ME 542: Introduction to Renewable Energy (3 cr.)

Syllabus

Outcomes: After completion of this course, the students should be able to:

1. Understand the scope and options for renewable energy.

2. Familiar in the economic, societal, and environmental implications of various energy sources, including non-renewable and renewable.

3. Evaluate of various energy resources, including their energy value and environmental impact.

4. Calculate the efficiency of various energy cycles.

5. Select and preliminary design of various energy systems.

6. Have working knowledge of each of the renewable energy sources covered in lectures.

Graduate students are required to test different specimens of Membrace-Electrode Assemblies and write a comprehensive report on their findings See: ME Program Outcomes.