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1 RECENTLY OFFERED SPECIALIZATION SEQUENCES Not all course sequences are offered every year academic year Photovoltaic Systems and Processing Hydro Power Systems and Integration Automation Robotics, and Controls Engineering 1 Systems Engineering summer REE507 - Campus Sustainability Assessment & Reporting academic year Research Methods and Innovation Photovoltaic Systems and Processing Energy Storage Geothermal Energy Automation Robotics, and Controls Engineering 1 Systems Engineering summer Global Energy Issues PV for Developing Countries academic year Research Methods and Innovation Wind Power Systems and Integration academic year Research Methods and Innovation Photovoltaic Systems and Processing 1 Course sequences from outside the REE program that are acceptable electives or alternatives 2 Single course elective

2 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Energy Engineering Overview, 9 credits REE 515, REE 516, REE 517 Energy Engineering I, II, III (3-0-3) (3-0-3) (3-0-3) Three-term sequence in energy engineering. For a variety of renewable and conventional means of energy production, storage, and distribution, students gain a robust understanding of resources, energy conversion technology, and integration with existing systems, regulatory contexts, business environment, and future trends. Required for all students. Research Methods and Innovation, 9 credits REE 511 Research Methods & Innovation I (3-0-3) Fundamental concepts of scientific research. An introduction to the concepts underlying peer-reviewed research, evaluating the relevance and impact of sources, conducting literature reviews, evaluating published findings, using research productivity tools, using statistical methods, designing research studies, and writing scholarly articles. Required unless substitution is approved by department. REE 512 Research Methods & Innovation II (3-0-3) Intellectual property (IP) development, evaluation, and strategy. IP fundamentals, patent fundamentals, conducting patentability searches, evaluating the patentability potential of an invention, drafting invention disclosures for patent applications, assessing the value of a patent or patent portfolio, and IP licensing fundamentals. Required for all students. REE 513 Research Methods & Innovation III (3-0-3) Strategy and innovation concepts with a focus on technology commercialization. Business strategy frameworks, financial analysis, strategic marketing, operations management, business models, project management, business law, and entrepreneurship. Required unless substitution is approved by department. Graduate Research or Project, 9 credits REE 599 Graduate R&D (3-0-3) Graduate research leading to the completion of a master s thesis or professional-level design project. Minimum of three terms required. Requires advisor approval. With departmental approval, qualified students may be able to complete an additional specialization sequence in place of a thesis or project.

3 APPROVED SPECIALIZATION SEQUENCES (3 Sequences Required) Energy Efficient Building Systems, 9 credits REE 533 Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (3-0-3) Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning. Application of laws and principles of thermodynamics to analysis, design, and control of mechanically-controlled environments for human comfort, animal health, and food preservation. Teaches computation of heating and cooling loads, humidity control, heating, and refrigeration. REE 553 Energy Systems Management and Auditing (3-0-3) Evaluating building thermal/electric/process loads, including lighting, hot water, HVAC and central plant systems, industrial refrigeration and motors. Opportunities for managing energy use through controls and operations/maintenance strategies. Roles of commissioning, energy auditing, renewables and economic analysis in reducing energy use. REE 573 Energy-Efficient Building Design (3-0-3) Principles of integrated, energy-efficient building design. Interpretation/application of codes, standards. Use of software tools for modeling, simulation of building energy systems. Daylighting, natural ventilation, architectural features of passive solar buildings. Inclusion of renewable resources and net-zero designs. Life-cycle economic analysis. Electrical Power Systems, 9 credits REE 529 Power System Analysis (3-0-3) Faults: symmetric, unsymmetric. Modeling system components using positive, negative, zero sequence networks. System admittance matrixes. Load flow computational methods such as Gauss-Seidel, NewtonRaphson. Power system stabilization. Power system analysis using software, emphasizing renewable resources. Requires background in power systems. REE 549 Power System Protection & Control (3-0-3) Protection systems overview; protective devices; coordination and sequencing of relays; grounding practices; impedance protection. Methods of power systems operation and control; load-frequency control, automatic generation control. Modeling power systems protection and control using power system analysis software, emphasizing renewable resources. Prerequisite: REE 529 REE 569 Grid Integration of Renewables (3-0-3) Issues unique to connecting renewable energy generation to the grid. Microgrids. Stability, transient, and harmonic effects. Interconnect agreements and requirements. SCADA and smart grid concepts. System optimization. Prerequisite: REE 549 Photovoltaic Systems and Processing, 9 credits REE 525 Solid-State Physics of Photovoltaic Materials (3-0-3) Principles of PV; electrons and holes in semiconductors; junction analysis. Survey of available semiconductors and materials choices for photovoltaic design. Principles of important photovoltaic devices. Monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and thin film solar cells. Strategies for high efficiency. Photovoltaic materials and phenomena.

