Mission and Objectives

The Master’s program in Energy Engineering aims to complement the technical and academic training of engineering professionals in various fields interested in the processing, generation, transmission, distribution, and end-use of energy. This includes thermodynamic, environmental, and energy conversion management aspects, with a holistic view of society’s current problem of sustainably meeting growing energy demands, with an emphasis on renewable sources. The course intends to train specialists with an innovative vision who can contribute to solving current energy conversion problems in several areas: resource supply and demand management, conversion technologies, energy transport and distribution, environmental impacts, energy conversion from waste, thermodynamic efficiency, energy economics and rational use, and sustainability.

– To contribute to the development of human capital vision in the field of energy conversion.

– To increase knowledge and improve skills in planning and managing renewable and non-renewable energy conversion projects. This includes aspects of resource demand and supply, development of energy matrices, energy efficiency in different sectors, and economic and financial viability at the local, regional, and national levels.

– To develop the necessary skills for the thermodynamic analysis of thermal systems through the application of the laws of conservation of mass and energy. Using exergy and exergoeconomic analysis and process modeling as tools for evaluating their phenomenological behavior and performance.

– To develop the necessary skills to evaluate the use of renewable and non-renewable energies in thermal systems, in order to select one that offers the best use of available resources.

– To develop the skills to conduct sustainability studies of different energy conversion routes through the application of life cycle analysis.

– Develop skills for evaluating waste-to-energy conversion projects using biochemical and thermochemical routes.

– Develop skills for conducting energy efficiency studies using ISO 50001.

– Develop skills for evaluating and proposing solutions for the environmental impacts resulting from different energy conversion processes.

• Propose, develop, and lead technical solutions in the area of ​​energy conversion, considering aspects of thermodynamic performance, energy management and efficiency, and environmental protection.

• Evaluate renewable energy implementation projects in energy systems (wind, solar, biomass, hydroelectric, and others).

• Develop energy conservation projects and control environmental pollution from industrial processes, with an emphasis on sustainability.

• Assess the technical, economic, social, and environmental feasibility of energy projects, with special emphasis on industrial applications, the tertiary sector, and energy conversion from waste.

• Identify technologies to reduce the environmental impacts of energy use, considering the environmental legal framework and current alternatives in national energy policy.