The Role of Engineers in Nation Building
* Energy Studies (MENG 321) * Lecturer: Dr. K. Gbawuru-Mansaray
* Mechanical & Maintenance Engineering Department * Rationale: * Considering that energy is a critical need of the society, it is important that students should have an understanding of: i) the reserve position of fossil energy resources in quantitative terms as well as in terms of "lifetime", ii) the major technologies for utilization of the fossil energy resources, and iii) the importance of renewable energy as well as principles of different renewable energy technologies.
* Catalog Description: * Reserves and consumption of oil, coal and gas; fossil energy technologies for power generation; fundamental principles, applications and status of solar energy, biomass energy, wind energy, hydro-power, geothermal energy, wave energy, tidal energy, and ocean thermal energy; outlook of fossil and renewable energy. * Laboratory Session: None * Textbook: Lecture notes and handouts * Pre-requisite: None
* Grading System: * Mid-semester: 10% * Project: 15% * Poster 5% * Final exam: 70% * Project * This project gives the student the opportunity to investigate a particular area of Energy Studies in significant detail. The project may be based on desktop research. It may involve case studies, policy research or independent thought. Project topics and abstracts must be approved by the Instructor before work commences.
* Poster + Exhibition: My Country Energy Profile * Group Assignment * The poster should contain: * Your Name, Study Program * A geographical map * A table with key data and Diagrams * And a short description of the energy system, i.e., resources, conversion technologies, distribution system and energy usage. * Energy Consumption * Industry * Transportation * Residential * space heating, water heating, electrical appliances…. * Commercial * businesses such as offices,
* Mechanical & Maintenance Engineering Department * Rationale: * Considering that energy is a critical need of the society, it is important that students should have an understanding of: i) the reserve position of fossil energy resources in quantitative terms as well as in terms of "lifetime", ii) the major technologies for utilization of the fossil energy resources, and iii) the importance of renewable energy as well as principles of different renewable energy technologies.
* Catalog Description: * Reserves and consumption of oil, coal and gas; fossil energy technologies for power generation; fundamental principles, applications and status of solar energy, biomass energy, wind energy, hydro-power, geothermal energy, wave energy, tidal energy, and ocean thermal energy; outlook of fossil and renewable energy. * Laboratory Session: None * Textbook: Lecture notes and handouts * Pre-requisite: None
* Grading System: * Mid-semester: 10% * Project: 15% * Poster 5% * Final exam: 70% * Project * This project gives the student the opportunity to investigate a particular area of Energy Studies in significant detail. The project may be based on desktop research. It may involve case studies, policy research or independent thought. Project topics and abstracts must be approved by the Instructor before work commences.
* Poster + Exhibition: My Country Energy Profile * Group Assignment * The poster should contain: * Your Name, Study Program * A geographical map * A table with key data and Diagrams * And a short description of the energy system, i.e., resources, conversion technologies, distribution system and energy usage. * Energy Consumption * Industry * Transportation * Residential * space heating, water heating, electrical appliances…. * Commercial * businesses such as offices,