4 REE 545 Applied Photovoltaics (3-0-3) The characteristics of sunlight. Solar cell behavior, properties, and design. Cell interconnection and module fabrication. Designing stand-alone and grid-connected photovoltaic systems. Special-purpose photovoltaic applications. Concentrator and hybrid solar thermal and photovoltaic systems. Advanced photovoltaic systems. REE 565 Semiconductor Process Engineering (3-0-3) Semiconductor process technology: crystal growth, silicon oxidation, photolithography, etching, diffusion, ion implantation, film deposition. Process integration, manufacturing, and metrology. Future trends and challenges. Energy Storage, 9 credits REE 581 Energy Storage Fundamentals (3-0-3) The survey course will examine energy storage fundamentals; applications and trends for pumped hydro, compressed air, flywheels, superconducting magnetic energy storage, gravitational mass, supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells, and thermal systems. REE592 Advanced Batteries (3-0-3) This course will examine technology and trends in battery chemistry, manufacturing, pack assembly, characterization, safety, economics and applications for battery systems including lead acid, nickel-based, lithium ion, lithium polymer, metal air and flow batteries. REE593 Advanced Fuel Cells (3-0-3) This course provides an in-depth analysis of the current trends, fuel processing, novel materials, applications, safety, and characterization for polymer electrolyte membrane, alkaline, phosphoric acid, molten carbonate, solid oxide, and direct methanol fuel cells. Hydro Power Systems and Integration, 9 credits REE 539 Hydraulics & Fluid Mech. of Hydropower (3-0-3) Open-channel hydraulics, including watershed hydrology, sediment transport and bed load movement, reservoirs, hydrostatics, dredging, spillways, stilling basins, and hydraulic jumps. Advanced fluid mechanics. Types of turbines. Modeling and unit optimization. Background in fluid mechanics required. REE 559 Development of Hydropower Projects (3-0-3) Mechanical and electrical equipment, including flow control elements, generators, transformers, protection and control equipment, and governors. Transient responses and stability. The engineering, procurement and construction process for hydropower projects. Commissioning and documentation. REE 579 Economic, Regulatory, and Environmental Aspects of Hydropower (3-0-3) Duration curves and generation studies. FERC permitting and licensing, including compliance. Power sales contracts and bundled services. Environmental impact assessments. Project financing, management, and operations requirements. Optimization of integrated hydropower systems.

