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: 8
Average GPA: 3.82 (A)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 66.75%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.96%
| Lei Zuo | 2021 | 93.9% | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 3.92 | 6 |
| Shashank Priya | 2011 | 66.8% | 29.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.9% | 0.0% | 3.52 | 2 |