| ENERGY101 | Energy and the Environment | Energy use in modern society and the consequences of current and future energy use patterns. Case studies illustrate resource estimation, engineering analysis of energy systems, and options for managing carbon emissions. Focus is on energy definition... |
| ENERGY101A | Energizing California | A weekend field trip featuring renewable and nonrenewable energy installations in Northern California. Tour geothermal, bioenergy, and natural gas field sites with expert guides from the Department of Energy Resources Engineering. Requirements: One c... |
| ENERGY102 | Fundamentals of Renewable Power | Do you want a much better understanding of renewable power technologies? Did you know that wind and solar are the fastest growing forms of electricity generation? Are you interested in hearing about the most recent, and future, designs for green powe... |
| ENERGY104 | Sustainable Energy for 9 Billion | This course explores the global transition to a sustainable global energy system. We will formulate and program simple models for future energy system pathways. We will explore the drivers of global energy demand and carbon emissions, as well as the... |
| ENERGY108 | Explore Energy | The Explore Energy seminar series is a weekly residential education experience open to all Stanford students and hosted by the Explore Energy House. Course content features current topics that affect the pace of energy transitions at multiple scales... |
| ENERGY110 | Engineering Economics | The success of energy projects and companies is judged by technical, economic and financial criteria. This course will introduce concepts of engineering economy, e.g., time value of money, life cycle costs and financial metrics, and explore their ap... |
| ENERGY112 | Exploring Geosciences with MATLAB | How to use MATLAB as a tool for research and technical computing, including 2-D and 3-D visualization features, numerical capabilities, and toolboxes. Practical skills in areas such as data analysis, regressions, optimization, spectral analysis, diff... |
| ENERGY118 | Safety and Environmental Aspects of Energy Production | This course introduces safety, environmental and regulatory aspects of energy development and production. Students will learn about personal and process safety management in energy projects, as well as major State and Federal laws and regulatory prog... |
| ENERGY120 | Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering | Lectures, problems, field trip. Engineering topics in petroleum recovery; origin, discovery, and development of oil and gas. Chemical, physical, and thermodynamic properties of oil and natural gas. Material balance equations and reserve estimates usi... |
| ENERGY121 | Fundamentals of Multiphase Flow | Multiphase flow in porous media. Wettability, capillary pressure, imbibition and drainage, Leverett J-function, transition zone, vertical equilibrium. Relative permeabilities, Darcy's law for multiphase flow, fractional flow equation, effects of grav... |
| ENERGY123 | When Technology Meets Reality; An In-depth Look at the Deepwater Horizon Blowout and Oil Spill | The Deepwater Horizon blowout and spill in April 2010 occurred on one of the most advanced deepwater drilling rigs in the world operated by one of the most experienced companies. In this course we will look at and discuss the technologies and managem... |
| ENERGY130 | Well Log Analysis I | For earth scientists and engineers. Interdisciplinary, providing a practical understanding of the interpretation of well logs. Lectures, problem sets using real field examples: methods for evaluating the presence of hydrocarbons in rock formations pe... |
| ENERGY13SC | Energy in Hawaii: Forefront of Clean Energy Technology and Policy | We will explore practical, social, technical, and political issues surrounding energy production and use in Hawaii. Hawaii is at the forefront of changes in the electric grid and the uses of electricity, with an aspirational goal for 100% carbon-free... |
| ENERGY141 | Seismic Reservoir Characterization | (Same as GP241) Practical methods for quantitative characterization and uncertainty assessment of subsurface reservoir models integrating well-log and seismic data. Multidisciplinary combination of rock-physics, seismic attributes, sedimentological i... |
| ENERGY146 | Reservoir Characterization and Flow Modeling with Outcrop Data | Course gives an overview of concepts from geology and geophysics relevant for building subsurface reservoir models. Includes a required 1-day field trip and hands-on lab exercises. Target audience: MS and 1st year PhD students in PE/ERE/GS with littl... |
| ENERGY153 | Carbon Capture and Sequestration | CO2 separation from syngas and flue gas for gasification and combustion processes. Transportation of CO2 in pipelines and sequestration in deep underground geological formations. Pipeline specifications, monitoring, safety engineering, and costs for... |
| ENERGY155 | Undergraduate Report on Energy Industry Training | On-the-job practical training under the guidance of on-site supervisors. Required report detailing work activities, problems, assignments and key results. Prerequisite: written consent of instructor. |
