Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: "C-" or better in (MATH 2250 AND ECE 2210 AND (ME EN 3220 OR ME EN 3210)) AND Full Major status in Mechanical Engineering.
Description
Engineering methods to harvest energy from the environment including vibrations, motion, thermal and light energy. Covers fundamental physics of common electromechanical transduction mechanisms (piezoelectric, electrostatic, and electromagnetic) and thermoelectrics, equivalent circuit modeling techniques to model coupled electromechanical systems, and basic power conditioning electronics. Advanced energy harvesting topics are also introduced.