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Energy Systems and Processes

The following courses represent a selection of Energy-related courses at MIT.

From understanding how a combustion engine works to considering the energy impact of urban planning, these courses provide resources for understanding the current energy crisis and ways to develop solutions to this world-wide problem.

Making Energy Available
Where Energy Comes From

Better Ways to Use Energy

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
1.033	Mechanics of Material Systems: An Energy Approach	Fall 2003
2.57	Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes	Fall 2004
2.58J	Radiative Transfer	Spring 2006
2.60	Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion	Spring 2004
4.401	Introduction to Building Technology	Spring 2006
4.411	Building Technology Laboratory	Spring 2004
4.42J	Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings	Fall 2003
4.430	Daylighting	Fall 2006
8.21	The Physics of Energy	Fall 2008
22.033	Nuclear Systems Design Project	Fall 2002

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Impact on People and Planet

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
2.58J	Radiative Transfer	Spring 2006
5.92	Energy, Environment, and Society	Spring 2007
8.21	The Physics of Energy	Fall 2008
22.033	Nuclear Systems Design Project	Fall 2002
22.251	Systems Analysis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle	Fall 2005
ESD.04J	Frameworks and Models in Engineering Systems / Engineering System Design	Spring 2007
STS.038	Energy and Environment in American History: 1705-2005	Fall 2006

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Making Choices

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
2.611	Marine Power and Propulsion	Fall 2006
10.391J	Sustainable Energy	Spring 2005
10.391J	Sustainable Energy	January (IAP) 2007
14.44	Energy Economics	Spring 2007
15.023J	Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy	Spring 2008
22.812J	Managing Nuclear Technology	Spring 2004
ESD.04J	Frameworks and Models in Engineering Systems / Engineering System Design	Spring 2007
ESD.126	Energy Systems and Economic Development	Spring 2001
STS.038	Energy and Environment in American History: 1705-2005	Fall 2006

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Making Energy Available

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
2.60	Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion	Spring 2004
2.611	Marine Power and Propulsion	Fall 2006
6.685	Electric Machines	Fall 2005
6.691	Seminar in Electric Power Systems	Spring 2006
22.033	Nuclear Systems Design Project	Fall 2002
22.312	Engineering of Nuclear Reactors	Fall 2007
22.313J	Thermal Hydraulics in Power Technology	Spring 2007
22.39	Integration of Reactor Design, Operations, and Safety	Fall 2006
22.921	Nuclear Power Plant Dynamics and Control	January (IAP) 2006

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Where Energy Comes From

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
1.018J	Fundamentals of Ecology	Fall 2003
2.24	Ocean Wave Interaction with Ships and Offshore Energy Systems (13.022)	Spring 2002
2.57	Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes	Fall 2004
8.21	The Physics of Energy	Fall 2008
22.251	Systems Analysis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle	Fall 2005
STS.038	Energy and Environment in American History: 1705-2005	Fall 2006

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