Energy Systems Engineering

The Energy Systems Engineering program aims to prepare and educate the students with the essential knowledge of major energy technologies, including how they work, how they are quantitatively evaluated, what they cost, and what is their benefit and impact on the natural environment. The overall aim is to prepare professional engineers in energy systems that will be able to face the challenges and solve problems in energy production, consumption and management. The Energy Systems Engineering is a multidisciplinary program, covering fundamental engineering knowledge and skills in such areas as energy generation, conversion, transportation and distribution, electrical power systems and energy management (like in buildings, transport, industry etc.), along with modules on energy resources, energy policies, economics and associated environmental issues. The program consists of a four-year sequence of courses and requires the students to obtain 133 academic credits through classroom and laboratory academic teaching. The program covers the fundamental sciences of chemistry, physics, mathematics and thermodynamics along with computer programming and other specific courses that address the design of alternative and renewable energy systems.