Energy Engineering Students on Their Way to Expertise in Sustainable Energy

2012
Helena Malkki, Kari Alanne, Laura Hirsto

Energy engineering is facing new challenges in educating experts in sustainable energy. The aim of this paper is to characterise expertise related to sustainability in higher education. Future challenges and required skills are explored through recent studies, which have listed key competencies that engineers need in their working life. Sustainability and expertise are discussed on the basis of literature and energy curricula are explored on universities’ internet pages.

Keywords
energy engineering, expertise, curriculum, competencies, life cycle assessment, sustainable energy
DOI
10.2478/v10145-012-0004-z

Malkki, H., Alanne, K., Hirsto, L. Energy Engineering Students on Their Way to Expertise in Sustainable Energy. Environmental and Climate Technologies. Vol.8, 2012, pp.24-28. ISSN 1691-5208. e-ISSN 2255-8845. Available from: doi:10.2478/v10145-012-0004-z

Publication language
English (en)