Emerging Materials and Technologies toward Sustainability

Graduate / Professional

The goal of this course is to demonstrate the role of new materials and emerging technologies in solving one of the most critical socio-economic issues of our time—sustainability. The course focuses on electrochemical, electrical, optical, thermal, and mechanically functional materials and their use in energy devices. Topics to be covered include electrochemical energy conversion and storage (fuel cells and batteries), catalysts and membrane separations (fossil fuel and biomass energy conversion), electrified heating (Joule, plasma, microwave), solar thermal and fuel, thermoelectrics, energy efficient lighting, and building energy savings (light, thermal). TTh 1:05pm-2:20pm