Engineering Economy with Green and Energy Evaluations

The core material of an engineering economy class is the mathematical means to evaluate money through time and the concepts of project evaluation in terms of engineering limitations and financial considerations.The students use these tools to evaluate contemporary "green" topics that they have researched.One class considered the economics of recycling.Another class has researched the implications of various means of commercial electric generation.In both cases, the individual students acquire an expertise in a single area of the project and contribute that knowledge during the period, in-class group analysis and discussions.