| ENERGY160 | Uncertainty Quantification in Data-Centric Simulations | This course provides a brief survey of mathematical methods for uncertainty quantification. It highlights various issues, techniques and practical tools available for modeling uncertainty in quantitative models of complex dynamic systems. Specific to... |
| ENERGY167 | Engineering Appraisal and Economic Valuation of Energy Assets and Projects | Engineering appraisal and economic valuation of energy assets and projects. Course examples span a range of energy assets including oil/gas and renewable energy projects. Course covers methods of estimating productive capacity, reserves, operating co... |
| ENERGY171 | Energy Infrastructure, Technology and Economics | Oil and gas represents more than 50% of global primary energy. In delivering energy at scale, the industry has developed global infrastructure with supporting technology that gives it enormous advantages in energy markets; this course explores how th... |
| ENERGY175 | Well Test Analysis | Lectures, problems. Application of solutions of unsteady flow in porous media to transient pressure analysis of oil, gas, water, and geothermal wells. Pressure buildup analysis and drawdown. Design of well tests. Computer-aided interpretation. |
| ENERGY177A | Engineering and Sustainable Development: Toolkit | The first of a two-quarter, project-based course sequence that address cultural, sociopolitical, organizational, technical, and ethical issues at the heart of implementing sustainable engineering projects in a developing world. Students work in inter... |
| ENERGY177B | Engineering and Sustainable Development: Implementation | The second of a two-quarter, project-based course sequence that address cultural, political, organizational, technical and business issues at the heart of implementing sustainable engineering projects in the developing world. Students work in interdi... |
| ENERGY180 | Oil and Gas Production Engineering | Design and analysis of production systems for oil and gas reservoirs. Topics: well completion, single-phase and multi-phase flow in wells and gathering systems, artificial lift and field processing, well stimulation, inflow performance. Prerequisite:... |
| ENERGY191 | Optimization of Energy Systems | Introductory mathematical programming and optimization using examples from energy industries. Emphasis on problem formulation and solving, secondary coverage of algorithms. Problem topics include optimization of energy investment, production, and t... |
| ENERGY192 | Undergraduate Teaching Experience | Leading field trips, preparing lecture notes, quizzes under supervision of the instructor. May be repeated for credit. |
| ENERGY193 | Undergraduate Research Problems | Original and guided research problems with comprehensive report. May be repeated for credit. |
| ENERGY194 | Special Topics in Energy and Mineral Fluids | May be repeated for credit. |
| ENERGY199 | Senior Project and Seminar in Energy Resources | Individual or group capstone project in Energy Resources Engineering. Emphasis is on report preparation. May be repeated for credit. |
| ENERGY203 | Stanford Climate Ventures | Solving the global climate challenge will require the creation and successful scale-up of hundreds of new ventures. This project-based course provides a launchpad for the development and creation of transformational climate ventures and innovation mo... |
| ENERGY203A | Big Ideas & Open Opportunities in Climate-Tech Entrepreneurship | The purpose of this seminar series is to educate students on the key elements of 8-9 of the highest greenhouse gas emitting sectors globally, and open technical challenges and business opportunities in these problem spaces that are ripe for new clima... |
| ENERGY204 | Sustainable Energy for 9 Billion | This course explores the global transition to a sustainable global energy system. We will formulate and program simple models for future energy system pathways. We will explore the drivers of global energy demand and carbon emissions, as well as the... |
| ENERGY205 | Hydrogen Economy | This is a seminar course on the hydrogen economy as a critical piece of the global energy transformation. This course will introduce the unique characteristics of hydrogen, its potential role in decarbonizing the global energy system, and how it com... |
| ENERGY208 | Explore Energy | The Explore Energy seminar series is a weekly residential education experience open to all Stanford students and hosted by the Explore Energy House. Course content features current topics that affect the pace of energy transitions at multiple scales... |
| ENERGY212 | Environmental Aspects of Oil and Gas Production | This course introduces students to the major environmental aspects of oil and gas production, including law, policy, regulation, impact assessment, and mitigation. Through readings, lectures, homework, in-class activities, and case studies, students... |
| ENERGY214 | The Global Price of Oil | Understanding the current and future price of oil requires the synthesis of geologic, engineering, financial, geopolitical, and macroeconomic information. In this seminar, we will build a global supply curve for petroleum by studying the marginal and... |
