Solar Radiation and Other Energy Resources..
This will be one of the first courses you will attend if you are starting your Masters in Solar Energy Engineering.
This course is taken by Mats Rönnelid. One of the most humorous and easily approachable professors you will come across at DU. I could not think of any other professor to start this programme and the course, he has immense knowledge in the field of solar energy.
He is also the one who scares you by giving your first assignment the very first day mostly a poster presentation. So be prepared. :)
The lectures were interesting and this was my first experience of having lecture continuously for 3 to 4 hours of the same course. It was hard to concentrate at first but I got used to it in a couple of days and one of the amazing thing about studying at DU is that the lectures are live streamed and recorded, so you can always go back to lecture again when you think you missed something during the lecture or while preparing for your exam.
After a week into the course, we have a small min-conference in the class where everyone presents their poster on “Energy situation in your home country”. It was so interesting to see the different energy scenarios in different parts of the globe and how it is influenced by various factors.
I believe the reason why this programme is so international is not only because you get to study with your colleagues who are from different parts of the earth but also because you get to learn so many things about their culture and there way of living.
Before I forget, you will get your hands on experience of your first laboratory in this course.
That’s me measuring beam solar radiation using a solar cell pyranometer.