Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Fuel Combustion and Performance

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Campus:

  • Global Campus (online)

International Student English Proficiency Exams

International students may need to surpass the Graduate School’s minimum English language proficiency exam scores for this program. If the graduate program has unique score requirements, they will be detailed below. Otherwise, please refer to the Graduate School’s minimum score guidelines.

Degree Description:

The Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Fuel Combustion and Performance is a 9-credit graduate certificate offered fully online and asynchronously through WSU Global Campus.
The certificate focuses on fuel analysis, fuel standardization, certification pathways, combustion, emissions, and fuel performance.

The certificate is offered in collaboration with WSU Tri-Cities and leverages WSU expertise associated with the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Applied Research and Development Center at Paine Field.

Students learn analytical tools used to test sustainable fuels against ASTM standards and examine pathways for sustainable fuel companies to obtain certification for commercial operations.

Admission Requirements:

  • Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution.
  • Admission normally requires a minimum GPA of 2.75. Applicants with GPAs below 2.75 may be considered provisionally through a departmental exception process.
  • International applicants must meet English proficiency requirements.
  • Applicants must submit one letter of recommendation and possess the technology and skills needed to participate fully in online education.

Student Opportunities:

This certificate is one of three stackable graduate certificates connected to the Master of Science in Sustainable Fuels.
Students may complete this certificate as a standalone credential or apply the credits toward the full master’s degree.

Required courses include:

  • SF 507 Feedstock Assessment
  • SF 510 SF Fuel Analysis,Certification and Standardization
  • SF 511 SF Combustion and Emissions

Students may complete this certificate on its own,add one or both additional sustainable fuels certificates,or continue toward the MS in Sustainable Fuels.
The capstone course is required only for students completing the master’s degree.

Career Opportunities:

This certificate prepares students to work with fuel testing, certification, standardization, combustion, emissions, and fuel performance.
Areas of preparation include:

  • Feedstock assessment
  • Fuel analysis
  • Fuel certification and standardization
  • ASTM standards
  • Sustainable fuel testing
  • Combustion and emissions
  • Fuel performance
  • Certification pathways for commercial operations
  • Analytical testing practices for sustainable fuels

Career Placements:

Certificate completers may pursue or advance in professional roles connected to sustainable aviation fuels, fuel testing, certification, regulatory compliance, combustion analysis, emissions assessment, transportation fuels, and related technical operations.

This certificate is particularly relevant for professionals working with fuel analysis, certification and standardization, aviation fuels, sustainable fuel development, and commercial readiness of sustainable fuel products.

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