| ENERGY216 | Entrepreneurship in Energy | The combined forces of climate change, technological development, and geopolitics are disrupting the energy industry, yet the competitiveness and regulated nature of the mature markets for fuel, power, and materials have created meaningful barriers t... |
| ENERGY218 | Safety and Environmental Aspects of Energy Production | This course introduces safety, environmental and regulatory aspects of energy development and production. Students will learn about personal and process safety management in energy projects, as well as major State and Federal laws and regulatory prog... |
| ENERGY221 | Fundamentals of Multiphase Flow | Multiphase flow in porous media. Wettability, capillary pressure, imbibition and drainage, Leverett J-function, transition zone, vertical equilibrium. Relative permeabilities, Darcy's law for multiphase flow, fractional flow equation, effects of grav... |
| ENERGY222 | Advanced Reservoir Engineering | Lectures, problems. Content relevant for oil/gas reservoirs, carbon storage operations, general subsurface flow systems. Partial differential equations governing subsurface flow, tensor permeabilities, steady-state radial flow, skin, and succession o... |
| ENERGY223 | Subsurface Flow Simulation | Numerical simulation of subsurface flow. Partial differential equations for multicomponent, multiphase flow relevant to oil/gas, carbon storage, and aquifer modeling. Detailed numerical formulation for two-phase flow systems. Finite-volume discretiza... |
| ENERGY224 | Advanced Subsurface Flow Simulation | Topics include compositional modeling, coupled flow and geomechanics, modeling of fractured systems, treatment of full-tensor permeability and grid nonorthogonality, higher-order methods, streamline simulation, upscaling, multiscale methods, algebrai... |
| ENERGY225 | Theory of Gas Injection Processes for CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery | This course focuses on what happens when CO2 is injected into the subsurface to prevent its release to to the atmosphere. The mathematical theory describes subsurface flow of mixtures of a number of chemical components that form two phases. Applicati... |
| ENERGY226 | Thermal Recovery Methods | Theory and practice of thermal recovery methods: steam drive, cyclic steam injections, and in situ combustion. Models of combined mass and energy transport. Estimates of heated reservoir volume and oil recovery performance. Wellbore heat losses, reco... |
| ENERGY227 | Enhanced Oil Recovery | The physics, theories, and methods of evaluating chemical, miscible, and thermal enhanced oil recovery projects. Existing methods and screening techniques, and analytical and simulation based means of evaluating project effectiveness. Dispersion-conv... |
| ENERGY230 | Advanced Topics in Well Logging | State of the art tools and analyses; the technology, rock physical basis, and applications of each measurement. Hands-on computer-based analyses illustrate instructional material. Guest speakers on formation evaluation topics. Prerequisites: 130 or e... |
| ENERGY240 | Data Science for Geoscience | Overview of some of the most important data science methods (statistics, machine learning & computer vision) relevant for geological sciences, as well as other fields in the Earth Sciences. Areas covered are: extreme value statistics for predicting r... |
| ENERGY241 | Seismic Reservoir Characterization | (Same as GP241) Practical methods for quantitative characterization and uncertainty assessment of subsurface reservoir models integrating well-log and seismic data. Multidisciplinary combination of rock-physics, seismic attributes, sedimentological i... |
| ENERGY246 | Reservoir Characterization and Flow Modeling with Outcrop Data | Course gives an overview of concepts from geology and geophysics relevant for building subsurface reservoir models. Includes a required 1-day field trip and hands-on lab exercises. Target audience: MS and 1st year PhD students in PE/ERE/GS with littl... |
| ENERGY251 | Thermodynamics of Equilibria | Lectures, problems. The volumetric behavior of fluids at high pressure. Equation of state representation of volumetric behavior. Thermodynamic functions and conditions of equilibrium, Gibbs and Helmholtz energy, chemical potential, fugacity. Phase di... |
| ENERGY252 | Rock Physics | Geophysical methods are used to image and characterize regions of the subsurface to explore for, evaluate and manage Earth resources (water and energy). A rock physics relationship is required to transform measured geophysical properties to the mater... |
| ENERGY253 | Carbon Capture and Sequestration | CO2 separation from syngas and flue gas for gasification and combustion processes. Transportation of CO2 in pipelines and sequestration in deep underground geological formations. Pipeline specifications, monitoring, safety engineering, and costs for... |
| ENERGY255 | Master's Report on Energy Industry Training | On-the-job training for master's degree students under the guidance of on-site supervisors. Students submit a report detailing work activities, problems, assignments, and key results. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of adviser. |
