The undergraduate Certificate in Wind Energy requires 18 s.h. of credit. Students must maintain a g.p.a. of at least 2.00 in work for the certificate. The certificate may be earned by any student admitted to the University of Iowa who is not concurrently enrolled in a UI graduate or professional degree program.
Work for the certificate focuses on energy, environment, and information science and includes core courses and electives. Mechanical engineering students may use the certificate as a tailored engineering focus area by adding an approved math/science elective.
Several certificate courses have prerequisites; students must complete all of a course's prerequisites before they may register for the course. Prerequisites do not count toward the 18 s.h. required for the certificate. Prerequisites for certificate courses are listed on the Certificate in Wind Energy website.
College of Engineering students earning the certificate are advised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering or the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students are advised by the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences. Students interested in completing the Certificate in Wind Energy should contact one of the advisors listed on the Certificate in Wind Energy website.
The Certificate in Wind Energy requires the following course work.
Core Courses
Students take at least two courses from the following.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECE:5630 | Sustainable Energy Conversion | 3 |
| GEOG:3560 | Spatial Analyses of Wind Energy | 3 |
| IE:4550 | Wind Power Management | 3 |
| ME:4142 | Wind Turbine Aerodynamics | 3 |
| ME:4164 | Fundamentals of Wind Turbines | arr. |
Electives
Students select courses from the following list that are not required for their major to complete the 18 s.h. for the certificate.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CBE:2030 | Energy and Society | 3 |
| CBE:3160 | Engineering Analysis of Alternative Energy Systems | 3 |
| CEE:3998 | Individual Investigations: Civil Engineering (students consult certificate advisor in their department for approval; topic must be of relevance to wind energy) | arr. |
| CEE:4107/CBE:4410 | Sustainable Systems | 3 |
| CEE:6223 | Environmental Boundary Layers | 4 |
| ECE:2400 | Linear Systems I | 3 |
| ECE:3600 | Control Systems | 3 |
| ECE:3998 | Individual Investigations: Electrical Engineering (students consult certificate advisor in their department for approval; topic must be of relevance to wind energy) | arr. |
| ECE:5430 | Electric Drive Systems | 3 |
| ECE:5600/ME:5360 | Control Theory | 3 |
| ECE:5620 | Electric Power Systems | 3 |
| ECE:5640/IGPI:5641/ME:5362 | Computer-Based Control Systems | 3 |
| EES:1290 | Energy and the Environment | 3 |
| GEOG:1070 | Contemporary Environmental Issues | 3 |
| GEOG:2310/EES:2310 | Introduction to Climatology | 3 |
| GEOG:3400 | Iowa Environmental Policy in Practice | 3 |
| GEOG:3500/IGPI:3500 | Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing | 3 |
| GEOG:3520/IGPI:3520 | GIS for Environmental Studies (students consult certificate advisor in their department for approval; topic must be of relevance to wind energy) | 3 |
| GEOG:3570 | Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR): Principles and Applications | 3 |
| GEOG:3780/GHS:3780/HIST:3240 | U.S. Energy Policy in Global Context | 3 |
| GEOG:3992 | Undergraduate Research (students consult certificate advisor in their department for approval; topic must be of relevance to wind energy) | arr. |
| GEOG:4030 | Senior Project Seminar (students consult certificate advisor in their department for approval; topic must be of relevance to wind energy) | 3 |
| ME:4098 | Individual Investigations: Mechanical Engineering (students consult certificate advisor in their department for approval; topic must be of relevance to wind energy) | arr. |
| ME:4113/IE:4113 | Control of Mechanical Engineering Systems | 3 |
| ME:5143 | Computational Fluid and Thermal Engineering | 3 |
| ME:5160/CEE:5369 | Intermediate Mechanics of Fluids | 3 |
