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Renewable and Clean Energy Graduate Education AT Wright State. Professor Jim Menart Director of Renewable and Clean Energy Program Wright State University Dayton, Ohio. UCEAO 6 th Annual Conference Columbus, Ohio April 2 -3, 2012. Wright State Solar Collectors. Wright State Solar Tower .
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Renewable and Clean Energy Graduate Education AT Wright State Professor Jim MenartDirector of Renewable and Clean Energy ProgramWright State University Dayton, Ohio UCEAO 6thAnnual Conference Columbus, Ohio April 2 -3, 2012 Wright State Solar Collectors Wright State Solar Tower
Wright State’sRenewable and Clean Energy Program • This is an engineering Master’s Degree. • Philosophy is to take students from many types of engineering and scientific undergraduate programs and provide them with expertise in renewable and clean energy.
Wright State’sRenewable and Clean Energy Program • Looking for students with degrees in • Any type of engineering. • Sciences such as physics, chemistry, computer science, and mathematics. • Want to focus these students from varied engineering and science orientated disciplines on renewable and clean energy. • There are many skills that are required and that will be required in this field. • Wright State wants to be one of the suppliers of skilled engineers in this field.
Reasons for the Program • Economics • Environment • Security
Collaborative Nature of Program • Wright State University • Degree granting institution • University of Dayton • Degree granting institution • Air Force Institute of Technology • Provides courses • Central State • Provides courses • SOCHE and DAGSI • Mechanism for collaboration
Age of Program • Program was signed into being by the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents on November 24, 2008. • Had first students in January, 2009 • Program is now over 3 years old
Enrollments • Active student enrollment • 4 students in Winter Quarter 2009 • 11 students in Fall Quarter 2009 • 26 students in Fall Quarter 2010 • 23 students in Fall Quarter 2012
Graduates • Graduates • 10 graduates of the program • Places of Employment • Energy Systems Group • The HabeggerCorporation • Tri Tech • Department of Veteran’s Affairs • Third Millennium Metals • Dayton Superior • Ph. D. programs (3 students)
Program Curriculum Overview • Core courses – 2 required • Renewable and Clean Energy Courses – 3 required • Math – 1 required • Electives – 2 or 3 required • Thesis – 12 credits required • Non-thesis option available • Do additional course work to replace thesis credits • Project required • Must take at least one course at WSU, UD, and AFIT
RENEWABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY COURSES Energy Efficiency WSU/ ME642 – Vehicle Engineering UD/MEE569 – Energy Efficient Buildings UD/MEE571 – Design of Thermal Systems UD/MEE 572 – Design for Environment UD/MEE 578 – Energy Efficient Manufacturing UD/MEE 590 – Energy Information Management Renewable Energy WSU/ ME623 – Energy Conversion WSU/ ME624 – Solar Engineering WSU/ME626 – Wind Power WSU/ ME750 – Photovoltaics WSU/ME752– Hydrogen Energy UD/MEE573 – Renewable Energy Systems UD/MEE/CME590 – Biomass and Biofuels UD/MEE590 – Geothermal Energy UD/MEE 590 – Wind Energy Engineering CSU/ME699 – Hydropower 22 Renewable and Clean Energy Courses Clean Energy WSU/ ME627 – Electrochemical Energy Systems WSU/ ME628 – Fuel Cell Science and Technology UD/MEE/CME524 – Fuel Cell Fundamentals and Technology UD/MEE/MAT 507 – Energy Materials AFIT/NENG620 – Nuclear Reactor Theory and Engineering CSU/ME699 – Environmental Advances in Coal Based Power Plants
Thesis and Non-Thesis Option • Thesis option • Must perform major research on a renewable and clean energy topic. • Would like to gain national recognition in renewable and clean energy research. • Non-thesis option • Perform a 4 credit project. • Must take additional course work.
Energy Research at Wright State • Fuel Cells • Batteries • Hydrogen • Wind Turbine Modeling • Solar Energy • Geothermal Energy • System Analysis
What Wright State has Done in the Renewable and Clean Energy Field? • Developed the first Renewable and Clean Energy Master’s Degree program in the State of Ohio. • One of a few in the country • Performs research on a number of renewable and clean energy technologies.
Other Energy Programs • Many programs in energy and sustainability programs • Engineering Degrees • Wright State University • University of Dayton • University of Toledo (Photovoltaics) • Oregon Institute of Technology (B.S. working on M.S.) • Lehigh University (Energy and the Environment) • Wayne State University (Alternative Energy) • University of Michigan (Energy Systems Engineering) • University of Illinois at Chicago (Energy Engineering) • Arizona State University (Solar Engineering) • University of Massachusetts Lowell (Energy Engineering) • Santa Clara University (Sustainability Engineering) • Northeastern University in Boston
Other Energy Programs Continued • University of Dundee in Scotland • The School for Renewable Energy Science in Iceland • University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom • European Renewable Energy Research Centres in France, UK, Germany, Greece, and Spain • The University of Jyväskyäin Finland • The University of Ulster in Northern Ireland • Aalborg University in Denmark • Murdoch University in Perth in Australia • KTH in Sweden • China-EU Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy, ICARE.
What Wright State Would Like to Do? • Have a nationally recognized educational program in Renewable and Clean Energy • Help the region and country grow its Renewable and Clean Energy industry • Supply the Renewable Energy Engineers of the Future