Postgraduate Courses
ENEG
Energy
- ENEG 5050Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development[3-0-0:3]Co-list withCENG 5910Prerequisite(s)CHEM 2411 (prior to 2017-18)Exclusion(s)CBME 5820, CENG 5910, JEVE 5820BackgroundCENG 2210DescriptionThis course attempts to highlight the basic issues on the relation between material/energy resources, the environment and sustainable development. Potential directions for technological changes on greater efficiency of energy utilization, exploitation of renewable energy, adoption of cleaner environmental practices and waste reduction that can lead to sustainable development will be explored.
- ENEG 5200Nanoelectronic Materials for Energy Technologies[3-0-0:3]Co-list withELEC 5110Exclusion(s)ELEC 5110BackgroundELEC 3500DescriptionConventional and unconventional fabrication of nanostructures including electron beam lithography, nanoimprint, chemical synthesis, self-assembly, etc.; size dependent electronic and optoelectronic properties of nanomaterials; large-scale assembly and integration of nanomaterials for electronics; energy harvesting and storage devices using nanoelectronic materials.
- ENEG 5250Semiconductor Power and Energy Conversion Technologies[3-0-0:3]Co-list withELEC 5120Exclusion(s)ELEC 5120DescriptionAnalysis of power semiconductor device technologies in the context of electric power conversion and transmission; emphasis on the understanding of the critical roles of semiconductor device technologies in power and energy conversion. The mainstream silicon and emerging semiconductor power devices technologies; material properties, device structure design, advanced fabrication techniques, and device characteristics. Critical device-circuit interaction issues and basic power electronics circuits will be covered focusing on the role of these circuits in electric power conversion and transmission.
- ENEG 5400Transport Phenomena and Its Application in Energy Systems[3-0-0:3]Co-list withMECH 5280Exclusion(s)MECH 5280, MECH 691ZDescriptionElementary statistical concepts; ensembles and postulates; partition functions and their properties; calculation of thermodynamic properties; kinetic theory of transport process; fluctuation-dissipation theorem; Langevin equation; mass and heat transfer in fuel cells.
- ENEG 6010Advanced Topics in Energy Technology[0-1-0:0]DescriptionAdvanced topic series presented by the professors and guest speakers, on most updated frontier researches in Energy Technology. Graded P or F.