“I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think.” – Socrates

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward

“Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous” – Confucius

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin

“I believe everybody is creative, and everybody is talented. I just don’t think that everybody is disciplined. I think that’s a rare commodity.” – Al Hirschfield

Courses Taught in Fall 2024

ME 477/677 Solar and Renewable Energy Utilization

• Introduction to renewable energy applications. Includes environmental motivations, historical perspectives, solar photovoltaic and thermal applications, implications in building designs, wind energy, biomass, alternative fuels, geothermal power utilization, utility considerations, and political and economic factors.

Courses Taught in the Past @ UNLV

ME 418/618 Air Conditioning Engineering Systems (Spring 2024)

• Analysis and design of air conditioning systems, load calculations, system selection, duct sizing, and controls. Relationships between internal and external environments. Development of economic, functional and energy conserving concepts in air conditioning design.

ME 477/677 Solar and Renewable Energy Utilization (Fall 2023)

• Introduction to renewable energy applications. Includes environmental motivations, historical perspectives, solar photovoltaic and thermal applications, implications in building designs, wind energy, biomass, alternative fuels, geothermal power utilization, utility considerations, and political and economic factors.

Courses Taught in the Past @ MSU

ME 4393/6393 Power Generation Systems (Spring 2023)

• Evaluation and optimization of power generation systems with emphasis on optimization methods, system simulation, and economics. Energetic, economic, and environmental issues as well as exergy analysis may be incorporated in this course

ME 4000/7000 Solar Decathlon (Fall 2022)

• Technologies and materials in energy-efficient design, clean energy technologies, smart home solutions, and high-performance buildings. Innovative building design with onsite renewable energy generation systems.

ME 7000 Hydrogen Infrastructure (Fall 2022)

• Review and analysis of the existing Hydrogen Energy infrastructure of European nations. Evaluation of methodologies to implement hydrogen energy infrastructure within the US.

ME 7000 Renewable Energy System Modeling (Fall 2022)

• This course covers the fundamentals and mathematical modeling techniques of renewable energy systems, e.g., solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and wind turbine systems.

ME 4393/6393 Power Generation Systems (Spring 2022)

• Evaluation and optimization of power generation systems with emphasis on optimization methods, system simulation, and economics. Energetic, economic, and environmental issues as well as exergy analysis may be incorporated in this course

ME 8213 Engineering Analysis (Fall 2021)

• The formulation of mathematical methods of advanced engineering problems and the use of mathematical techniques for their solution: equilibrium, eigenvalue, and propagation problems

ME 7000 Industrial Energy Assessment (Fall 2021)

• Review of methods and techniques of industrial energy assessments. Onsite industrial assessment of energy resource and end-use. Techno-economic analysis of industrial energy systems. Review of current energy policy and incentive programs.

ME 4393/6393 Power Generation Systems (Spring 2021)

• Evaluation and optimization of power generation systems with emphasis on optimization methods, system simulation, and economics. Energetic, economic, and environmental issues as well as exergy analysis may be incorporated in this course

ME 4000/7000 Solar Decathlon (Spring 2021)

• Technologies and materials in energy-efficient design, clean energy technologies, smart home solutions, and high-performance buildings. Innovative building design with onsite renewable energy generation systems.

ME 8213 Engineering Analysis (Fall 2020)

• The formulation of mathematical methods of advanced engineering problems and the use of mathematical techniques for their solution: equilibrium, eigenvalue, and propagation problems

ME 8353 Advanced Energy Conversion (Spring 2020)

• Physical process in advanced energy conversion technologies, with practical application to devices/energy cycles. Emphasis on fuel cells, photovoltaics, and related materials engineering issues

ME 8213 Engineering Analysis (Fall 2019)

• The formulation of mathematical methods of advanced engineering problems and the use of mathematical techniques for their solution: equilibrium, eigenvalue, and propagation problems

ME 4393/6393 Power Generation Systems (Spring 2019)

• Evaluation and optimization of power generation systems with emphasis on optimization methods, system simulation, and economics. Energetic, economic, and environmental issues as well as exergy analysis may be incorporated in this course

ME 7000 Advanced Building Energy Modeling (Spring 2019)

• An introduction to the advanced mathematical modeling techniques of building energy systems, e.g., onsite renewable energy systems, building envelope components, lighting, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, etc.; the use of building energy simulation software tool; the case study and design project.

ME 8213 Engineering Analysis (Fall 2018)

• The formulation of mathematical methods of advanced engineering problems and the use of mathematical techniques for their solution: equilibrium, eigenvalue, and propagation problems

ME 7000 Renewable Energy System Modeling (Fall 2018)

• This course covers the fundamentals and mathematical modeling techniques of renewable energy systems, e.g., solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and wind turbine systems.

