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Colleges and Careers: Which colleges can my energy-interested students attend to prepare for a career in energy?
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Let me know if you know of any more college programs.
Links:
- http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/
- Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers graduate study in lighting advancements. Research topics are Technologies, Ballasts, Controls, Daylighting, Lamps, Luminaires, Applications and Design, Architectural, Commercial, Daylighting, Industrial, Institutional, Outdoor, Residential, Security, Transportation, Human Factors, Light and Health, Glare, Color, Productivity, Comfort, Environment & Energy Efficiency, Case Studies, Evaluation and Testing, and Product Development.
- http://energy.caeds.eng.uml.edu/
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell offers advanced degrees in Solar Energy in its Department of Mechanical Engineering. (978) 934-2968
- http://wind.appstate.edu/
- The Department of Technology at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC is the regional leader in wind-education.
- http://www.energyprofessions.org/college_courses/index.asp
- The site sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute lists colleges that prepare students for the traditional energy industry.
- http://www.waco.tstc.edu/ecr/ecr_fuelcell/index.php
- Texas State Technical College at Waco offers a course in Fuel Cell Technology.
- http://www.wtamu.edu/research/aei/
- West Texas A&M U's Alternative Energy Institute studies wind and other renewables.
- http://www.engr.colostate.edu/research/
- The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at U Colorado studies wind and participates in the Northern Colorado Clean Energy [research] Cluster.
- http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3918
- Montana State U. studies wind and hosts a database on materials for wind turbines.
- http://www.nmsu.edu/~tdi/
- The Southwest Technology Development Institute is a renewable energy research center within the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. The project focuses on the development of renewable energy technologies, especially wind and solar. The University has also partnered with General Motors to study fuel cell development.
Southwest Technology Development Institute
New Mexico State University
Box 30001, MSC 3SOLAR
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001
Tel: (505) 646-1049
Fax: (505) 646-3841
General Information:
tdi@nmsu.edu - http://aarls.eng.ohio-state.edu/
- The Aeronautical and Astronautical Research Laboratory at Ohio State University studies wind turbines, particularly airfoil designs. A PhD student in 1994 studied the effect of arthropod's bodies stuck to turbine blades, on the effectiveness of the blade as an airfoil.
- http://me.oregonstate.edu/
- Stel N. Walker, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University in Corvallis, studies wind turbine aerodynamics and wind energy forecasting.
- http://www.mnwest.edu/
- Minnesota West Technical College, Jackson Campus, includes courses in wind energy.
401 West Street
Jackson, MN 56143
507-847-7920
800-658-2522 - http://www.tntech.edu/me/
- Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505
TN Tech hosts an energy systems lab.
- http://www.wind.appstate.edu/
- Appalachian State University (North Carolina State University System) runs an information-center about wind power for the region. Students use regional wind resources and labs to learn about the technology, along with state residents.
- http://www.tnstate.edu/
- The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Tennessee State University studies wind power.
- http://app.usmma.edu/
- At the US Merchant Marine Academy, the Alternative Power Program (APP) operates within the Department of Engineering. "The USMMA APP seeks to maintain a dynamic solar, wind, & hydrogen research & demonstration platform, from which stem a wide array of related activities. The APP and its laboratory will be used in support of the Academy's and the Maritime Administration's overall mission, with a focus on developing applications for clean, renewable, non-fossil fuel, energy systems. Our final emphasis is on maritime related activities, however, as marine engineers we are devoted to promoting all types of alternative & sustainable energy technologies." [From their abstract statement online]
- http://www.ame.arizona.edu/
- The University of Arizona's Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering studies fuel cells, hydrogen storage, wind energy conversion, and a solar car.
- http://www.ceere.org/rerl/
- The Renewable Energy Research Laboratory (RERL) at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst exists to promote education and research in renewable energy technologies. RERL focuses chiefly on wind energy in New England, including: offshore wind power issues, resource assessment, renewable energy software development, hybrid power systems, wind turbine dynamics and control, and wind farm siting and performance.
- http://www.me.utexas.edu/
- The University of Texas, El Paso hosts a research cluster, the CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES (CET) GROUP. The CET group focuses on fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, electrochemical supercapacitors, and solar energy with an emphasis on the development of new materials; efficient manufacturing processes; system integration and control; analysis, testing and design of components at both the microscale and system levels; and analysis of off-design and transient behavior.
UT El Paso hosts a solar energy lab also in it's Mechanical Engineering Dept. - http://www.uni.edu/indtech/ems/
- The University of Northern Iowa's Department of Industrial Technology includes faculty studying wind power and fuel cells.
- http://www.mae.ufl.edu/
- At the University of Florida, Gainesville, the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department studies solar and renewable energy, fuel cells, and energy conversion.
- http://www.mech.utah.edu/
- Energy and the Environment is a research area at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Utah.
- http://www.waco.tstc.edu/ecr/ecr_fuelcell/index.php
- Texas has instituted the Fuel Cell Curriculum Project at Texas State Technical College to qualify graduates for entry-level positions at fuel cell companies. Texas also now has a new nonprofit organization that will promote on-site energy technologies that provide integrated power, heat, and cooling to hospitals and essential facilities.