Undergraduate Program for Specialty in Energy and Power Engineering

Ⅰ．Program Objectives

This program aims to cultivate students with good scientific quality, humanistic accomplishment, healthy physical and mental quality. The students shall be trained to enhance abilities in the following aspects, such as energy and power related research and applications, practical engineering, knowledge acquisition, team operation, organization and management, innovation and international perspective. After four years training, the graduates should be qualified as professional specialists and innovative talents in the positions related to scientific research, engineering design, technique development, operation and management in the area of energy and power engineering.

Ⅱ．Learning Outcomes

Students of this degree will acquire:

1. The students should be able to apply knowledge of mathematics, natural science, engineering fundamentals and expertise to solve complex engineering problems.

2. The students should be able to apply the basic principles of mathematics, natural science and engineering science to identify, express and analyze complex engineering problems through literature research, so as to derive effective conclusions.

3. The students should be able to provide solutions of complex problems in the fields of energy and power engineering, they should also be able to design energy power systems, components and technological process. Such designs should include innovations, as well as multiple factors related to the fields of society, health, safety, regulation, culture and environment.

4. Based on the scientific principles and methodologies, The students should be able to investigate complex problems existed in the areas of energy and power engineering. Such investigation includes the design of experiment, the analysis of data, and the summary of effective conclusions via comprehensive information.

5. The students should be able to develop, select and utilize appropriate techniques, resources, advanced engineering and information tools to analyze complex energy and power engineering problems. The analysis includes prediction and simulation, with the awareness of the limitations. 

6. Based on the background and fundamentals, the students should be able to appropriately analyze and estimate the impacts caused by the proposed solution (related to the energy and power engineering) in the aspects of society, health, safety, laws and culture, they should also be aware of the responsibility they would undertake.

7. The students should be able to understand and evaluate the impacts of practical engineering (related to the energy and power engineering) on the sustainable development of environment and society.

8. The students should be qualified with humanities and social sciences literacy, as well as the social responsibility, they should also be able to understand and strictly follow the professional ethics and regulations, fulfill their responsibility. 

9. The students should be able to take part in any multidisciplinary team and demonstrate 10. Related to complex engineering problems, the students should be able to communicate effectively with industry peers and the public, including the preparation of reports and designs, the presentation, the logistic expressions and responses. The students should also be possessed of international attitude, which helps the worldwide, cross-cultural communications.

11. The students should be able to understand and grasp the principles of engineering management and the decision-make methods of economy, extending them to the applications of multi-discipline background.

12. The students should have the consciousness and abilities of self-learning, continuous learning, as well as adaptive improvement.

Ⅲ．Program Highlights

With energy, environment, power as its background, based on the science of heat fluid, this program gives consideration to facility manufacture procedure control and information technique, and is designed to combine thermology and electricity together

Ⅳ．Main Discipline

Power Engineering and Engineering Thermal Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Automatic Technique

Ⅴ．Program Length and Degree

Program Length: 4 years

Degree Conferred: Bachelor of Engineering

Ⅵ．Credits Hours and Units

Minimum curriculum credits (including courses and practicum): 162.25 credits

Core courses cannot be covered using credits from other courses in the program.

Minimum Extracurricular Credits：5credits

1. Course Credits Hours and Units

2. Practicum Credits

3. Extracurricular Credits

Ⅶ．Main Courses and Innovation (Entrepreneurship) Courses

1. Main Courses

Material Mechanics, Theoretical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Thermodynamics, Engineering Heat Transfer, Principle of Machinery, Design of Machinery, Foundation of Engineering Control, Project Measure Technology, Foundation of Device in Energy and Power Engineering, Numerical Methods of Engineering

2. Innovation (Entrepreneurship) Courses (10 credits)

Introduction to Discipline (Specialty) (16 hours/1 credit), Recognizing Internship (2weeks/ 1 credit)

Discipline-based Introduction (16 hours/1 credit), Course Project (4 weeks/ 2 credits)

Extra-curricular Integrated Practice (90 hours/ 5 credits)

Ⅷ．Practicum Module（experiments included）

Military Training, Mechanical Engineering Training, Engineering Training, Engineering Internship, Professional Social Practice, Course Project, Undergraduate Thesis