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Chemistry & materials · 33Intermediate
Energy Transition Engineer
Learners aiming at energy, storage and climate.
Electricity, statistical thermodynamics, battery technologies, materials science and climate anomaly modelling.
296hours of coursework
30weeks at 10 h
5steps
21courses
3universities
Target skills
Materials ScienceMechanicsPhysicsChemical EngineeringChemistryManufacturing ProcessesTorque (Physics)Applied MathematicsCalculusElectrical SystemsElectrical EngineeringElectromagnetics
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Energy engineer
- Storage and battery engineer
- Energy transition officer
Progression
- 1Rice UniversityIntermediate
Stated prerequisites: Algebra, geometry, trigonometry; basic calculus helpful
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Physics 102 - Electric Charges and Fields Intermediate 22 h 4.6 (210) Physics 102 - Electric Potential and DC Circuits Intermediate 22 h 4.8 (35) Physics 102 - Magnetic Fields and Faraday's Law Intermediate 26 h 4.8 (28) Physics 102 - AC Circuits and Maxwell's Equations Intermediate 18 h 4.8 (51) - 2University of Colorado BoulderAdvancedMathematical Software
Stated prerequisites: Undergraduate engineering thermodynamics
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Fundamentals of Macroscopic and Microscopic Thermodynamics Advanced 9 h 4.3 (271) Quantum Mechanics Advanced 6 h 4.5 (752) Ideal Gases Advanced 6 h 4.5 (145) Dense Gases, Liquids and Solids Advanced 5 h 4.5 (117) Non-Equilibrium Applications of Statistical Thermodynamics Advanced 8 h 4.4 (83) - 3Arizona State UniversityBeginner
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Primary and Secondary Batteries Beginner 8 h 4.7 (140) Zn and Ni Based Batteries Beginner 7 h 4.6 (30) Lithium Based Batteries Beginner 7 h 4.8 (60) Battery Comparison, Manufacturing, and Packaging Beginner 8 h 4.9 (30) Batteries and Electric Vehicles Beginner 9 h 4.7 (130) - 4Arizona State UniversityBeginner
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Introduction to Materials Science Beginner 29 h 4.7 (243) Crystal Structures and Properties of Metals Beginner 24 h 4.8 (41) Shape and Property Control of Metals I & II Beginner 20 h 4.9 (23) Phase Diagrams I & II Beginner 16 h 4.6 (31) - 5University of Colorado BoulderIntermediatePython, pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib
Stated prerequisites: Some experience with Python programming
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Global Climate Change Policies and Analysis Beginner 15 h — Modeling Climate Anomalies with Statistical Analysis Intermediate 7 h 3.8 (10) Predicting Extreme Climate Behavior with Machine Learning Intermediate 24 h —
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Projects to build
Size a battery
Size the storage for a home solar system from a real production curve.
Energy and climate
Relate a country’s energy consumption data to its temperature anomalies and discuss causality.
Free textbooks
University Physics, Volumes 1 to 3OpenStaxFree, CC BY 4.0
Chemistry 2eOpenStaxFree, CC BY 4.0
The Climate LaboratoryBrian E. J. RoseFree, CC BY 4.0
Statistical Physics (lecture notes)David Tong, CambridgeFree notes