SUMMER WORKSHOP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Summer workshop at the University of Missouri with a focus on Energy Efficiency. The suggested time line is that students arrive in Columbia July 11 and departure is July 30. The program fee would be $2700 for their local travel, lodging and meals, however it does not include air travel from India to St. Louis, USA, and is responsibility of student.

The following is the course outline (should be good for all engineering branches and students have preferably completed 2 years of engineering). It will involve some theory, some project work involving set up and programming and data acquisition.
  1. Energy usage and supply in manufacturing
  2. Industry visit
  3. One hands on project involving setting up a remote energy monitoring system which involves sensor set up, programing the sensors with Labview and data acquisition and analysis
  4. Set up a combined solar and wind energy pilot system
  5. 1-day course with certificate on - Healthy Homes Training 
  6. Certified Green Professional Training (2-day) with Certificate from NAHB (US National Association of Home Builders).
  7. Basics of Energy consuming systems: compressor, motor, pump, lighting, air conditioning & indoor air quality
  8. Insulation
  9. Intro. to power plants based on basic Rankine Cycle (most common for coal based plants)
  10. 60 MW Power plant visit (has coal and gas based boilers)
  11. Site visit to Missouri State Capital – Jefferson City
  12. Historical site visits in Missouri
Interested students can meet Prof. Dr. Radhakrishna S. Aithal, Director (ICAS) for further steps, before April 15, 2016.

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