CORE COURSES (ENPM 622, 624, 627, 656 plus two additional core courses are required)

ENPM 624 Renewable Energy Applications (3) Thermodynamics and heat transfer analysis of renewable energy sources for heating, power generation and transportation. Wind energy, solar thermal, photovoltaic, biomass, waste burning and OTEC. Broad overview of the growing use of renewable energy sources in the world economy with detailed analysis of specific applications.

ENPM 622 Energy Conversion I – Stationary Power (3) Prerequisites: Undergraduate courses in Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Mechanics, or ENPM 808J Fundamentals of Thermal Systems, or permission of the instructor. Electrical power from generation, through transmission and distribution to consumption. Thermochemical principles of energy, material and chemical balances are used to determine performance characteristics of stationary fuel alternatives including clean coal and biomass and burning waste. Cycle analysis of various modern power generation technologies including fluidized bed steam generators, gas turbines, combined cycles, fuel cells and cogeneration are compared. The impact of choices regarding energy generation, transmission, distribution and consumption as well as potential air pollution are also considered.

ENPM 656 Energy Conversion II – Mobile Power (3) Prerequisites: Undergraduate courses in Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Mechanics, or ENPM 808J Fundamentals of Thermal Systems, or permission of the instructor. Important fuel – engine aspects of mobile power of modern and advanced automotive (i.e. self-propelled) vehicles. Thermochemical principles of energy, material and chemical balances are used to determine performance characteristics of mobility fuel alternatives including fossil fuels, biofuels, synfuels, and hydrogen. Emphasis is given to state of the art and emerging energy conversion science and technologies related to IC engines and fuel cells. The interface between fuel combustion chemistry and generated power and pollutants are addressed. The practical aspects of design and operation of various alternatives for mobility power regarding impacts and tradeoffs to power, torque, efficiency, fuel consumption, as well as the generation of air pollutants are also considered for several fuel alternatives.

ENPM 627 Environmental Risk Analysis (3) Fundamental methodology for analyzing environmental risk with examples for selected applications. Key elements include: (1) source term and release characterization, (2) migration of contaminants in various media, (3) exposure assessment, (4) dose-response evaluation, (5) risk characterization, and (6) risk management. Also included will be an introduction to uncertainty analysis and environmental laws and regulations. Students will gain the basic skills and knowledge needed to manage, evaluate, or perform environmental risk assessments and risk analysis.

ENPM (Course number to be announced) Advanced Fuel Cells and Batteries (3) Basic electrochemical thermodynamics and kinetics, with emphasis on electrochemical techniques, fundamental principle of batteries and fuel cells, mass transport processes and performance of various battery and fuel cell technologies. Fuel cell and battery design, system integration, synthesis of electrode materials and catalysts will be presented. A survey of the cutting-edge technologies for fuel cells and batteries will also be discussed. Students will have an opportunity to tour the Fuel Cell and Battery Lab in Chemistry Building.

ENPM (Course number to be announced) Photovoltaics: Solar Energy (3) Topics: basic physics of light/material interactions, recent laboratory scale developments in photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical technologies, manufacturing of photovoltaic materials, and photovoltaic systems design and integration with existing power generation/distribution infrastructure. Additional topics: solar heating, solar thermal power generation and photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation.

ENPM 808# Solar Thermal Energy Applications
This course would cover the full range of technologies that utilize solar radiation for heating, cooling, lighting and electrical power generation, excluding photovoltaic applications. Topics include: Solar radiation calculations and predictions; Solar spectral characteristics, and diffuse and direct solar radiation; Passive solar applications; Heating; Daylighting; Thermal storage; Fenestration systems; Architectural design; Active solar applications for heating; Solar collectors; Water-based systems; ir-based systems; Domestic hot water heating; Space heating; Process heating; Cooling systems; Flat plate versus concentrating collectors; Fixed versus tracking collector systems; Solar thermal electrical power generation; Dish/Stirling engine systems; Linear concentrator systems; Power tower systems; Thermal storage; Combined cycle applications; Systems design and integration; Control systems and system operation; and Performance calculations and predictions.

ENPM 808# Wind Energy Engineering
The course will treat four central topics in wind energy engineering: the nature of wind energy as a resource for generating electricity; the aerodynamics of wind turbines by which the wind energy is converted into mechanical energy; the mechanics and dynamics of the wind energy system (tower, rotor, hub, drive train, and generator); and the electrical aspects of wind turbines. Additional topics to be included in the course include: Wind turbine design; wind turbine control; wind turbine siting, system design, and integration; Wind energy system economics; and wind energy systems environmental impacts and aspects. The course is intended to pass along substantial subject matter knowledge and skills, it can only be treated as an introduction to this extensive, multidisciplinary topic. However, students are expected to emerge with a substantial knowledge of wind energy systems and the methods used to analyze such systems.

ELECTIVE COURSE SETS (4 courses must be chosen from within one group - 4 nuclear courses or 4 energy systems, or 4 reliability courses)

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING Electives
ENME 450 Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering
ENNU 630 Reactor Physics
ENNU 631 Reactor Engineering
ENMA 655 Radiation Engineering
ENPM 808 Reactor Systems and Safety
ENPM 808 Reactor Operations

ENERGY SYSTEMS Electives
ENPM 641 Systems Concepts, Issues and Processes
ENPM 642 Systems Requirements, Design and Trade-Off Analysis
ENME 635 Analysis of Energy Systems
ENPM 654 Energy Systems Management
ENPM 623 Control of Combustion Generated Air Pollution
ENPM 635 Design and Analysis of Thermal Systems
ENPM 651 Heat Transfer for Modern Applications
ENPM 808K Energy Systems Analysis

RELIABILITY ENGINEERING Electives
ENRE 447 Fundamentals of Reliability Engineering
ENRE 600 Fundamentals of Failure Mechanisms
ENRE 602 Reliability Analysis
ENRE 620 Mathematical Techniques for Engineers
ENRE 670 Risk Assessment for Engineers I
ENRE 671 Risk Assessment for Engineers II

All elective courses must be approved by the academic advisor.