5 Global Energy Issues, 9 credits REE 537 Sustainability of Energy Systems (3-0-3) Comprehensive examination and classification of the local, regional, and global environmental and social aspects of energy use including lifecycle assessments. Impacts of global and national politics on energy use decisions. REE 557 Costing Renewable Energy (3-0-3) Renewable energy in micro- and macroeconomic contexts. Review and discussion of current energy market structures, prices, effects of inflation and incentives, affordability, costs of supply reliability, investment criteria, and modeling market trends. REE 577 Renewable Energy Integration (3-0-3) Discussion based-class on the integration of renewable energy into the established electric grid, focusing on energy availability, reliability, options for integration, matching demand, and balancing economic options on global, regional, and local scales. Geothermal Energy, 9 credits REE 531 Ground-Source Heat Pumps (3-0-3) Heat pump design and operation. Heat pump cycles. Refrigerant selection. Ground-loop design. Heat transfer issues pertaining to geothermal energy. System design and integration. Temperature and materials issues unique to geothermal heat pumps. REE 551 Advanced Geothermal Energy (3-0-3) Classification of geothermal resources. Basics of geothermal wells and drilling. Resource capacity estimation and measurement. System design and integration. Applications such as aquaculture, greenhouses, and district heating. REE 571 Geothermal Power Generation (3-0-3) High-enthalpy resources suitable for electric power generation. Energy transfer and conversion. Plant design and integration. Advanced design such as absorption power cycles. Wind Power Systems and Integration, 9 credits REE 527 Wind Power Generators (3-0-3) AC machines, particularly three-phase induction and synchronous generators for wind power generation. Equivalent circuit models. Wound-rotor, permanent magnet, multi-pole, and switched-reluctance generators. Power and torque control. REE 547 Electric Power Conversion (3-0-3) Electric power conversion for wind generators. Review of power switching devices. Rectifiers, DC-DC converters, inverters. Pulse-width modulation. Converter topologies. Doubly-fed induction generators. Reactive power compensation.

6 REE 567 Wind Energy Systems Integration (3-0-3) Wind system electric power integration, protection, and control. System components, including generators, transformers, and switching stations. Network stability. Energy sector regulation and markets. Forecasting and integration of wind power systems. Biofuels and Biomass, 9 credits REE 521 Production of Biomass & Biofuels (3-0-3) The use of recently living plant or animal materials as sources of fuels, chemicals or industrial products. Sourcing and production. Biomass chemistry; lignocellulosics, fats, oils, saccharides, polysaccharides, proteins, and extractables. Chemical modification of biomass to produce fuels, polymers, industrial chemicals. REE 541 Utilization Strategies of Bioenergy (3-0-3) Strategies for sustainable energy production from biomass. Direct combustion. Fermentation processes. Anaerobic digestion systems. Thermochemical processes; gasification, liquefaction. Chemical synthesis pathways. REE 561 Process Design and Economic Evaluation for Biomass Energy Systems (3-0-3) Process engineering methods, including development of process and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID); equipment selection and sizing; cost estimation, economic evaluation; and, fundamentals of chemical process safety. System Engineering 1, 9 credits SEM507 Systems Engineering (3-0-3) Foundations of Systems Engineering; Structure of Complex Systems; System Development Processes and Frameworks; Systems Engineering Management; System Needs Analysis; System Design & Development; System Engineering Validation, Reliability Availability, Maintainability and Deployment; Human Factors Engineering. SEM507 Advanced Systems Engineering (3-0-3) Advanced concepts in systems science and systems engineering; modeling and mathematical methods for systems engineering; system simulation tools; optimization and decision analysis; case studies involving practical systems engineering integration of hardware, software, information, and human factor systems. SEM507 Advanced Engineering Management (3-0-3) Competitive Strategic Frameworks (Porter, RBV, Delta); Strategic Execution Framework; Project Management (PMBOOK); Financial Management; New Product Development; Case Studies. Automation, Robotics, and Controls Engineering 1, 9 credits ENGR507 Engineering Modeling (3-0-3) Development of linear and nonlinear models of engineering systems. Modeling of mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, fluid, and thermal systems. System identification from data.

7 ENGR507 Automation Systems (3-0-3) Design of industrial automation systems. Industrial networking and data handling. Industrial controller and operator interface configuration and programming. Design of SCADA systems. ENGR507 Process Control (3-0-3) Design of continuous and batch process control systems. Advanced control schemes, including modelbased methods. 1 Course sequences from outside the REE program that are acceptable electives or alternatives