What kind of engineering does energy fit under?

[zippy]

Such as fuel efficiency and energy sources/efficiency. Almost seems like environmental, chemical, mechanical, and electrical all mushed into one.

I plan to ask my guidance couselor, however, he's a bit dated and not often very helpful, so I'm not sure how useful he will be for this question.

Thanks.

 

[AUMM]

my guess would be mechanical but im not positive

 

[Maetryx]

Possibly industrial engineering. Or if electrical engineering with an emphasis on power supply.

 

[fastz28]

Definitely Mechanical, trust me.

<----BSME

 

[Ameesh]

Chemical Engineering

 

[Insidious]

Chemical if you are interested in energy production and/or conversion
Mechanical if you are interested in conversion of energy to work

(But if you REALLY want to make a difference, shoot Jane Fonda in the head,
split some atoms and light up the world!)

 

[db]

General mechanical, unless you're talking about deriving from chemicals.

 

[spanner]

Mechanical engineering for the most part

 

[zippy]

Just as I suspected...everyone saying something else.

I'm thinking along the lines of fuel efficiency in vehicles; perhaps industry as well. I can see how it fits under many fields but not under one particular one.

 

[jwells777]

Power and Energy Systems is one of the options for specialization in the E.E. program at U of I. This deals primarily with the following: Energy Conversion(DC/DC converters AC/DC converters, Inverters, etc.), Electric Machinery (IM motors, Synchronous Machines, etc), Power Electronics (Components dealing with energy conversion and motor control, filtering, EMI analysis,etc.), Power Systems (Large scale power generation, i.e. power plants, transmission, and distrubution), and Electric Drives ( Motor control theory and application). Most of these applications are all quite concerned with efficiency optimization and sources of energy used. A strong background in Mechanical engineering is certainly a plus in some of these areas. Hope this helps...

 

[fastz28]

<< I'm thinking along the lines of fuel efficiency in vehicles >>



That's your basic thermodynamics, go learn the different cycles. Definitely mechanical. When in doubt, go ME. MEs know a little about everything.

 

[zippy]

Okay, so I'm thoroughly confused - all arguments posed in this thread make perfect sense.

I'm going to call MIT in the morning, "Hi, let's pretend I got into MIT and wanted to go into energy systems along the lines of fuel efficiency, what would I major in?" Before anyone asks, no, I'm not really going to call MIT.