Course Name: Non-Conventional Energy Resources

Course abstract

This course looks at the operating principle of a range of non-conventional energy resources, materials used, characterization, and key performance characteristics. The technologies looked at will include, Solar energy, Wind, Batteries, Fuel cells, and Geothermal conversion. The advantages and limitations of these technologies in comparison to conventional sources of energy will also be examined.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Prathap Haridoss

Prof. Prathap Haridoss has been a faculty in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, since 2001. He has a B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Madras, and a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Before joining IIT Madras as faculty, he worked as a Senior Scientist at Plug Power a Fuel cell company in Latham New York. He has published papers in the areas of Carbon nanomaterials, Fuel Cells, Lithium ion batteries, semiconducting nanomaterials, and recycling of electronic waste. He also has three US patents in the area of PEM Fuel cells.f PEM Fuel cells.
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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2021
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021
 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Mar-2021
 Exam Date : 25-Apr-2021

Enrolled

7161

Registered

1266

Certificate Eligible

292

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

19

Elite

93

Successfully completed

179

Participation

694

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Note:
We have taken best assignment score from both Jan 2020 and Jan2021 course
Non-Conventional Energy Resources - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

NEELAKANTHA GURU 94%

BIJU PATNAIK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA

AYUSHMAN YASH 87%

BHAGALPUR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BHAGALPUR

RAJAT SHARAN SETHI 85%

Aravali College of Engineering and Management

VIKASH KANDHWAY 85%

Dassault Systemes Solutions Lab Private Ltd


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

CHARUGUNDLA SAI BHARATH 84%

SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

UZAIR HILAL MIR 83%

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

RAJARATNAM VIDYA SAGAR 81%

RAVINDRA KUMAR AMBIKESH 80%

HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

SK ARAFAT ZAMAN 80%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHIBPUR

DHARTEEBEN 78%

GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC, GANDHINAGAR

AMAN GANESH 77%

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

NAMAN JAIN 77%

PANDIT DWARKA PRASAD MISHRA INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (IIITDM), JABALPUR

NAKUL MENGHANI 77%

PANDIT DWARKA PRASAD MISHRA INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (IIITDM), JABALPUR

ASRAR ISA SHAHA 77%

DEOGIRI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES

K SARAVANAN 76%

SESHASAYEE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

JAYA GOPAL YADAV 76%

AJAY KUMAR GARG ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 7161

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 1266

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.