Concept

Renewable energy commercialization

ChE-410: Catalysis for emission control and energy processes

The course is an introduction to heterogeneous catalysis for environmental protection and energy production. It focusses on catalytic exhaust gas cleaning as well as catalytic systems relevant for gas

PHYS-204: Physics lab IIa

Ce cours pratique permet d'acquérir la connaissance des phénomènes physiques de base ainsi que de leurs applications, d'acquérir des connaissances concernant les méthodes d'observation et de mesure ai

PHYS-424: Plasma II

This course completes the knowledge in plasma physics that students have acquired in the previous two courses, with a discussion of different applications, in the fields of magnetic confinement and co

ENV-501: Material flow analysis and resource management

This course provides the basis to understand material and energy production and consumption processes. Students learn how to develop a material flow analysis and apply it to resource management cases.

HUM-221: History of energy: from windmills to nuclear power

Ce cours-atelier traite de l'évolution des technologies de l'énergie en Suisse aux 19e et 20e siècles. Grâce à l'analyse interactive de documents d'époque (sources), l'étudiant.e prend conscience des

MSE-341: Sustainability and materials

The aim of the course is to provide an overview of sustainability issues as they relate to materials science.

MICRO-617: Energy Autonomous Wireless Smart Systems

The course provides in depth knowledge on how to design an energy autonomous microsystem embedding sensors with wireless transmission of information. It covers the energy generation, power management,

ChE-304: Energy systems engineering

This course will provide a toolkit to students to understand and analyze sustainable energy systems. In addition, the main sustainable energy technologies will be introduced and their governing princi

EE-456: Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units

Master Lecture on the different layouts of hydropower plants. Detailing the specification of generating units (with Pelton, Francis, Kaplan and Bulb turbines), and pumped-storage hydropower plants (re

EE-360: Energy conversion

L'objectif de ce cours est d'introduire les systèmes et outils liés à la conversion d'énergie, en se référant au contexte particulier de la production d'énergie électrique, qu'elle soit conventionnell