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Foundations of Energy

Course code

B51ET

Course type

Taught

Level

Level 11

Credits

Senior course leader

Michele Pozzi

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Course Aims

To provide the students with an overview of current energy production and consumption, extraction and conversion technologies, environmental impact of energy consumption, policies, and current energy debates and to provide them with fundamental skills to analyse energy systems quantitatively.

Learning Outcomes

Outcome	Category (see details below)
Familiarity with energy and power units and relevant concepts. Understanding of the energy chain, from original source to end user. Understanding of the principles of energy extraction, conversion, and transmission. Knowledge of current technologies available for energy extraction, conversion, and transmission Familiarity with impacts of energy use on the environment and society. Awareness of national and international policies. Awareness of current energy debates Skills to gather and critically assess evidence from a range of available resources Ability to formulate, present, and defend an objective, research-informed, point of view	POT1
Awareness of the energy industry and professional bodies Awareness of economic factors surrounding energy provision Awareness of social, economic, and environmental effects of energy production, trade and consumption Develop independent research methods Develop team work skills in group assignments Skills to communicate quantitative and qualitative information and arguments in a written and oral form Numerical skills to analyse processes quantitatively using fundamental engineering sciences Confidence with standard IT software for report preparation, presentations, and quantitative analysis	POT3

Outcome

Category (see details below)

Familiarity with energy and power units and relevant concepts.
Understanding of the energy chain, from original source to end user.
Understanding of the principles of energy extraction, conversion, and transmission.
Knowledge of current technologies available for energy extraction, conversion, and transmission
Familiarity with impacts of energy use on the environment and society.
Awareness of national and international policies.
Awareness of current energy debates
Skills to gather and critically assess evidence from a range of available resources
Ability to formulate, present, and defend an objective, research-informed, point of view

POT1

Awareness of the energy industry and professional bodies
Awareness of economic factors surrounding energy provision
Awareness of social, economic, and environmental effects of energy production, trade and consumption
Develop independent research methods
Develop team work skills in group assignments
Skills to communicate quantitative and qualitative information and arguments in a written and oral form
Numerical skills to analyse processes quantitatively using fundamental engineering sciences
Confidence with standard IT software for report preparation, presentations, and quantitative analysis

POT3

Learning outcome categories

POT1: Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive Skills
POT2: Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
POT3: Industrial, Commercial and Professional Practice
POT4: Autonomy, accountability and working with others
POT5: Communication, Numeracy and ICT

Course Relationships

Course Availability

This course is available at the following locations:

Location	Study Period
Collaborative Learning Partner	January (Semester 2)
Collaborative Learning Partner	September (Semester 1)
Dubai	September (Semester 1)
Edinburgh	September (Semester 1)
Malaysia	September (Semester 1)
Online	All Year
Online	January (Semester 2)
Online	September (Semester 1)

Related programmes

This course can be taken as part of the following programmes:

Programme Code	Title
D1C1-AEN	Architectural Engineering, Master of Engineering
B947-BRD	Brewing and Distilling, MSc
B945-BRD	Brewing and Distilling, PgDip
B901-BRD	Brewing and Distilling with Entrepreneurship, MSc
B946-BRD	Brewing and Distilling with Entrepreneurship,, PgDip
D107-BSE	Building Services Engineering, MSc
D108-BSE	Building Services Engineering, PgDip
B1MM-CMN	Chemistry with Materials and Nanoscience, Master of Chemistry
B5PG-EED	Doctor of Engineering
B351-EEE	Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Master of Engineering
B5B7-ENE	Energy, MSc
B5B5-ENE	Energy, PgDip
C2N7-EEC	Energy and Economics, MSc
B5D7-ESD	Energy Systems (Energy Systems Design), MSc
B5F7-ESR	Energy Systems (Renewable Energy Technologies), MSc
B5C7-ENT	Energy Technology, MSc
B507-EWE	Energy with Entrepreneurship, MSc
B26M-ENG	Engineering Physics, Master of Physics
B478-SUE	Global Sustainability Engineering, MSc
B479-SEP	Global Sustainability Engineering with Industrial Application, MSc
B5E7-REE	Renewable Energy Engineering, MSc
B5E0-REE	Renewable Energy Engineering, PgCert
B5E5-REE	Renewable Energy Engineering, PgDip
B3T7-SGD	Smart Grid and Demand Management, MSc

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