“Bottom line” messages: Study less, learn more! …and read more! “Buy one, get one free!” ChE 300/FSC 012 Ljubisa R. Radovic Dept. of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, PSU Collegian, 01/19/2006

-Energy and Fuels Engineering (option in ChE) -Energy and the Environment -Society expects us to know this (impact on daily lives and tough decisions ahead) -A natural ‘market’ for ChE grads -Greatest job opportunities are at the interfaces between traditional disciplines -petroleum engineering/geology -chemistry/engineering/biology -medicine/physics/chemistry, etc. ChE 300/FSC 012

B.S. ChE/EFE Managerial careers Patent law Career development Environmental careers Production/manufacturing careers Team building Process engineering careers What will you be expected to know?

B.S. ChE/EFE Managerial careers Patent law Career development Environmental careers Production/manufacturing careers Team building Process engineering careers What will you be expected to know? GENERAL EDUCATION SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE -”Non-technical” (society expects this in the “global economy”) -Technical (stoichiometry, thermo, kinetics, transport phenomena, energy/environmental issues) -process control -reactor design -biotechnology -electronics -materials -etc. (your boss expects this)

B.S. ChE/EFE Managerial careers Patent law Career development Environmental careers Production/manufacturing careers Team building Process engineering careers What will you be expected to know? The wonders of google.com, etc.!? (Where and how to find…)

What do engineers do for a living?

Calculate?

What do engineers do for a living? (Gu)es(s)timate! (i.e., make reasonable assumptions… and are thus ingenious!)

Energy  Environment …can’t live without it! …may not be able to live in it (comfortably)!

Key Questions? Energy  Environment …can’t live without it! …may not be able to live in it (comfortably)! Much to learn, not enough “storage space”!? What to know? What to know where to find?

Key Questions? Energy  Environment …can’t live without it! …may not be able to live in it (comfortably)! Much to learn, not enough “storage space”!? What to know? What to know where to find? PSU Newspaper Readership Program!!

Key Questions: 1. Where does energy used today come from? 2. Where will it come from tomorrow? 3. Where does electricity come from today? 4. Where will electricity come from tomorrow? 5. And what about those hybrids? 6. Why is the President (and Congress?) reluctant to sign the Kyoto Protocol? Energy and the Environment

Key Questions: 1. Where does energy used today come from? 2. Where will it come from tomorrow? 3. Where does electricity come from today? 4. Where will electricity come from tomorrow? 5. And what about those hybrids? 6. Why is the President (and Congress?) reluctant to sign the Kyoto Protocol? Energy and the Environment

Key Questions: 1. Where does energy used today come from? 2. Where will it come from tomorrow? 3. Where does electricity come from today? 4. Where will electricity come from tomorrow? 5. And what about those hybrids? 6. Why is the President (and Congress?) reluctant to sign the Kyoto Protocol? Energy and the Environment

Key Questions: 1. Where does energy used today come from? 2. Where will it come from tomorrow? 3. Where does electricity come from today? 4. Where will electricity come from tomorrow? 5. And what about those hybrids? 6. Why is the President (and Congress?) reluctant to sign the Kyoto Protocol? Energy and the Environment

Key Questions: 1. Where does energy used today come from? 2. Where will it come from tomorrow? 3. Where does electricity come from today? 4. Where will electricity come from tomorrow? 5. And what about those hybrids? 6. Why is the President (and Congress?) reluctant to sign the Kyoto Protocol? Energy and the Environment

Key Questions: 1. Where does energy used today come from? 2. Where will it come from tomorrow? 3. Where does electricity come from today? 4. Where will electricity come from tomorrow? 5. And what about those hybrids? 6. Why is the President (and Congress?) reluctant to sign the Kyoto Protocol? Energy and the Environment ExxonMobil projections?

Key Questions: 1. Where does energy used today come from? 2. Where will it come from tomorrow? 3. Where does electricity come from today? 4. Where will electricity come from tomorrow? 5. And what about those hybrids? 6. Why is the President (and Congress?) reluctant to sign the Kyoto Protocol? Energy and the Environment