CEAGE courses-ECE 4364 - Alternate Energy Systems 

Covers: Electric energy from alternative energy sources including solar, wind, hydro, biomass, geothermal and ocean. Characteristics of direct conversion, electromechanical conversion, and storage devices used in alternative energy systems. Power system issues associated with integration of small scale energy sources into the electricity grid. ECE 4364, Alternate Energy Systems, is completely web-based, and it can be taken for 3 graduate or undergraduate level credits. Anyone with a vt.edu PID can enroll themselves. Students are not required to come to campus to attend classes. For students who are in Blacksburg and in No VA area, they are asked to come to class for the mid-term and the final exams only. Students who are in other locations can submit their exams via email attachment, exams are sent to the student via email. The lecture materials, text book, homework and homework solutions, sample test materials are posted on the class website, and managed through Course Info. Three lectures (containing audio and text materials) are released every week. Students can download them or play from the class web site.

Advanced Research Institute, Arlington, VA 22203