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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 a22walker@uwaterloo.ca

Associate Chair Grad StudiesProfessor H. Jahed(519) 888-4567 x37826 hjahed@uwaterloo.ca