RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 ŠÍPAL, Jaroslav
T1 ENERGY ENGINEERING - A SYLLABUS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
JF Journal of Technology and Information Education
YR 2012
VO 4
IS 1
SP 115
OP 119
DO 10.5507/jtie.2012.024
UL https://jtie.upol.cz/artkey/jti-201201-0024.php
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.