STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the race to meet the world’s escalating energy needs heats up, Stanford University is responding by offering a new professional certificate program in renewable energy. The online program, Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies, explores emerging technologies that can transform how we obtain, distribute and store energy.
“Determining which technologies work and can be brought to market mass-scale is an urgent challenge for engineers and businesses,” says Michael McGehee, associate professor of materials science and engineering and the academic director of the certificate program. “This is an exciting time to be in the energy field.” McGehee is joined by professors Yi Cui, Mark Zoback, and other lead faculty from the schools of engineering and of earth sciences.
Program participants, including engineers, product developers, product marketing managers, investors and policy makers, will gain a greater understanding of the entire energy landscape and the fundamentals of how emerging technologies work. They will also learn about opportunities to develop and market new technologies. The program requires the completion of four courses from a portfolio of six or more courses covering topics including photovoltaics, solar energy, biofuels, batteries, and shale gas.
Stanford is a recognized leader in distance learning delivered by the Stanford Center for Professional Development. Courses can be taken by viewing the streaming video assets and completing course requirements and exams. Participants who successfully complete the program receive a professional certificate in Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies. For more information and to enroll: http://energyinnovation.stanford.edu.
About the Stanford Center for Professional Development
The Stanford Center for Professional Development connects working professionals worldwide to the research and teaching of Stanford University faculty in the School of Engineering and related academic departments. Qualified individuals may study for master of science degrees on a part-time basis, pursue graduate and professional certificates, take individual graduate and professional courses, and view free online seminars and more. Courses are delivered online, on the Stanford campus in the heart of the Silicon Valley, and at the work site. (http://scpd.stanford.edu)