Analyzing and Implementing Energy Efficient Solutions
Main contact
Timeline
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September 15, 2025Experience start
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September 24, 2025Project idea & team formation
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October 25, 2025Literature review
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November 25, 2025Potential energy/CO2 savings
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December 3, 2025Summary & market analysis
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December 6, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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September 15, 2025Experience start
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September 24, 2025Project idea & team formation
2-minute in-class oral presentation that describes:
- Is this idea innovative?
- Does there appear to be a large market?
- Does there appear to be substantial energy, cost, and/or CO2 savings?
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October 25, 2025Literature review
5-minute recorded oral presentation that describes:
- What is preventing this concept from being applied today?
- Is there published research on this concept?
- Is there any commercial activity, including patents, on this concept?
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November 25, 2025Potential energy/CO2 savings
5-minute recorded presentation that describes:
- Calculated annual energy savings for a single installation
- Calculated annual CO2 savings for a single installation
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December 3, 2025Summary & market analysis
3-minute in-class oral presentation that describes:
- Calculated simple payback for a single installation
- Estimated market size, either for the USA or globally
- Overall summary of energy, cost, and CO2 savings
- Commercialization potential
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December 6, 2025Experience end
Experience scope
Categories
Data analysis Mechanical engineering Engineering project management Product or service launch Environmental sustainabilitySkills
presentations energy efficiency analysis mechanical engineering industrial processes market size research innovationEnergy Efficiency is a combined senior technical elective and graduate course with primarily mechanical engineering students. The goal is to enable the students to analyze energy-efficiency opportunities in buildings and industrial processes, and to innovate and implement energy efficiency technologies.
Learners
Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the learners and the organization. All deliverables are in the form of presentations (recorded or live), except for the Summary Report which is a brief, 3-page written report.
Project idea & team formation
· Is this idea innovative?
· Does there appear to be a large market?
· Does there appear to be substantial energy, cost, and/or CO2 savings?
Literature review
· What is preventing this concept from being applied today?
· Is there published research on this concept?
· Is there any commercial activity, including patents, on this concept?
Potential energy/CO2 savings
· Calculated annual energy savings for a single installation
· Calculated annual CO2 savings for a single installation
Summary & market analysis
· Calculated simple payback for a single installation
· Estimated market size, either for the USA or globally
· Overall summary of energy, cost, and CO2 savings
· Commercialization potential
Summary Report
· Brief introduction, including graphic
· Brief overview of analysis or experiments
· Overall summary of energy, cost, and CO2 savings
· Commercialization potential
Project timeline
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September 15, 2025Experience start
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September 24, 2025Project idea & team formation
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October 25, 2025Literature review
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November 25, 2025Potential energy/CO2 savings
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December 3, 2025Summary & market analysis
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December 6, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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September 15, 2025Experience start
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September 24, 2025Project idea & team formation
2-minute in-class oral presentation that describes:
- Is this idea innovative?
- Does there appear to be a large market?
- Does there appear to be substantial energy, cost, and/or CO2 savings?
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October 25, 2025Literature review
5-minute recorded oral presentation that describes:
- What is preventing this concept from being applied today?
- Is there published research on this concept?
- Is there any commercial activity, including patents, on this concept?
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November 25, 2025Potential energy/CO2 savings
5-minute recorded presentation that describes:
- Calculated annual energy savings for a single installation
- Calculated annual CO2 savings for a single installation
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December 3, 2025Summary & market analysis
3-minute in-class oral presentation that describes:
- Calculated simple payback for a single installation
- Estimated market size, either for the USA or globally
- Overall summary of energy, cost, and CO2 savings
- Commercialization potential
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December 6, 2025Experience end
Project examples
Learners in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.
Project activities that learners can complete may include, but are not limited to:
- Applying fundamental concepts in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer to real-world applications
- Analyzing energy efficiency opportunities in existing residential and commercial buildings, and in industrial applications
- Designing energy-efficient strategies for new residential and commercial buildings, and in industrial applications
- Proposing and/or analyzing the potential of a new energy efficiency technology or strategy
- Analyzing the application of a renewable energy technology for its potential to reduce CO2 emissions and save money
Recent projects have included the following:
- Carbon Capture using Heat from Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
- Waste Heat Recovery In Foundries Using Thermogalvanic Cells
- Optimization of Absorption Refrigeration Systems using Manifold Microchannel Heat Exchangers
- Portable Refrigerator
- Economics of peak shifting in ToU rate plans using battery storage
- Reusing Waste Heat for a Water Heater
- Smart Insulation
- Improvement In Selection of Refrigerants
- Magnetic Refrigeration Cycle
- Numerical Modeling of PCM-Based Room Heating
- Photovoltaic windows
- Analysis of multi-stage compressor air conditioner during peak hours
- Urban Heat Island
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Main contact
Timeline
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September 15, 2025Experience start
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September 24, 2025Project idea & team formation
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October 25, 2025Literature review
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November 25, 2025Potential energy/CO2 savings
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December 3, 2025Summary & market analysis
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December 6, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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September 15, 2025Experience start
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September 24, 2025Project idea & team formation
2-minute in-class oral presentation that describes:
- Is this idea innovative?
- Does there appear to be a large market?
- Does there appear to be substantial energy, cost, and/or CO2 savings?
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October 25, 2025Literature review
5-minute recorded oral presentation that describes:
- What is preventing this concept from being applied today?
- Is there published research on this concept?
- Is there any commercial activity, including patents, on this concept?
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November 25, 2025Potential energy/CO2 savings
5-minute recorded presentation that describes:
- Calculated annual energy savings for a single installation
- Calculated annual CO2 savings for a single installation
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December 3, 2025Summary & market analysis
3-minute in-class oral presentation that describes:
- Calculated simple payback for a single installation
- Estimated market size, either for the USA or globally
- Overall summary of energy, cost, and CO2 savings
- Commercialization potential
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December 6, 2025Experience end