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Minor in Smart Cities

The Smart Cities minor equips engineering students to use sensors, smart devices, real-time data, and AI for designing and controlling dynamic infrastructure systems. It combines technical civil engineering skills with knowledge of the environment, climate change, technology, and data science to help engineer future smart cities.

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Format

In-Person

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Eligibility and Academic Standards

Open to all undergraduates except Civil Engineering majors.

Students must earn at least a C in each course in the minor.

Course Requirements

At least six courses (minimum of 18 credits):

  • At least two courses chosen from the Core Courses
  • Remaining credits can be bundled into focus areas.
    • Examples of focus areas and courses are given below
    • Students can petition other focus areas and relevant courses

Core Courses: Choose at least two

  • ORIE 2380

    Urban Analytics

  • CEE 4665

    Modeling and Optimization for Smart Infrastructure Systems

  • CEE 4795

    Sensors for the Built and Natural Environments

  • CEE 4800

    Engineering Smart Cities

  • CEE 4930

    Data Analytics

  • CEE 5735

    Mathematical Modeling of Natural and Engineered Systems

  • CEE 5745

    Inverse Problems: Theory and Applications

Focus Area: Transportation and Energy Systems

  • CEE 3610

    Introduction to Transportation Engineering

  • CEE 4210

    Renewable Energy Systems

  • CEE 4620

    Analysis & Control of Transportation Systems & Networks

  • CEE 4640

    Sustainable Transportation Systems Design

  • CEE 4880

    Applied Modeling & Simulation for Renewable Energy Systems

  • ENMGT 5200

    Economics of the Energy Transition

  • MAE 4220

    Introduction to Internet of Things — Technology and Engagement

Focus Area: Climate-Energy-Water Nexus

  • CEE 4565

    Water Processes and Resources Recovery

  • CEE 5420

    Energy Technologies and Subsurface Resources

  • CEE 4200

    Managing Water Resources in a Changing World (Fall)

Focus Area: Finance, Economics, and Infrastructure Policy

  • CEE 3230

    Engineering Economics and Management

  • ENMGT 5200

    Economics of the Energy Transition

  • ENMGT 5940

    Economics and Finance for Engineering Management

  • INFO 5455

    Smart Cities: Requirements, Ambitions, and Limitations

  • PAM 4640

    Regulation and Infrastructure Policy

  • PADM 5755

    Infrastructure Financing

  • PADM 5757

    Infrastructure Project Management and Finance Practicum