Course Description:
           This course is focused on applications of solar and wind  renewable energy.
           (1) Fundamentals - Engineering principles and applications of modern solar and wind systems.
           (2) System Design - Solar Thermal, Photovoltaic and Wind Power
           (3) System Performance and Economics.
           Excel spreadsheets are utilized extensively in this course for system design and analysis.

Target Audience:
          On campus senior and graduate students
          Off campus professional engineers, managers and designers concerned with the renewable energy potential.

Prerequisite Topics:
           AME 230,331 - Basic Thermodynamics and Fluid Flow

Benefits:

           Upon satisfactory completion of  the course, students will be able to originate or review designs and components  for community and commercial energy systems based on solar thermal, photovoltaic cells, and wind power.

Course Delivery:           Web Access:    www.webct.arizona.edu

All meaningful information is presented by web delivery. There are no lectures or hard copy paper exchanges. Assignments, exams and project reports are transmitted or done on-line using WebCT.  A live on campus meetings is scheduled once a week to clarify general questions, provide feedback  and encourage student team interaction; attendance is not essential or required.

            Graduate students meet a higher standards than the undergraduates on assignments, projects and exams.