Courses

The Department of Renewable Energy prepares students for the challenges of designing, promoting and implementing renewable energy systems in society’s rapidly-changing energy-related industries. Energy, in its many abundant forms, is the driving physical factor upon which industrial societies are founded.  Renewable Energy resources include wind power, solar power, biomass and bio-fuels, fuel cells, ground-source heat pumps, geothermal resources, hydroelectric power, tidal and wave power. The Bachelor of Science in Renewable Energy will prepare students for success in these rapidly developing fields and disciplines.

 

RE 1113 Introduction to renewable energies: An exploration of the technologies of renewable energy emphasizing scientific principles and practical conversion applications as well as the economic, environmental and political aspects of energy production and use from fossil fuels to renewable energy resources.
Offered Fall Semester

RE 2121 Practicum in Renewable Energy: An introduction to the maintenance and taking experimental measurements of renewable energy equipment. Prerequisite: RE 2113.
Offered each semester

RE 2113 Introduction to Energy Science: A review of electrical systems, thermodynamics, heat transfers and fluid mechanics concepts necessary to prepare the student for an understanding of the Renewable energy courses. Basic Energy economics and an overview of the existing and future energy supply systems.  Prerequisite: RE 1113.
Offered Spring Semester

RE 3123 Bio-fuels and Biomass: Introduction to power production from different biomass resources. Topics include: Bio-energy sources (agricultural crops and organic wastes), combustion of solid biomass, production of gaseous and liquid fuels from biomass, environmental benefits and economic impacts of biomass conversion. Lab sessions for bio-diesel and bio-gas are included. Pre-requisite RE 2113; CHM 2154.
Offered Fall Semester

RE 3143 Wind Energy/ Meteorology : This lecture covers all relevant subjects of wind energy systems. Concepts of wind meteorology, wind resource analysis and aerodynamics applied to wind turbines are covered. Students will utilize wind related software packages and perform lab sessions on power turbine performance and wind related measurements. Prerequisite: RE 2113.
Offered Spring Semester

RE 3163 Solar energy / Meteorology: This lecture covers all relevant subjects of solar thermal energy and solar photovoltaic system design. Subtopics include solar geometry, solar meteorology and physical principles of radiation conversion and radiation laws and heat transfer. Solar PV and solar thermal laboratory sessions are included. Prerequisite: RE 2113.
Offered Fall Semester

RE 4124 Renewable Energy Capstone: This is a project based course done under the supervision of a faculty member. The student develops a feasibility study for a renewable energy project for a specific site. They apply all the methods and know-how acquired during their classes and courses and presents their case study in a formal presentation or poster session Prerequisite: RE 3123, RE 3153, RE 3163.
Offered Spring Semester

CHM 2154 General, Organic, and Biochemistry A combined study of General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. Topics include general chemical reactions, the chemistry and nomenclature of the hydrocarbons, and the chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. The Laboratory period is designed to have an emphasis on the synthesis and chemistry of the bio-fuels. Three hours lecture-discussion and one three-hour laboratory-quiz period per week. Prerequisite: CHM 1104 or CHM 1124.
Offered Spring Semester