minoring in geology as a ChemE?

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<p>It's pretty early for me (entering fresh) to be thinking about majors, but nonetheless...</p>

<p>I ultimately want to work in the field of energy. My school offers a chemE degree with a concentration in green chemistry, so I think I'm going to pursue this (just a few classes different from chemE)-first off, would this look bad to employers, being diff from chemE?</p>

<p>Secondly, I want to do things in the most environmentally friendly way possible (I'm really interested in Hydrogen fuel now). Would a minor in geology help with this? Or perhaps a minor in Env engineering?</p>

<p>I know that physics and math are common minors for chemEs. I'll probably pick one of those up as well, since it's just a few more classes. But what are other common minors for chemEs (or any engineers) who want to work in the environmental field?</p>

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<p>Hydrogen fuel is not environmentally friendly. It takes more energy to extract hydrogen then hydrogen produces. Also hydrogen comes from hydrocarbons aka fossil fuels. You would be supporting oil companies if you support hydrogen technology for the most part.</p>

<p>Also Environmental engineering has nothing to do with alternative ‘clean’ energy development. Env. Eng. mostly is waste water treatment and sewage control.</p>

<p>If you still want go into the hydrocarbon field then a chemE major are good. The problem is that your geology degree might be kind of useless if you want to work as a chemE. chemE work with refining chemicals at a large scale. They don’t worry about extracting the actual natural resources. If you want to work with l extraction of natural resources such as the resources where hydrogen comes from then a major in some sort of geological engineering is recommended an a minor in geology or geophysics.</p>

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<p>By the hydrogen fuel, I mean the cells that split water to obtain the hydrogen. Then it recombines to generate power, releasing only water. You can do this with a battery (cathode and anode go into the water) or with a solar cell. I made a mini hydrogen fuel cell rc car powered by a solar cell battery for ap chem final project. It really is environmentally friendly.</p>

<p>I’ve heard that…yuck.</p>

<p>All the engineering majors at my school share a common first year, so I still have some time to explore which discipline I want to do. I’ll look more into the geological engineering. Perhaps that could be a grad school topic to study, if I do stick with chemE.</p>

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  • Agricultural Engineering B
  • Biomedical Engineering B
  • Chemical Engineering B
  • Civil Engineering B
  • Computer Engineering - General B
  • Construction Engineering B
  • Construction project management C
  • Electrical/Communications Engineering B
  • Engineering - General B
  • Environmental Engineering B
  • Industrial Engineering B
  • Materials Engineering B
  • Mechanical Engineering B
  • Nuclear Engineering B
  • Textile Sciences/Engineering B
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* Environmental Engineering Technology B</p>

<p>^Those are all of the engineering disciplines my school offers…I don’t see geological engineering. B=Bachelors, C=certificate.</p>

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<p>What ever you decide good luck! Also thanks for updating my info bank about hydrogen tech.</p>

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<p>Thanks! It’s really interesting stuff…here’s a link that explains it a little better than I did- <a href=“http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/doe_h2_fuelcell_factsheet.pdf[/url]”>http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/doe_h2_fuelcell_factsheet.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;