Successful students will have demonstrated a minimum level of competency in the following core engineering and renewable energy specific areas through individual projects:

Developing, programming, and verifying/validating mathematical models; Using the programed models for parametric, simulation and what-if design studies Post processing, visualization, and interpretation of results; Written and oral communication of the design process and outcomes Modeling and assessing renewable energy resources Modeling renewable energy conversion process Modeling energy storage and demand Integrating individual models into a system level model and its application to design.

Students will have demonstrated a minimum level of competencies in broad concepts related to renewable energy systems, engineering ethics and innovation through exams.