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WELCOME TO SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY'S ENERGY ENGINEERING INSTITUTE
Overview of the Energy
Engineering Institute
This institute is established in 1985 with the primary objective
of enhancing the interaction and cooperative applied research opportunities
with government agencies, other research institutes, and regional
industries on subjects related to energy. Undergraduate and graduate
students and faculty from Mechanical, Civil and Environmental, and
Electrical and Computer Engineering departments are involved in
obtaining solutions to various problems posed by sponsors. Research
projects are often incorporated in to the course curricula as senior
projects and/or master's theses. Institute research areas cover
a wide range of fields such as:
- combined heat and power systems,
- renewable energy resources, wind, wave, solar, etc.,
- optimization of energy systems,
- building energy use and load simulation, HVAC, etc.,
- combustion modeling,
- optimal design methodology,
- environmental issues related to power generation,
- energy management and end-use research,
- control systems,
- performance monitoring,
- optimization of power generation facilities,
- international energy generation studies.
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