The bachelor's thesis is the culmination of the program. The students develop, enhance, and demonstrate their methodological abilities to independently tackle and solve a given research problem. The thesis furnishes the students with their first major research experience, and is a further development of the work done in the basis courses, and usually, the focused study.

Fundamentals of thermal sciences, linked to energy conversion

Introductory first course for the specialization in ENERGY. The course provides an overall view of the energy field and pertinent global problems, reviews some of the thermodynamic basics in energy conversion, and presents the state-of-the-art technology for power generation and fuel processing.

Advanced course in radiation heat transfer

The course covers the key concepts and aspects involved in: (i) the economics of renewable energy and its integration in the energy system, (ii) the engineering of prominent renewable energy technologies (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and bioenergy), and (iii) energy storage, renewable transport and renewable heating & cooling.

Scenarios for world energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Implications for global climate and ecosystems. Methods for the assessment of energy chains. Potential and technology of renewable energies: Biomass (heat, electricity, biofuels), solar energy (low and high temperature heat, solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity, solar chemistry). Wind, heat pumps, geothermal energy. CO2 sequestration.

Current advanced research activities in the areas of thermo- and fluid dynamics are presented and discussed, mostly by external speakers.

Technical applications of engineering thermodynamics. Extension of thermodynamical fundamentals taught in Thermodynamics I and II.