Spring 2025 - SEE 475 D100
Special Topics in Sustainable Energy Engineering (3)
Class Number: 5210
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Surrey
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Instructor:
Vincenzo Pecunia
pecunia@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5479
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Prerequisites:
Permission of the undergraduate curriculum chair.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Special topics in sustainable energy engineering. Students may repeat this course for further credit under a different topic.
COURSE DETAILS:
For Spring 2025, this course will cover the fundamentals of energy harvesting materials and their application in devices for the conversion of ambient energy into electricity through various physical mechanisms (the photovoltaic effect, thermoelectricity, piezoelectricity, and triboelectricity). The properties of materials in relation to their energy harvesting mechanisms are treated alongside their key figures of merit, design rules, and sustainability profiles. The course includes a laboratory component in which students will carry out hands-on activities concerning energy harvesters.
Course prerequisites: SEE 230 Electric Circuits and SEE 231 Electronic Devices and Systems.
Materials
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.