Program Overview

MEng in Health, Safety and Environment Engineering (Online)

Overview

The Master of Engineering in Health, Safety and Environment Engineering degree program (MEng in HSE Engineering) is designed for the educational preparation of two types of professionals:

• Engineering graduates who are currently working as engineers in industry and who intend to stay in that type of job, but who want to embed HSE in their engineering functions.
• Engineering graduates who wish to assume varying levels of HSE responsibilities in one or more aspects of a company's HSE department/program.

Objectives

The objectives of the Master of Engineering in HSE Engineering program are to:

1. Provide graduates with sufficient scientific and engineering breadth to design and develop innovative solutions to HSE problems in occupational settings.
2. Provide a pool of highly educated graduates who can utilize their acquired knowledge to enhance the competitive edge of their employer.
3. Provide graduates with outstanding education, management skills and knowledge to further their career aspirations.
4. Provide graduates with effective communication and teamwork skills to function successfully in their careers.
5. Provide graduates with a quality education committed to excellence and innovation that fosters leadership, professionalism and life-long learning.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Master of Engineering in HSE Engineering program, graduates will be able to:

1. Successfully anticipate, recognize, evaluate hazardous conditions and work practices in the overall areas of HSE.
2. Successfully develop/implement engineering and administrative control strategies for identified hazardous conditions and work practices.
3. Produce professional-quality technical summaries/reports.
4. Clearly express their ideas and thoughts through professional presentations.
5. Successfully function as members of teams working towards achieving solutions to defined problems.
6. Develop research skills relevant to the disciplines within HSE.

Requirements

Overall Program Structure

The MEng in HSE Engineering program consists of a minimum 30 credit hours, distributed as follows:

• 12 credit hours of Program Core courses
• 9 credits of program electives
• 3 credits of free electives
• 3 credits of HSEG graduate project (capstone course)
• A zero credit Research Methods course

Program Components

Program Core (12 Credit Hours)

Students must complete the core courses listed below:

• ENGR 695: Seminar in Research Methods (0 credits)
• HSEG 601: Introduction to HSE Engineering (3 credits)
• HSEG 602: Industrial Hygiene Engineering (3 credits)
• HSEG 605: System Safety Engineering and Risk Management (3 credits)
• HSEG 606: Fire Protection Engineering (3 credits)

Program Electives and Concentrations (9 credit hours)

Students must select any four elective courses from the list below:

• HSEG 604: Hazard Control in Production Systems (3 credits)
• HSEG 607: Industrial Security and Disaster Preparedness (3 credits)
• HSEG 608: QHSE Program Management (3 credits)
• HSEG 610: Hazardous Waste Management (3 credits)
• HSEG 611: Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering (3 credits)
• HSEG 613: Analysis and Design of Air Pollution Control Systems (3 credits)
• HSEG 694: Selected Topics in HSEG (3 credits)
• MEEN 611: Combustion Theory and Applications (3 credits)
• MEEN 613: Advanced Heat Transfer (3 credits)
• MEEN 618: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Fire Modeling (3 credits)
• MEEN 619: Fire Dynamics Laboratory (3 credits)
• CHEG 644: Consequence analysis of chemical releases (3 credits)
• CHEG 655: Air Quality Management (3 credits)
• CHEG 659: Engineering Design for Process Safety (3 credits)
• NUCE 606: Radiation Measurement and Applications (3 credits)
• NUCE 623: Radiological Environmental Impact Assessment (3 credits)
• NUCE 625: Advanced Core Physics for Light Water Reactors (3 credits)
• CIVE 634: Design of Civil Engineering Structures for Fire Protection (3 credits)

Concentrations

The program offers concentrations in:

• Fire Protection Engineering
• Process Safety Engineering
• Radiation Protection Engineering

Free Technical Elective (3 credit hours)

Students can select any course from the Master's programs offered in the College of Engineering, provided that they meet the prerequisites of that particular course.

Graduate Project (6 credit hours)

Students must complete the individual capstone project (HSEG 697: HSEG Graduate Project).

Study Plan

Students must consult with their respective advisors on the courses that they will enroll in, the required pre-requisites, and the thesis topic selection.

Typical Study Plan for Full-Time Students

Typical Study Plan for Part-Time Students