Energy Systems
Key Trends & Research Areas
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Renewables & Hybrid Systems: Solar, wind, hydro; combining different sources; integrating into grid.
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Energy Storage Technologies: Batteries (Li-ion, solid-state), supercapacitors, structural battery composites (which both bear load and store energy).
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Hydrogen & Fuel Cells: Both for vehicles and stationary power applications. Producing, storing, using hydrogen efficiently.
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Smart Grids, Energy Efficiency: Demand response, grid integration of renewables, recovering or reducing energy wastage. Thermal energy management, HVAC optimization.
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Waste Heat Recovery and Advanced Cooling: As in automotive, but also industrial applications. Cooling, thermal radiators, thermoelectrics, better insulation materials.
Skills to Build
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Heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics (important for wind, solar thermal etc.)
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Electrochemistry and battery technology
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Materials science for storage (battery materials, composites)
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Control and power electronics for converting & managing energy
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Modeling / simulation (e.g. for grid, for renewable resource availability)
Project Ideas
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Model / simulate a hybrid solar + battery +/or fuel cell system for a small community
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Design or test structural battery composite sample (if lab facilities allow)
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Study optimizing cooling / thermal management in EV battery packs
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Explore hydrogen fuel cell stack modelling or basic build
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