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Green Energy Graduate Diploma
Information sessionDepartment of Mechanical and
Mechatronics Engineering
Hosted by:Professor Roydon Fraser
Professor Zhongchao Tan Professor Hamid Jahedmotlagh
Thank you for your interest in the Green Energy Graduate Diploma (GEGD).
• Discover the value this program can have in your current position
• Learn more about course content• Experience our state-of-the-art online learning
environment
Welcome
• An interactive and flexible new graduate program that provides technical knowledge and training in green energy systems
• Allows working engineers to access professional development in areas like bioenergy, pollution management, and sustainable buildings
What is the GEGD?
The value added from GEGD will be as individual as you are, however, in general it offers the following with regards to green energy engineering science, trends, and thinking:
• Provides applied knowledge and thinking• Provides professional development updates• Provides Canadian perspective• Provides Canadian credential
The Green Energy Graduate Diploma; What is in is for you?
Professional Engineering is “... any act of planning, designing, composing, evaluating, advising, reporting, directing or supervising that requires the application of engineering principles and concerns the safeguarding of life, health, property, economic interests, the public welfare or the environment, or the managing of any such act.”
• A working knowledge about green energy principles, engineering science, and systems has many direct links to the responsibilities of a professional engineer
Work Environment Applications
You’ll take one mandatory course, and three electives.Four courses
ME 760 Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Energy & the Environment
ME 738 Special Topics in Materials Engineering: Hydrogen Storage Materials
ME 751 Fuel Cell TechnologyME 753 Solar EnergyME 760a Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Building
Energy Performances (1)ME 760b Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Low Energy
Building Systems (2)ME 760c Special Topics in Thermal Engineering: Air Pollution
and Greenhouse Gases Emission ControlME 765 Special Topics in Fluid Mechanics: Wind Energy
• Introduction to energy situation• Impact of energy and energy paradox• Basic principles of global energy, energy policy and
energy production/consumption• Issues related to fossil fuels and solar balance• Conventional and novel heating systems, efficiency
measurement• Rankin cycle• Decision making (local and system view)• Technical issues related to direct and indirect energy• Energy conversion technologies and nuclear energy
ME 760: Energy and the Environment
• Introduction to the principle and operation of various types of fuel cells (such as alkaline, proton exchange membrane, phosphoric acid, molten carbonate, solid oxide, and direct methanol fuel cells)
• Configuration of individual cell, stack and fuel cell system
• Overview of fuel cell technology • Thermodynamics of fuel cells • Introduction to electrochemical kinetics• Transport-related phenomena and conservation
equations for reacting multi-component systems • Fuel cell system design, optimization and economics • Fuel cell performance modelling• Challenges of fuel cell commercialization
ME 751: Fuel Cell Technology
• Solar radiation • Radiative and optical properties of materials • Basic and advanced flat plate solar thermal
converters, focusing converters, solar-electric converters, solar photovoltaic cells, thermal storage
• Applications to building heating and cooling systems, industrial heat and central electric plants
ME 753: Solar Energy
• An overview of energy use in buildings• Basic calculations of energy flows through exterior
envelope • Basic energy calculations for mechanical/electrical
equipment and systems, including HVAC, water heating, and lighting
• Aspects of energy-use benchmarking, energy-auditing, and building energy simulation
• Additional topics may include: − integrated design process − building energy codes − “green building” rating systems − measurement of energy use − building commissioning
ME 760a: Building Energy Performances
• An overview of concepts for designing energy-efficient HVAC systems for buildings: − design for efficient operation at part-load − variable-flow hydronic systems − ventilation heat-recovery systems − high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment − waste-heat recovery − aspects of air- and ground-source heat-pump
systems • Additional topics may include:
− aspects of building energy management systems − considerations for integration of future energy
sources (i.e. solar-energy, cogeneration systems)
ME 760b: Low Energy Building Systems
This course is designed for graduate students with mechanical, chemical and environmental engineering background. • Introduction to air, air quality and air pollution • Impact of air pollution and greenhouse gases on
health and climate change • Fundamentals of fuel combustion and combustion
related air emissions, and properties of air pollutants • Pre-combustion emission control strategies: fossil fuel
cleaning/refinery and green energy • In-combustion emission control • Post-combustion air pollution control • Air dispersion modeling• GHG emission control technologies
ME 760c: Pollution and Greenhouse Gases Emission Control
This course covers wind energy history, background, current state of the art, Canadian development.• The Wind as an Energy Source: energy
extraction, boundary layers, turbulence, experimental measurements, instrumentation, wind modeling
• Fundamentals of Wind Machines: dimensionless groups, scaling, performance parameters
• Aerodynamics: momentum and Disc theory, Blade Geometry, Stall, Blade Design, Aeroacoustics, wind farm development
The course will involve lectures, group discussion, guest lectures, independent study, and laboratory demonstrations.
ME 765: Wind Energy
• Live online delivery • Live interaction with other students and the
instructor• Flexible in location• Course recorded for future use
Virtual classroom
• Four year undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, or a related field• Overall average of 75% in the last two years of
this degree• Those with a non-related degree may apply if they
have work experience in a related field• Two letters of reference, one of which must be
academic• Applicants whose first language is not English must
complete a language proficiency exam • iBT (score of 80+)• IELTS (score of 6.5+)
Admission requirements
• Complete the online application• Pay the non-refundable application fee of $100CDN• Follow the instructions to upload your documents
Visit the Graduate Studies web page for more information about applications.
How to apply
Desired start date Application deadline
Fall 2014 (September) July 1, 2014
Winter 2015 (January) November 2, 2014
Spring 2015 (May) March 1, 2015
Domestic fees: $1,277 per termInternational fees: $3,504 per term
Incidental fees: $36.60 per term
• Part-time registration only, with one course each term• Four terms to complete the program
Financing
Questions?Contact us
Graduate AdministratorAllison Walker(519) 888-4567 x33341 [email protected]
Associate Chair Grad StudiesProfessor H. Jahed(519) 888-4567 x37826 [email protected]