MEEN 5620 - Energy Harvesting Technologies and System Design

3 hours

Energy harvesting is the conversion of ambient energy present in the environment into electrical energy. Energy harvesting system has a wide range of applications, including energy efficiency enhancement for a system, embedded power source for wireless sensor networks, embedded power for biomedical devices. Introduces the design of energy conversion and storage systems from mechanical energy. Major topics include: vibration energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials, vibration energy harvesting using electromagnetic technique, thermoelectric energy harvesting, energy harvesting circuits, storage of harvested energy and selected applications of energy harvesting systems.

Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $73.70 (Instructional Fee), $60 (Differential Tuition)