| ENERGY259 | Presentation Skills | For teaching assistants in Energy Resources Engineering. Five two-hour sessions in the first half of the quarter. Awareness of different learning styles, grading philosophies, fair and efficient grading, text design; presentation and teaching skills,... |
| ENERGY260 | Uncertainty Quantification in Data-Centric Simulations | This course provides a brief survey of mathematical methods for uncertainty quantification. It highlights various issues, techniques and practical tools available for modeling uncertainty in quantitative models of complex dynamic systems. Specific to... |
| ENERGY263 | Sustainable Energy Decisions | This course provides students from various backgrounds with knowledge of the principles and quantitative methods of decision analysis and policy analysis to tackle interdisciplinary questions in the context of sustainable energy systems. We consider... |
| ENERGY266 | Town Hall Meeting (Simulated) | This course will offer students the opportunity to structure and present a simulated public meeting on a current topic involving energy production and its effects on a local community. Students will choose a topic and develop a town hall meeting even... |
| ENERGY267 | Engineering Appraisal and Economic Valuation of Energy Assets and Projects | Engineering appraisal and economic valuation of energy assets and projects. Course examples span a range of energy assets including oil/gas and renewable energy projects. Course covers methods of estimating productive capacity, reserves, operating co... |
| ENERGY269 | Geothermal Reservoir Engineering | Conceptual models of heat and mass flows within geothermal reservoirs. The fundamentals of fluid/heat flow in porous media; convective/conductive regimes, dispersion of solutes, reactions in porous media, stability of fluid interfaces, liquid and vap... |
| ENERGY271 | Energy Infrastructure, Technology and Economics | Oil and gas represents more than 50% of global primary energy. In delivering energy at scale, the industry has developed global infrastructure with supporting technology that gives it enormous advantages in energy markets; this course explores how th... |
| ENERGY273 | Special Topics in Energy Resources Engineering | Special Topics in Energy Resources Engineering |
| ENERGY277A | Engineering and Sustainable Development: Toolkit | The first of a two-quarter, project-based course sequence that address cultural, sociopolitical, organizational, technical, and ethical issues at the heart of implementing sustainable engineering projects in a developing world. Students work in inter... |
| ENERGY277B | Engineering and Sustainable Development: Implementation | The second of a two-quarter, project-based course sequence that address cultural, political, organizational, technical and business issues at the heart of implementing sustainable engineering projects in the developing world. Students work in interdi... |
| ENERGY280 | Oil and Gas Production Engineering | Design and analysis of production systems for oil and gas reservoirs. Topics: well completion, single-phase and multi-phase flow in wells and gathering systems, artificial lift and field processing, well stimulation, inflow performance. Prerequisite:... |
| ENERGY281 | Applied Mathematics in Reservoir Engineering | The philosophy of the solution of engineering problems. Methods of solution of partial differential equations: Laplace transforms, Fourier transforms, wavelet transforms, Green's functions, and boundary element methods. Prerequisites: CME 204 or MATH... |
| ENERGY289 | Multiscale Methods for Transport in Porous Media | The concept of "tyranny of scales" in natural/engineered porous media refers to the disparity of temporal and spatial scales at which mass, momentum, and energy transport is best understood and at which predictions are needed for practical applicatio... |
| ENERGY291 | Optimization of Energy Systems | Introductory mathematical programming and optimization using examples from energy industries. Emphasis on problem formulation and solving, secondary coverage of algorithms. Problem topics include optimization of energy investment, production, and t... |
| ENERGY293 | Energy storage and conversion: Solar Cells, Fuel Cells, Batteries and Supercapacitors | This course provides an introduction and engineering exposure to energy storage and conversion systems and will cover the basic physics, chemistry and electrochemistry of solar cells, fuel cells, batteries and supercapacitors, state of the art of suc... |
| ENERGY293B | Fundamentals of Energy Processes | For seniors and graduate students. Covers scientific and engineering fundamentals of renewable energy processes involving heat. Thermodynamics, heat engines, solar thermal, geothermal, biomass. Recommended: MATH 19-21; PHYSICS 41, 43, 45 |
| ENERGY293C | Energy from Wind and Water Currents | This course focuses on the extraction of energy from wind, waves and tides.The emphasis in the course is technical leading to a solid understanding of established extraction systems and discussion of promising new technologies. We will also cover res... |
