Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) Program

Library Assessment for Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) Program
at SFU Surrey

31 March 2017 (edited 12 September 2017)

Introduction | Electronic Resources | Serials | Monographs
Total Costs

Introduction

This is the Library Report for the proposed Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) Program, to be offered at the SFU Surrey Campus. The anticipated program start date for this program is Fall 2018, and will award the credential of Bachelor of Applied Sciences (BASc) in Sustainable Energy Engineering.  

The proposed curriculum consists of 39 required courses, five electives, and three co-op terms.  The SEE Program will include three focus areas of elective courses:

• Smart City Energy and Environmental Systems,
• Clean Transportation Systems, and
• Sustainable Manufacturing Systems.

Thirty eight new SEE courses are proposed.  The remaining courses are existing courses in Math, Geography, Computing Science, Physics, Chemistry, Business, and Resource and Environmental Management.  The 38 newly proposed courses are as follows:

• SEE 100: Engineering Graphics & Software for Design (3)
• SEE 101W: Process, Form & Convention in Professional Genres (3)
• SEE 110: Energy, Environment & Society (3)
• SEE 111: Integrated Energy Solution (IES) I (4)
• SEE 221: Statics and Mechanics of Materials (4)
• SEE 222: Engineering Materials for Energy Systems (3)
• SEE 224: Thermodynamics for Energy Engineering (3)
• SEE 225: Fluid Mechanics (4)
• SEE 230: Electric Circuits (4)
• SEE 231: Electronic Devices & Systems (4)
• SEE 241: Engineering Measurement, Analysis and Forecasting (3)
• SEE 242: Computational Methods for Engineers (3)
• SEE 251: Electric Machines and Energy Conversion (3)
• SEE 290: Industrial Internship I
• SEE 294: Special Internship I
• SEE 300: The Business of Engineering (3)
• SEE 310: Integrated Energy Solution (IES) II (4)
• SEE 324: Heat & Mass Transfer for Energy Engineering (3)
• SEE 325: Mechanical Design and Finite Element Analysis (3)
• SEE 331: Power Electronics (4)
• SEE 332: Power Systems Analysis and Design (3)
• SEE 333: Network and Communication Systems (3)
• SEE 341: Signals and Systems (3)
• SEE 342: Feedback Control Systems (4)
• SEE 351: Bioprocess Engineering Systems (3)
• SEE 352: Power Generation and Conversion (3)
• SEE 354: Energy Storage (3)
• SEE 390: Industrial Internship II
• SEE 394: Special Internship II
• SEE 402: Professional Engineering Ethics and Practice (2)
• SEE 410 (W): Sustainable Energy Design Project I (3)
• SEE 411: Sustainable Energy Design Project II (3)
• SEE 460: Additive Manufacturing and Sustainable Design (3)
• SEE 461: Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly (3)
• SEE 462: Manufacturing Processes and Materials (3)
• SEE 463: Embedded Computer Systems (3)
• SEE 490: Industrial Internship III
• SEE 494: Special Internship III

The initial target enrollment for the program is 60 students, and full capacity (in year 6) is estimated at 320. 

The Faculty of Applied Sciences will hire 22 new faculty members during years two, three, and four the program's rollout.  

The Library has concerns regarding completing a firm assessment of required resources without faculty being in place for consultation. What follows is a general assessment based on the limited information available at this time, and assessed the program as a whole vs. by individual courses. 

The Library conducted  an environmental scan of similar programs at Canadian and international post-secondary institutions to identify gaps in our collection, as well as reviewed all newly proposed courses and the full SEE Program proposal. 

All funds are in Canadian dollars, and are identified as one-time purchase costs or ongoing (subscribed) costs. All prices presented are estimates or quotes, converted to CAD from USD at 1.32 where appropriate.  

Electronic Resources

IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEEE Xplore), Web of Science, Applied Science and Technology Index, and a variety of other multidisciplinary resources all provided by current library licenses, will partially support these programs. 

