Final Project
Overview
The final project gives you an opportunity to use and extend the methods we have learned in class to an environmental system of your choosing. More details will be provided over the semester. We will discuss each component in class as well as providing relevant information on this page.
Overall Instructions
- Students in 4750 should work in groups of 2-3, while students in 5750 must work alone.
Schedule
Milestones which are only for BEE 5750 or 4750 students are in italics.
| Milestone | Points | Instructions | Rubric | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal | 10 | Nov 01, 2024 | ||
| Presentation | 20 | Dec 09, 2024 | ||
| Peer Review | 10 | Dec 13, 2024 | ||
| Report | 40 | Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| Team and Self Evaluations | 20 | Dec 20, 2024 |
Scope and Topics
The project can be on any environmental system of interest, so long as the approaches from class are being extended in some way. This can involve applying new methods (e.g. multi-objective optimzation, more advanced uncertainty analysis, lifecycle analysis) to systems studied from class, or applying class or new methods to other systems.
Some project topics from previous semesters include:
- Battery lifecycle analysis for residential storage;
- Hydropower production from Ithaca-area streams;
- Traffic regulation to comply with air-quality standards;
- Wastewater treatment design;
- Geothermal energy lifecycle analysis;
- Multi-objective optimization for water management;
- Energy storage on Cornell’s campus;
- Flight schedule optimization;
- Milk alternatives lifecycle analysis;
- Hydrogen fuel cell lifecycle analysis.