| ENERGY295 | Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems: Modeling and Estimation | The course focuses on modeling and estimation methods as necessary tools to extract the full potential from Lithium-ion batteries, specifically used in electrified vehicles. The complex nature of a battery system requires that a physics-based approac... |
| ENERGY297 | Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer | Energy systems are multiphysics and multiscale in nature. This course addresses the quantitative understanding of fundamental physical processes that govern fluid flow and mass/heat transfer processes, critical to many energy systems. The course will... |
| ENERGY300 | Graduate Directed Reading | Independent studies under the direction of a faculty member for which academic credit may properly be allowed. |
| ENERGY301 | The Energy Seminar | Interdisciplinary exploration of current energy challenges and opportunities, with talks by faculty, visitors, and students. May be repeated for credit. |
| ENERGY308 | Carbon Dioxide and Methane Removal, Utilization, and Sequestration | This is a seminar on carbon dioxide and methane removal, utilization, and sequestration options, and their role in decarbonizing the global energy system. This course will cover topics including the global carbon balance, utilizing atmospheric carbon... |
| ENERGY309 | Sustainable Energy Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar | Graduate students will present their ongoing research to an audience of faculty and graduate students with a diversity of disciplinary perspectives regarding sustainable energy. |
| ENERGY30N | Busting Energy Myths | Energy myths and misconceptions to better equip participants to understand a pathway for global energy transformation. Key concepts developed and employed include energy [kinetic, potential, chemical, thermal, etc.], power, heat, renewables, efficien... |
| ENERGY312 | Equitably Decommissioning Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles: Sonoma County Community Engagement | In this course we will explore how to quickly and equitably decommission ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicles. We will address this issue from a local perspective through engagement with Sonoma County, where the instructors have connections, and... |
| ENERGY351 | ERE Master's Graduate Seminar | Current research topics. Presentations by guest speakers from Stanford and elsewhere. May be repeated for credit. |
| ENERGY352 | ERE PhD Graduate Seminar | Current research topics. Presentations by guest speakers from Stanford and elsewhere. May be repeated for credit. |
| ENERGY355 | Doctoral Report on Energy Industry Training | On-the-job training for doctoral students under the guidance of on-site supervisors. Students submit a report on work activities, problems, assignments, and results. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of adviser. |
| ENERGY358 | Doctoral Degree Teaching Requirement | For Ph.D. candidates in Energy Resources Engineering. Course and lecture design and preparation; lecturing practice in small groups. Classroom teaching practice in an Energy Resources Engineering course. Teaching to be evaluated by students in the cl... |
| ENERGY359 | Teaching Experience in Energy Resources Engineering | For TAs in Energy Resources Engineering. Course and lecture design and preparation; lecturing practice in small groups. Classroom teaching practice in an Energy Resources Engineering course for which the participant is the TA (may be in a later quart... |
| ENERGY360 | Advanced Research Work in Energy Resources Engineering | Graduate-level work in experimental, computational, or theoretical research. Special research not included in graduate degree program. May be repeated for credit. |
| ENERGY361 | Master's Degree Research in Energy Resources Engineering | Experimental, computational, or theoretical research. Advanced technical report writing. Limited to 6 units total. (Staff) |
| ENERGY362 | Engineer's Degree Research in Energy Resources Engineering | Graduate-level work in experimental, computational, or theoretical research for Engineer students. Advanced technical report writing. Limited to 15 units total, or 9 units total if 6 units of 361 were previously credited. |
| ENERGY363 | Doctoral Degree Research in Energy Resources Engineering | Graduate-level work in experimental, computational, or theoretical research for Ph.D. students. Advanced technical report writing. |
| ENERGY365 | Special Research Topics in Energy Resources Engineering | Graduate-level research work not related to report, thesis, or dissertation. May be repeated for credit. |
| ENERGY73 | Energy Policy in California and the West | This seminar provides an in-depth analysis of the role of California state agencies and Western energy organizations in driving energy policy development, technology innovation, and market structures, in California, the West and internationally. The... |
| ENERGY801 | TGR Project | TGR Project |
| ENERGY802 | TGR Dissertation | TGR Dissertation |