG 1531
BIOENG 1810: Biomaterials and Biocompatibility (3 units)
pre-req: organic chemistry and biochemistry
chemical engineering
Select two of the following five courses:
civil engineering
Select two of the following five courses:
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CEE 1340: Design of Concrete Structures I (3 units)
pre-req: CEE 1330 and CEE 1105 or equiv
CEE 1514: Environmental Impact Assessment (3 units)
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CEE 2340: Design of Concrete Structures II (3 units)
pre-req: CEE 1340
CEE 2343: Prestressed Concrete (3 units)
pre-req: CEE 1340
CEE xxxx: Reliability of CEE Systems (3 units)
Computer engineering
Select two of the following four courses:
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ECE 1150: Introduction to Computer Networks (3 units)
pre-req: ECE/COE 0142 or COE/CS 0447
ECE 1160: Introduction to Embedded System Design (3 units)
pre-req: ECE/COE 0142
ECE 1673: Biomedical Application Of Control (4 units)
pre-req: ECE/COE 0041
ECE 1769: Power Systems Analysis 1 (3 units)
pre-req: ECE/COE 0041
electrical engineering
Select two of the following four courses:
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ECE 1150: Introduction to Computer Networks (3 units)
pre-req: ECE/COE 0142 or COE/CS 0447
ECE 1160: Introduction to Embedded System Design (3 units)
pre-req: ECE/COE 0142
ECE 1673: Biomedical Application of Control (4 units)
pre-req: ECE/COE 0041
ECE 1769: Power Systems Analysis 1 (3 units)
pre-req: ECE/COE 0041
industrial engineering
Select two of the following six courses:
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ENGR 1500: Ethical Dilemmas - Balancing Cost, Schedule and Risk (3 units)
IE 1062: Data Mining (3 units)
IE 1076: Total Quality Management (3 units)
IE 1086: Decision Modeling (3 units)
IE 1089: Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering (3 units)
IE 1091: Unstructured Problem Solving (3 units)
materials science, mechanical engineering and engineering physics
Select two of the following eight courses:
- MEMS 1030: Material Selection (3 units)
pre-req: ENGR 0022 and MEMS 1028
- MEMS 1033: Fracture Mechanics for Manufacturing and Performance (3 units)
pre-req: ENGR 0022 and MEMS 1028
- MEMS 1045: Automatic Controls (3 units)
pre-req: MEMS 1014
- MEMS 1047: Finite Element Analysis (3 units)
pre-req: MEMS 1028, MEMS 1052 and MEMS 1072
- MEMS 1052: Heat and Mass Transfer (3 units)
pre-req: MEMS 0051
- MEMS 1064: Materials Science 2 (3 units)
pre-req: MEMS 1054 and MEMS 1056
- MEMS 1065: Thermal Systems Design (3 units)
pre-req: MEMS 1051, MEMS 1052 and MEMS 1072
- MEMS 1070: Mechanical Behavior of Materials (3 units)
pre-req: ENGR 0022 and ENGR 0145
