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Renewable Energy Engineering - 3657

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

Contact: http://www.pv.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Typical Duration: 4 Years

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 3

Max UOC Per Semester: 27

Min UOC For Award: 192

UAC Code: 425003

ATAR: 91

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

Award(s):

Bachelor of Engineering (Major)

Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions

Program Description

This program commenced in 2003 and is a four year full-time program. Discussions on course content were held with Australian manufacturers, major end-users, the NSW Sustainable Energy Development Authority, the Australian CRC for Renewable Energy and the industry representative association, Solar Energy Industries Association of Australia.

Consultation also took place as necessary with other schools within UNSW. In particular, the plans for this program have been developed in collaboration with the School of Mechanical Engineering, the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications and the Faculty of the Built Environment. All of these schools offer courses within the new program.

Approximately half of the material for this program is in common with the program in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy. However, this program in Renewable Energy Engineering encompasses a wider range of renewable energy technologies and their use. These include heat and electricity generation from solar thermal systems, photovoltaics, wind turbines, biomass and the important areas of solar architecture and the design of energy efficient buildings and appliances.

Note

Renewable Energy Engineering is also available as a component of the dual degree programs
BE (RE Eng)/BSc program 3658
BE (RE Eng)/BComprogram 3715
BE (RE)/BA program 3704
BE (RE)/LLBprograms4778

For details of all academic requirements see Rules

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

Please see Rules

Program Structure

In order to fulfill the requirements of the degree students must complete 192 UOC, with 150 UOC of core courses, 30 UOC of professional electives and 12 UOC of General Education courses.

Year 1

Choose ONE of:

MATH1131 Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)
MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)

And ONE of:

MATH1231 Mathematics 1B (6 UOC)
MATH1241 Higher Mathematics 1B (6 UOC)

And ONE of:

PHYS1121 Physics 1A (6 UOC)
PHYS1131 Higher Physics 1A (6 UOC)

And ONE of:

PHYS1221 Physics 1B (6 UOC)
PHYS1231 Higher Physics 1B (6 UOC)

Plus the following 2 courses:

ENGG1000 Engineering Design (6 UOC)
ENGG1811 Computing for Engineers (6 UOC)

Plus choose 2 electives from the Year 1 Elective List Electives

Suggested Year 1 electives for this program are:

ELEC1111 Elec & Telecomm Eng (6 UOC)
SOLA1070 Sustainable Energy (6 UOC)

COMP1911 is an acceptable alternative for ENGG1811
Not all courses are offered in both semesters but students should complete 24 UOC in each semester.
For timetabling reasons, MATS1101 is not a preferred Year 1 Elective.

Year 2

ELEC1111 Elec & Telecomm Eng (6 UOC)
MATH2089 Numerical Methods & Statistics (6 UOC)
MATS1101 Engineering Materials and Chem (6 UOC)
MMAN2600 Fluid Mechanics (6 UOC)
MMAN2700 Thermodynamics (6 UOC)
SOLA2060 Intro to Elec Devices (6 UOC)
SOLA2540 Applied PV (6 UOC)

General Education (6UOC)

Year 3

MECH3610 Advanced Thermofluids (6 UOC)
MECH9720 Solar Thermal Energy Design (6 UOC)
SOLA3010 Low Energy Buildings and PV (6 UOC)
SOLA5051 Life Cycle Assessment (6 UOC)
SOLA5052 Biomass (6 UOC)
SOLA5053 Wind Energy Converters (6 UOC)
SOLA5057 Energy Efficiency (6 UOC)

Professional Electives (6 UOC)

Year 4

ELEC4122 Strategic Leadership & Ethics (6 UOC)
SOLA4910 Thesis Part A (6 UOC)
SOLA4911 Thesis Part B (6 UOC)
SOLA5050 Renew Energy Pol & Int Prog (6 UOC)

General Education (6UOC)
Professional Electives (18UOC)

With the program authority's permission courses can also be chosen from amongst the electives offered by other Schools, provided that appropriate pre-requisites have been satisfied and they conform to the units of credit requirements.

Areas of Specialisation