Other Engineering e-Resources may be required: 

Compendex (comprehensive engineering index): $43,560/year
The COMPENDEX database, produced by Engineering Information, Inc., covers the core literature of the engineering field, including related specialties and technologies. Citations (including abstracts) are drawn from approximately 5000 journals and key conference proceedings. 

Knovel - selected subject collections (suggestions only, final collections to be determined in consultation wtih faculty):
     - Civil engineering & construction materials: $2,488
     - Electrical & power engineering: $1,571
     - Environment & environmental engineering: $983
     - General engineering & project administration: $3,175
     - Manufacturing engineering: $2,986
     - Mechanics & mechanical engineering: $3,484
     - Oil & gas engineering: $3,448
     - Sustainable energy & development: $3,966
          Knovel total: $22,101/year

ASTM Standards & Engineering Digital Library: $13,585

Total Ongoing funds for e-Resources: $79,246 + annual increases (minimum 3% annually)
Alternate Total Ongoing funds for e-Resources without Compendex: $35,686 + annual increases

Serials

The following are examples of journals that will support this program currently available from the SFU library:

Advanced energy materials
Applied energy
Biofuels, bioproducts, and biorefining
​Bioresource technology
Biotechnology for biofuels 
Combustion & flame
Energy: technologies, resources, reserves, demands, impact, conservation, management, & policy
Energy and environmental science
Energy conversion and management
Energy engineering
Energy exploration and exploitation
Energy materials: materials sciences, and engineering for energy systems
Energy systems
Environmental science and pollution research international
Fuel processing technology
​Geothermics
Global change biology bioenergy
IEEE journal of photovoltaics
IET renewable power generation
International journal of clean energy
International journal of energy research
International journal of greenhouse gas control
International journal of sustainable energy
Journal of energy & natural resources law
Journal of materials chemistry A: Materials for energy and sustainability
Journal of power services
Journal of renewable and sustainable energy
Journal of the Energy Institute
Proceedings of the combustion institute
Progress in energy and combustion science
Progress in photovoltaics
Renewable and sustainable energy reviews
Renewable energy
Renewable energy and environmental sustainability
Renewable energy and sustainable development
Renewable energy focus
Renewable energy law and policy
Solar energy materials and solar cells
Sustainable energy technologies and assessments
The open renewable energy journal
Wind engineering
World energy outlook

As this is an entirely new program to  SFU, new journal titles will be required to support the program and as well as newly hired faculty. What follows are suggestions only -- actual title lists will be complied in consultation with faculty.

Nature Energy $7,144
International journal of energy sector management $817
Plus other titles determined in consultation with newly hired faculty.

Anticipated ongoing cost for serials: $20,000/year

Monographs

The SFU library is currently collecting monographs in a wide range of LC subjects that support this program:

While the numbers above appear robust, many of them are ebooks in publisher packages that do not have guaranteed, ongoing funding.  The following ebook package should be permanently funded to support this program: 

Springer Energy Package: $12,398/year list price
Springer Engineering Package: $20,000/year 
     ~The full Engineering Package cost $53,834 (list price) in 2016.   The Library is assessing the Systems Engineering Program for a portion of the total package as it's anticipated that costs will be shared between existing allocations.  

Prices above represent 2016 pricing.  Prices for these packages vary annually, and annual increases can be expected.  

Total ongoing ebook costs: $32,398/year + annual increases

Ongoing funds will also be required to ensure that our collection can grow and develop with the program. While some of this can be supported by current collection development activities for SFU Surrey Mechatronics and SFU Engineering, specialized titles to support the new programs will need to be added to our profiles with book vendors.  

Estimated costs:  ~75 books/year at an average book price of $225 = $16,875/year.

As this is a new program to SFU, a core monograph collection to support it will need to be established at the Surrey campus. 50 books x average book price of $250= $12,500

Total one-time cost to build core collection: $12,500

Total monograph costs:
one-time: $12,500
ongoing: $49,273

Total costs:
one-time: $12,500
ongoing: $148,519

 (alternate ongoing costs without Compendex: $104,959)