Green Engineering Green Engineering CareersCareersTom ReboldTom Rebold

Chair, Engineering DepartmentChair, Engineering Department

The Coming Green The Coming Green RevolutionRevolution

Alternative Energy Alternative Energy Resource conservationResource conservation TransportationTransportation Green Chemical ManufacturingGreen Chemical Manufacturing Building efficiencyBuilding efficiency RemediationRemediation

Engineers will save the Engineers will save the worldworld

Only engineers can create the new Only engineers can create the new technologies that will power the world’s technologies that will power the world’s economy in the absence of oil and coaleconomy in the absence of oil and coal

We’ll take a look at which branches of We’ll take a look at which branches of engineering will be involved in the engineering will be involved in the solutions…solutions…

Alternative EnergyAlternative Energy

Solar: Materials and Electrical Solar: Materials and Electrical EngineeringEngineering

Wind: Mechanical and Electrical Wind: Mechanical and Electrical Nuclear: Nuclear EngineeringNuclear: Nuclear Engineering Biofuels: Agricultural, Chemical, GeneticBiofuels: Agricultural, Chemical, Genetic

Resource ConservationResource Conservation

Efficient Lighting – EEEfficient Lighting – EE Factory Efficiency – Industrial, Factory Efficiency – Industrial,

ManufacturingManufacturing Water Recycling – Civil, EnvironmentalWater Recycling – Civil, Environmental Design for Recycling Design for Recycling

– Mechanical – Mechanical

TransportationTransportation

Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicles Reva (India) Reva (India)

2 seats. 200 Km range 2 seats. 200 Km range

top speed of 120 Km/h! top speed of 120 Km/h! 6 hours to charge6 hours to charge (Mechanical, Electrical) (Mechanical, Electrical)

Mass Transit –Mass Transit – Transportation Engineering, EE, ME, CivilTransportation Engineering, EE, ME, Civil

Green Chemical Green Chemical ManufacturingManufacturing

Air pollution, water quality, Air pollution, water quality, Green Chemistry methodologiesGreen Chemistry methodologies

Green Building Practices Green Building Practices for Sustainabilityfor Sustainability

A new building A new building project in Mumbai project in Mumbai is being billed as is being billed as one of the one of the greenest buildings greenest buildings in the world.  The in the world.  The 27 story Antilla 27 story Antilla building is being building is being built for Reliance built for Reliance Industries Ltd, Industries Ltd, India’s largest India’s largest private sector private sector company.   The company.   The building will building will be covered in be covered in foliage, with living foliage, with living walls enclosing all walls enclosing all four sides, hanging four sides, hanging gardens and a gardens and a green rooftop.  green rooftop.  

   But, is it truly But, is it truly

“green?”“green?”

Environmental Environmental EngineeringEngineering

Environmental engineers translate Environmental engineers translate physical, chemical, and biological physical, chemical, and biological processes into systems to destroy processes into systems to destroy toxic substances, remove toxic substances, remove pollutants from water, reduce non-pollutants from water, reduce non-hazardous solid waste volumes, hazardous solid waste volumes, eliminate contaminants from the eliminate contaminants from the air, and develop groundwater air, and develop groundwater supplies. In this field, you might supplies. In this field, you might be called upon to resolve be called upon to resolve problems of providing safe problems of providing safe drinking water, cleaning up sites drinking water, cleaning up sites contaminated with hazardous contaminated with hazardous materials, cleaning up and materials, cleaning up and preventing air pollution, treating preventing air pollution, treating wastewater, and managing solid wastewater, and managing solid wastes. wastes.

In Conclusion…In Conclusion…

All branches of engineering will be involved All branches of engineering will be involved in the coming transformationin the coming transformation

Which branch are you most interested in?Which branch are you most interested in?