ME 4393/6393 Power Generation Systems (Spring 2018)

• Evaluation and optimization of power generation systems with emphasis on optimization methods, system simulation, and economics. Energetic, economic, and environmental issues as well as exergy analysis may be incorporated in this course

ME 7000 HVAC Systems and Applications (Spring 2018)

• An introduction to the HVAC system, equipment and its applications. Guidelines for selection and sizing parameters of compressor, condensers and expansion devices. Applications like central forced air heating and cooling systems, liquid cooling systems, industrial air conditioning, ultra-low temperature systems and cryogenics.

ME 4363/6373 Air Conditioning (Fall 2017)

• Psychometrics; comfort conditions; determination of heat losses and gains; determination of sizes of elements; energy usage estimating; residential and commercial systems

ME 7000 Heat Pipe Technology (Fall 2017)

• Fundamentals of heat pipe technology. Liquid-vapor phase change latent heat transport. Geometry design of heat pipes. Applications of waste heat recovery.  

ME 4990/6990 Energy System Modeling for Buildings (Spring 2017)

• Modeling and analysis of energy systems for buildings including energy demand systems, fossil fuel-based and renewable energy generation systems, energy storage. Optimization, control and economic analysis of energy systems for buildings.

ME 7000 Model Predictive Control (Spring 2017)

• This course covers the fundamentals and mathematical modeling techniques of model predictive control for building energy systems including distributed energy generation systems, electric and thermal energy storage, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.

ME 4000/7000 Smart Building Wireless Sensor Network (Spring 2017)

• An introduction to wireless measurement techniques for smart building applications; development of wireless sensors for temperature, humidity, light intensity, air flow, and power; development of wireless sensor network for massive data acquisition; case study and design project.

ME 4363/6373 Air Conditioning (Fall 2016)

• Psychometrics; comfort conditions; determination of heat losses and gains; determination of sizes of elements; energy usage estimating; residential and commercial systems

ME 7000 Experimental Measurement Techniques (Fall 2016)

• Fundamentals of experimental measurement techniques using various invasive measurement probes or noninvasive techniques (e.g., thermal images) when determining heat transfer and flow characteristics of thermal-fluid systems; validation, verification and uncertainty quantification of measurements.  

ME 7000 Experimental Measurement Techniques (Spring 2016)

• Fundamentals of experimental measurement techniques using various invasive measurement probes or noninvasive techniques (e.g., thermal images) when determining heat transfer and flow characteristics of thermal-fluid systems; validation, verification and uncertainty quantification of measurements.  

ME 4363/6373 Air Conditioning (Fall 2015)

• Psychometrics; comfort conditions; determination of heat losses and gains; determination of sizes of elements; energy usage estimating; residential and commercial systems

ME 4990/6990 Energy System Modeling for Buildings (Spring 2015)

• Modeling and analysis of energy systems for buildings including energy demand systems, fossil fuel-based and renewable energy generation systems, energy storage. Optimization, control and economic analysis of energy systems for buildings.

ME 3613 System Dynamics (Fall 2014)

• Mathematical description of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Transient and frequency response of linear systems

ME 7000 Advanced Building Energy Modeling (Summer 2014)

• An introduction to the advanced mathematical modeling techniques of building energy systems, e.g., onsite renewable energy systems, building envelope components, lighting, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, etc.; the use of building energy simulation software tool; the case study and design project.

ME 7000 Random Vibration (Summer 2014)

• An introduction to the theory of probability and random processes. Power spectral density functions. Analysis of stochastic processes. Time- and frequency-domain analyses. Response to multi-support excitations. Introduction to nonlinear stochastic dynamic analysis. Failure Analysis.

ME 4000 Energy Systems and Policy (Fall 2014)

• An introduction to the energy systems and policy. Assessment of energy resource and end-use. Techno-economic analysis of energy system. Review of current energy policy and incentive programs. Analysis of energy policy based on technology and economic merits. 

ME 3613 System Dynamics (Spring 2014)

• Mathematical description of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Transient and frequency response of linear systems

ME 7000 Renewable Energy System Modeling (Spring 2014)

• This course covers the fundamentals and mathematical modeling techniques of renewable energy systems, e.g., solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and wind turbine systems.

ME 3613 System Dynamics (Fall 2013)

• Mathematical description of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Transient and frequency response of linear systems

ME 3613 System Dynamics (Spring 2013)

• Mathematical description of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Transient and frequency response of linear systems