[bioundgrd] Fwd: 10.27 Course Announcement

[Janice Chang]

10.27 Energy Engineering Projects Laboratory

Subject Announcement and Lottery Spring 2014

10.27, Energy Engineering Projects Laboratory, was started in Spring, 2011. It has been added to the list of Approved Energy Electives for the Energy Studies Minor.

From the MIT Bulletin:

 10.27 Energy Engineering Projects Laboratory

(Subject meets with 10.26, 10.29)

Prereq: 5.310 or 7.02; 10.302; or permission of instructor U (Spring)

3-8-5

Projects in applied energy engineering research. Students work in teams of three or four on one project for the term. Projects often suggested by local industry. Includes training in research planning and project management, execution of experimental work, data analysis, oral presentation skills and technical report writing, team-building, and integration of technical and social science issues. Intended for students with diverse technical backgrounds.

Preference to Energy Studies minors.

C. K. Colton, P. T. Hammond, K. F. Jensen, J. K. Kelleher, M. S. Strano



10.27 is a CIM subject. Class meets Tues-Thurs, 1-5 pm.

 A wide variety of projects are currently being developed that are suitable for students from different technical disciplines in science and engineering. Representative project titles from prior years include the following:



•    Cleaning and recycling drilling fluid on drilling rigs
•    Ethanol production from starchy plants and lignocellulosic feedstocks
•    Engineering fuel cell systems and materials
•    Thermoelectric power from catalytic combustion
•    Exploiting photosynthesis for new biofuels
•    Lifecycle analysis of biodiesel preparations
•    Oil-adsorbing nanofabrics for cleaning large ocean oil spills
•    Thermal transport of self-propagating thermopower waves in nanomaterials as energy sources

Because the number of student positions in this class is limited, a lottery is being held in mid December. The last date for inclusion in the lottery is January 3, 2014. Students will be notified of the results of the lottery in early January. For further information, and to insure inclusion in the lottery, please contact Prof. Clark K. Colton (ckcolton at mit.edu<mailto:ckcolton at mit.edu>, x3-4585) or his assistant, Cindy Welch (cin at mit.edu<mailto:cin at mit.edu>, x3-4582).

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