Courses
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Course No: MAE 110
Title: Combustion and Fuel Cell Systems
Description: Fundamentals of gaseous, liquid, and coal-fired combustion and fuel cell systems. Fuels, fuel-air mixing, aerodynamics, and combustion and fuel cell thermodynamics. Operating and design aspects of practical systems including engines, power generators, boilers, furnaces, and incinerators. Prerequisite: MAE115.
Level: Undergraduate Upper Division
Fuel Cell Focus: 2 weeks
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Course No: MAE 115
Title: Applied Engineering Thermodynamics
Description: Application of thermodynamic principles to compressible and incompressible processes representative of practical engineering problems--power cycles, refrigeration cycles, multicomponent mixtures, air conditioning systems, combustion and compressible flow. Design of a thermodynamic process. Prerequisite: MAE91.
Level: Undergraduate Upper Division
Fuel Cell Focus: 1 week
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Course No: MAE 117
Title: Solar and Renewable Energy Systems
Description: Basic principles, design, and operation of solar and other renewable energy systems including solar photo-voltaic, solar thermal, hydroelectric, wind, and biomass gasification and combustion. Includes power generation and storage, and renewable fuels for transportation and stationary power generation. Prerequisite: MAE115.
Level: Undergraduate Upper Division
Fuel Cell Focus: 1 week
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Course No: MAE 118
Title: Sustainable Energy Systems
Description: Basic principles, design, and operation of sustainable energy systems including wind, solar photo-voltaic and thermal, hydroelectric, geothermal, oceanic, biomass combustion, advanced coal, and next generation nuclear. Includes power generation, storage, and transmission for stationary power generation. Prerequisite: MAE115. Concurrent with MAE218
Level: Undergraduate Upper Division
Fuel Cell Focus: 1 week
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Course No: MAE 119
Title: Solar and Renewable Energy Systems
Description: Basic principles, design, and operation of solar and other renewable energy systems including solar photo-voltaic, solar thermal, hydroelectric, wind, and biomass gasification and combustion. Includes power generation and storage, and renewable fuels for transportation and stationary power generation. Prerequisite: MAE115.
Level: Undergraduate Upper Division
Fuel Cell Focus:
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Course No: MAE 214A
Title: Fuel-Cell Fundamentals and Technology
Description: Fuel-cell systems design, operation, and materials. Electrochemistry and electrocatalysis, cell degradation, nature of fuel-cell electrodes and electrolytes, fuels, and fuel processing. Provides broad insight into fuel-cell science, technology, system design, and operation. Prerequisite: MAE110.
Level: Graduate
Fuel Cell Focus: 10 weeks
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Course No: MAE 214B
Title: Fuel-Cell Systems and Degradation
Description: Fuel cell systems design; impacts of operating conditions; experimental and theoretical analysis methods for fuel cells systems; introduction to degradation mechanisms and mitigation techniques; provides broad insight into fuel-cell science, technology, system design and operation. Prerequisite: MAE214A.
Level: Graduate
Fuel Cell Focus: 10 weeks
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Course No: MAE 214C
Title: Fuel-Cell Fundamentals and Technology
Description: An in-depth introduction to the fundamentals of PEM fuel cells, including thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport in electrochemical systems. Topics of specific interest to mechanical engineers will include water/heat management and dynamic responses. Prerequisite: MAE214A.
Level: Graduate
Fuel Cell Focus: 10 weeks
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Course No: MAE 218
Title: Sustainable Energy Systems
Description: Basic principles, design, and operation of sustainable energy systems including wind, solar photo-voltaic and thermal, hydroelectric, geothermal, oceanic, biomass combustion, advanced coal, and next generation nuclear. Includes power generation, storage, and transmission for stationary power generation. Prerequisite: Graduate student standing. Concurrent with MAE118
Level: Graduate
Fuel Cell Focus: 1 week
Departments: Chemistry and Mechanical and Aerospace
Course No: MAE 260
Title: Energy and Environmental Conflict
Description: Examination of current issues related to the atmosphere, including energy usage; toxicology; effects on humans, forest, plants, and ecosystems; particulate matter (PM10); combustion; modeling, and meteorology; airborne toxic chemicals and risk assessment; application of science to development of public policies. Prerequisite: One course selected from Chemistry 245, Earth System Science 202, Engineering MAE164, Engineering MAE261, or consent of instructor. Same as Chemistry 241.
Level: Graduate
Fuel Cell Focus: 1 week