Energy Fundamentals for the Practicing Engineer is a non-credit, self-paced online continuing professional education course with pre-recorded learning modules.
Course Description
The goal of this engineering professional course is to familiarize students with the fundamentals of modeling and physics-based analysis for renewable and sustainable energy systems.
Learning Objectives
The course will take about 15 hours to complete. At the completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- differentiate between thermodynamics and heat transfer when applied to renewable and sustainable energy systems.
- apply physics-based thermodynamic and fluid/heat transfer principles in the analysis of renewable and sustainable energy systems.
- model solar, wind, hydropower, and nuclear reactor systems.
Instructor
John Fillo is a Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science professor emeritus in Mechanical Engineering.
He graduated with a PhD in mechanical engineering from Syracuse University and taught at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst and the University of Texas - EL Paso. He later worked at the Brookhaven National Laboratory for 10 years in the area of fusion energy research.
After leaving Brookhaven, Fillo became the founding chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in Watson College. This was followed by appointments as the associate dean for research and the associate dean for academic affairs.
After serving as chairman for the Department of Bioengineering, Fillo is now associated with the ES2 Data Center research group. He continues to teach in the energy area and develops courses in continuing education.