Materials Technology for Energy and Sustainability Graduate Certificate
Program Overview
The Materials Technology for Energy and Sustainability Graduate Certificate equips students with knowledge and skills in materials science and engineering for sustainable energy applications. Graduates gain expertise in energy harvesting, conversion, and storage technologies and develop critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to address challenges in the field. The program features renowned faculty, hands-on learning, and mentorship opportunities, empowering students to pursue careers in green technology industries.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Materials Technology for Energy and Sustainability Graduate Certificate program is designed for students in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, material science, environmental engineering, physics, and chemistry programs who wish to pursue careers in green technology (electric transportation, renewable energy, energy storage, etc.).
Educational Objectives:
Graduates will be able to:
- Establish societal, economic, and scientific foundations for materials used in sustainable energy research and industry.
- Gain knowledge of the most up-to-date, leading technology and market trends of materials in energy harvesting; conversion, and storage technology.
- Assess the viability of diverse materials technology to address problems in energy and sustainability.
Educational Outcomes:
Graduates will be able to:
- Understand and explain the basic concepts and design principles of energy harvesting, conversion, and storage devices and their material components.
- Read, analyze, and evaluate key data sets relevant to the sustainable energy industry.
- Obtain hands-on knowledge of the latest processing and analysis tools for renewable technology.
Teaching:
- Work with faculty who are actively patenting and publishing ground-breaking work.
- Access the best tools for your research.
Faculty:
- Jae Chul Kim: Dedicated to tackling challenging issues in green technology by offering new transformative ideas for the development of advanced energy storage platforms.
- Hamid Hadim: Researches sustainable energy systems and multidisciplinary design and optimization in electronics and MEMS packaging. He is also active in educational research related to pedagogical approaches for engineering education.
- Charles Cohn: A longtime adjunct professor with extensive experience in the renewable energy field. He has collaborated with architects in New Jersey designing numerous passive and active solar heated systems for commercial and residential buildings in New Jersey.
Other:
- Technology that enables clean power generation is key to sustaining global society and shaping the future.
- This graduate certificate program will provide students the fundamental basis and practical aspects of materials science and engineering used in sustainable energy technology.
- Students in this program will be able to analyze the challenges and opportunities of materials design and processing in the energy sector and provide sustainable solutions in the relevant technological and societal context.
