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Clean Energy Systems Charge Students Up at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

New Engineering Track Addresses Growing National Desire, and Market, for Green Energy

Daytona Beach, Fla., June 22, 2010 -- This fall, engineering students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will be able to convert their passion for renewable energy into a degree, with a new track in Clean Energy Systems. The program, offered to mechanical engineering majors at the university’s Daytona Beach, Fla., campus, will teach about turbines that convert wind and water power into electricity, systems that make energy from the heat of the sun, earth, and ocean, and systems for storing energy.

“The Clean Energy Systems track at Embry-Riddle is our response to the growing green energy market and the national call for the production of abundant and economical clean energy,” said Maj Mirmirani, dean of the College of Engineering, in announcing the new program.

Students will take courses and complete projects related to hybrid vehicles, solar lighting, green engineering, and eco-friendly aviation. They will learn from faculty researchers who are designing a low-emission hybrid automobile, engineering giant wind-power turbines, developing systems to harness electric power from the Gulf Stream’s currents, testing unleaded bio-fuel for general aviation, and building a zero-emission aircraft.

“Students in this track will gain the knowledge and skills to help address society’s energy needs and demands,” said Darris White, a professor of mechanical engineering who helped develop the new program. “They will become innovators and entrepreneurs in the energy sector and national leaders on energy issues.”

Graduates will earn a mechanical engineering degree accredited by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology).

For more information about Embry-Riddle’s new track in Clean Energy Systems, contact Charles Reinholtz, professor and chair of mechanical engineering (charles.reinholtz@erau.edu), or Darris White, professor of mechanical engineering (darris.white@erau.edu).

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 150 campus centers in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.