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The Climate & Sustainability Systems thread provides the training needed for innovating the materials, devices, processes, and networked systems to support the urgent and necessary transition towards net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and a more sustainable planet. The thread will emphasize decarbonization across our energy and industrial systems, while maintaining awareness of the potential for unintended consequences in shifting the burden to other social, economic, and environmental metrics of sustainability.
3.0061/22.03[J] fall 2021
Requirements
In order to receive the NEET Climate & Sustainability Systems certificate from the School of Engineering, scholars need to complete the following requirements (all classes are 12 units unless specified otherwise):
Introductory project subject (Sophomore year, choose one)
3.0061/22.03: Introduction to Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping (6 units), or
1.101: Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design I (6 units), or
Course 2 Introductory Design Subject (such as 2.00, 6 units; 2.00A, 9 units; or 2.00B, 9 units), or
10.10 Introduction to Chemical Engineering (12 units)
Intermediate project subject (recommended Junior Year)
2.008: Design and Manufacturing II or alternative, or
22.071: Analog Electronics From Circuits to the Zero-Carbon Grid (12 units), or
1.020: Engineering Sustainability: Analysis and Design (12 units), or
10.26 Chemical Engineering Projects Laboratory (15 units)/ 10.27 Energy Engineering Projects Laboratory (15 units)/ 10.29 Biological Engineering Projects Laboratory (15 units)
Capstone level project subjects (can be taken Junior and/or Senior Year)
Take any two of the following:
22.S094: NEET UB Project3.042: Materials Project Laboratory2.013: Engineering Systems Design2.014: Engineering Systems Development10.467: Polymer Science Laboratory10.492 (A+B): Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics I (6 + 6 units)10.493 : Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics II (6 units)10.494 (A+B): Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics III (6 + 6 units)UROP or SuperUROP related to energy, materials, or manufacturing2.S981: Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering or other advanced projects class
Seminar (enroll for at least 3 semesters over the course of 3 years)
3.006/22.003:
Fabrication credit (first or second year) - complete a series of mini-projects that will help develop technical skills in fabrication, electronics design, programming, CAD/CAM, etc. that will be used in project subjects.
Speaker series featuring conversations with guest speakers from academia and industry who are experts in energy, materials, or manufacturing, career input, special hands-on engagements, and technically focused independent study options thereafter.
Suggested Foundation Subjects (not required)
3.010: Structure of Materials3.013: Mechanics of Materials or (2.001 Mechanics and Materials I and 2.002 Mechanics and Materials II)3.020: Thermodynamics of Materials3.044: Materials Processing or 2.005 Thermal-Fluids Engineering I
These are a series of 12-unit unrestricted elective classes that MM scholars take throughout the three-year program. All the classes are accompanied by weekly seminar hosting guest speakers from industry, academia and government addressing a variety of issues under the thread theme.
3.0061/22.03[J]: Introduction to Design
This subject provides hands-on experiences in creativity, problem scoping, prototyping, system design and integration, problem solving and debugging, and portfolio design and communication.
NEET CSS Seminar
The CSS Seminar is brings scholars together around a series of colloquia with professional engineers and industry experts, and into various labs and fabrication facilities on campus to gain hands-on experience with a wide range of materials and processes.
22.S094, NEET Ulaanbaatar Project
This subject offers a collaborative opportunity to study the particularities of the local culture, environment, political climate, and economy in Ulaanbaatar in order to design a sustainable, flameless thermal heat source made from molten nitrate salts.
Thread Leadership
Prof. Mike Short
Founding Faculty LeadAssociate Director, NEET
Nuclear Science & Engineering
Nathan Melenbrink
Lead Instructor, NEET
School of Engineering
Scholars Leadership Team
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Arina Khotimsky
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