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Youth Programs is self-sustaining and contingent upon sufficient enrollment.
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Renewable Energy: A Material Science Perspective, July 11-16
The effort to find safe and clean sources of renewable energy is one of the greatest scientific challenges facing the next generation. In this course students will explore renewable energy technology and learn about the materials science underlying biofuels, wind, and wave power, nuclear power and solar cells. Students will create biodiesel fuel in the laboratory and construct their own solar cell devices. Field trips to local energy companies will provide real world examples of energy infrastructure. Students will work in small groups to research a focus area of renewable energy, and at the end of the course give group presentations to communicate their findings.
Class is held on Monday through Friday, various hours.
Enrollment is limited to a maximum of 15 students.
Faculty
Dr. David Patrick, Professor, is the director of the Advanced Materials Science & Engineering Center at Western Washington University. He teaches analytical and materials chemistry at Western’s College of Science and Technology. He received his B.S. in chemistry from the University of California at Davis and his Ph.D. from the University of Utah. Patrick was a NSF postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge University and visiting fellow at Oxford University. The recipient of many prestigious grants and awards, he is a member of the American Chemical Society and American Physical Society.
Renewable Energy: A Material Science Perspective, July 11-16
The effort to find safe and clean sources of renewable energy is one of the greatest scientific challenges facing the next generation. In this course students will explore renewable energy technology and learn about the materials science underlying biofuels, wind, and wave power, nuclear power and solar cells. Students will create biodiesel fuel in the laboratory and construct their own solar cell devices. Field trips to local energy companies will provide real world examples of energy infrastructure. Students will work in small groups to research a focus area of renewable energy, and at the end of the course give group presentations to communicate their findings.
- Students will explore renewable energy topics
- Learn the role of materials science in renewable energy technology
- Critically evaluate and discuss renewable energy options
- Structured design and planning of experiments
- Meet with and interact with experts at local energy companies
- Keep a lab notebook of their experiments
- Perform in-depth research on one particular energy source and present a talk
- One college credit awarded by WWU’s College of Science and Technology
Class is held on Monday through Friday, various hours.
Enrollment is limited to a maximum of 15 students.
Faculty
Dr. David Patrick, Professor, is the director of the Advanced Materials Science & Engineering Center at Western Washington University. He teaches analytical and materials chemistry at Western’s College of Science and Technology. He received his B.S. in chemistry from the University of California at Davis and his Ph.D. from the University of Utah. Patrick was a NSF postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge University and visiting fellow at Oxford University. The recipient of many prestigious grants and awards, he is a member of the American Chemical Society and American Physical Society.
