PT Journal
AU SIPAL, J
TI ENERGY ENGINEERING - A SYLLABUS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
SO Journal of Technology and Information Education
PY 2012
BP 115
EP 119
VL 4
IS 1
DI 10.5507/jtie.2012.024
DE Engineering Education; Structure of the Program; Industrial Links; Quality Control System
AB Energy Engineering has again become an attractive field. Students are attracted by the employment prospects fueled by the shortage of qualified professionals as well as future challenges in the field such as electric vehicles, smart grids, new sources of energy etc. This impacts the requirements on the curriculum of the Energy Engineering programs, because students must be provided with a skill set that will enable them to remain competitive even in distant future of 30-40 years when energy engineering will have completely changed, whilst they still must be ready to face the challenges of today. This paper discusses these issues and shows how a new program at the Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, attempts to address them. The successful increase in applicants and students over the last three years is seen as evidence that the program meets the expectations of both students and industry.
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