ME-5814: Energy Harvesting
Description: Criterion of harvesting, identification of energy sources, theory of vibrations, PSD, measurement and analysis. Selection of materials for energy conversion, piezoelectric, electromagnetic, electrostrictive, magnetostrictive, magnetoelectric, dielectric elasomers, conducting polymers, metal-ceramic composites, electrets, electostatic, thermoelectric, photovoltaic. Design and characterization, modeling and fabrication of vibration, wind, thermal gradient, and light energy harvesters; resonance phenomenon, equivalent circuits and storage. Case studies for applications of industrial systems, surveillance, automobliles and the human body. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 2
Average GPA: 3.95 (rounds to A)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 92.50%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%
| Lei Zuo | 2021 | 95.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.95 | 2 |