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Background to the program
and subject area:
The Master Program in
Renewable Energy offers advanced training in the area of renewable energy
systems and sustainable development. This program is designed to provide
engineers and scientists with specific training in advanced areas of renewable
energy technology. The emphasis is on the design, analysis and implementation of
energy systems, with particular emphasis on renewable energy systems.
Furthermore, the program is designed to provide researchers and policy analysts
with training in advanced areas of renewable energy technology and policy. The
emphasis is on policy analysis, environmental monitoring and resource
assessment related to renewable energy systems.
The main goal of the program
is to provide a high quality education for Jordanian students in the key
aspects of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE), therefore enabling
them to take responsible, creative, challenging and stimulating posts in
industry or research in this exciting field. The additional specific objectives
of the program are to promote and publicize new REEE technologies in the
country and considerably increase the scale of REEE technologies application in
public and private buildings in accordance with the Jordanian National Energy
Plan
This program is designed
according to the analysis of the Jordanian labor market needs in the field of
renewable energy and energy efficiency which was carried out by the Master
Program in Renewable Energy team. The labor market analysis shows that the
market needs researchers and qualified engineers in all filed related to
renewable energy, furthermore this program encourages the scientific research
in the field of renewable energy
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Vision statements of the
program:
To be one
of the leading Departments of Chemical Engineering in Jordan and the Arab world
where the fundamentals of science, the principles of chemical engineering, and
the highest professional and moral conduct are fused into multi-disciplinary
teaching and research programs aiming at producing world-class graduates and
research.
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Mission statements of the
program:
To
provide students with the sound mechanical engineering education (knowledge,
skills, and attitudes) that enables them to assume a leadership role in
promoting proper engineering practice in professional, ethical, environmental,
sustainability, and life-long learning frames, advance the understanding and
application of mechanical engineering principles through partnership with local
industry, and improve the quality of life of Jordanians through teaching,
research, and outreach programs.
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Program Aims:
The
program aims to address the social, economic and environmental issues involved
with renewable energy systems through the following:
1.
To provide a thorough training in the principles of
renewable energy systems
2.
To enable students to develop engineering solutions to
important regional and global energy problems in order to meet the region's
needs for renewable energy through carrying out fundamental and applied
research using appropriate design methods and analysis tools.
3.
To broaden and enhance student’s skills on efficient
problem solving, critical- thinking, team working and professional
communication.
4.
To provide students with extensive knowledge on social
and ethical codes, energy regulations, energy efficiency, international
agreements, conventions and standards which they can actively use in their professional
activities.
5.
To train engineers, scientists, environmental
scientists and policy analysts to participate in the development of the
renewable energy industry in Jordan and the region.
6.
To provide students with a capacity of self-learning
in familiar and unfamiliar situations and for efficient time and resource
management.
7.
To develop in student’s leadership skills so they can
play principal roles in academic and industrial organizations in the engineering
areas.
8.
To enable students to pursue PhD and other advanced
postgraduate studies in the field of renewable energy.