ASU Courses in Alternative Energy and Sustainability
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The list of the courses offered under the "Alternative Energy Technologies"
program at the Polytechnic campus
Undergraduate Level Courses:
ALT 360: Alternative Energy Technology
Description: Technical fundamentals, economic, and social aspects of
renewable energy technologies with emphasis on solar cells, hydrogen
economy, and fuel cells.
ALT 401: Hydrogen Generation and Storage
Description: Although hydrogen is an ideal fuel no infrastructure
currently exists for its optimal production, storage and distribution.
This course will provide a detailed account of this emerging energy
vector.
ALT 405: Power Conditioning
Description: Understand the detailed operating principles and safety
requirements of power conditioners. Students will become familiar with
practical implications of power conditioners in alternative energy
systems.
ALT 410: Solar Cells and Modules
Description: Understand the fundamentals of solar cells through classroom
presentations and laboratory experience. Students will become familiar
with the physics and characterization of solar cells.
ALT 420: Applied Science and Engineering Fuel Cells
Description: Thermodynamic and electrochemical principles of applied fuel
cells and electrolyzers; Materials, operating characteristics and cycle
life of supercapacitors; Hands-on experience on fabrication/evaluation of
fuel cells and supercapacitors.
ALT 435: Applied Photovoltaics
Description: Field applications and evaluations of the photovoltaic
technology. Students will become familiar with real-world practical
implications of photovoltaic technology.
ALT 445: Automotive and Stationary Fuel Cells
Description: Theoretical and practical overview of various fuel cell
systems, analyzing power demand for specific applications of stationary
and automotive applications and the overall environmental and cost
benefits.
ALT 494: Senior Project
Description: Covers topics of immediate or special interest to a faculty member and students.
Graduate Level Courses:
ALT 501: Advanced Renewable Energy: Global Hydrogen Economy
Description: Global, comprehensive evaluation of all renewable energy
sources with focus on solar cells, hydrogen, and fuel cells.
ALT 502: Batteries for Portable Electronics
Description: Exponential growth and demand for high performance batteries
for portable electronic devices such as cellular phone, iPods, digital
camera, camcorder and laptops have been a challenge to battery industry.
ALT 503: Fuel Cells for Portable Electronics
Description: Micro fuel cells for portable electronics have only entered a
period of intensive research and development. These types of fuel cells
have been characterized by different design, fuel, and cost requirements
compared with fuel cells for stationary and automotive applications.
ALT 505: Power Conditioning
Description: Detailed operating principles and safety requirements of
power conditioners. Students will become familiar with practical
implications of power conditioners in alternative energy systems.
ALT 506: Fuel Cell Integration and Packaging
Description: Fuel cell Systems Integration and Packaging is the process of
assembling the fuel cell, power conditioning parts and the balance of
plant in a logical, cost-effective way to support the subsequent testing,
verification that the fuel cell system meets its requirements, and
validation that the system performs in accordance with various
requirements of portable, residential and automotive applications.
ALT 507: Evaluations of Photovoltaic and Fuel Cell Systems
Description: Field testing, data collection, and evaluation of real-world
photovoltaic and fuel cell systems available on campus and data analysis.
ALT 536: Applied Photovoltaics
Description: Field applications and evaluations of the photovoltaic
technology. Students will become familiar with real-world practical
implications of photovoltaic technology.
ALT 545: Automotive and Stationary Fuel Cells
Description: Theoretical and practical overview of various fuel cell
systems, analyzing power demand for specific applications of stationary
and automotive applications and the overall environmental and cost
benefits.
ALT 598: Reliability, Standards and Codes
Description: Reliability issues, accelerated life and safety testing,
standards organizations, applicable standards for performance, reliability
and safety testing, testing and certification agencies, regulatory
organizations, incentives and industry organizations/newsletters.
Courses offered by School of Sustainability at the Tempe campus
SOS 324: Sustainable Energy and Materials Use
Description: Sustainable engineering; overall energy needs and impacts; thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanisms; atmospheric energy systems; field investigation; current and future urban energy systems.
SOS 494: Renewable Energy
Description: Covers topics of immediate or special interest to a faculty member and students.
SOS 494: Environmental Sustainability and Global Climate Change
Description: Covers topics of immediate or special interest to a faculty member and students.
Courses offered by Professor Martin Pasqualetti
GCU 364: Energy in the Global Arena
Description: The course discusses renewable energy as well
as conventional energy around the world
HON 394: Renewable Energy and Sustainability
Description: Covers topics of immediate or special interest to a faculty member and students
GPH 405/GPH 594: Energy and Environment
Description: The course discusses impacts from all
energy resources, including renewables
