能源与环境学院

Brief Introduction of Discipline

The subject of Power Engineering in Southeast University was established in 1997 through the incorporation of the thermal power engineering and the thermal engineering. The subject was founded in 1932 and to date, 6074 undergraduates, 1063 postgraduates and 287 PhD students were graduated in this subject. Thermal Engineering in Southeast University was awarded as the state-key subject (Rank 6^th in China), and the key constructive subject of "985" and "211" Project, including one department (Thermal Engineering), one MoE key laboratory (Key Laboratory of Thermal Energy Conversion and Control of MOE) and three research centers (National Engineering Research Center of Turbo-Generator vibration, Engineering Research Center for Building Energy Environments & Equipments, Ministry of Education, Pollution Control and Recycling Engineering Research Center of Jiangsu Province). There are 66 full-time teachers, including an academician of China Engineering Academy (The most-honored title for academics in China), 36 professors (27 doctoral supervisors) and A Changjiang Scholar awarded by MoE of China. During the past five years, the subject was supported by a great number of funding from different panels, such as National “973 Program”, “863 Program”, NSFC and province government. The amount of funding exceeded 100 million CNY. The “II medal” of National Science and Technology Progress Award was awarded to researchers in this subject by MoST of China in 2010, and other provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress award for about 12 times.

Training Objectives

The English-taught program in Energy and Power Engineering is structured as a three-year master’s program, consisting of courses, seminars and degree dissertation. The objective of this program is to provide student with competence and tools to master the methods for clean utilization of coal and high-valued conversion of renewable energies, understand the problems of different thermal power systems and analyze the technical and scientific problems of above issues. Part of seminars and degree dissertation might be closely related to the research project of supervisors, which would help cultivate student systematically from both theoretical and experimentally studies.

Research Direction

Heat and mass transfer

Clean utilization of coal

Auto-control for thermal engineering

Simulation of thermal power system

Vibration of thermal power mechanicals

Refrigeration technology

Thesis Requirement

Thesis Evaluation Thesis should be written based on students’ own study and research. The findings presented in the thesis should have higher academic value and positive impact on economic development of China. Students are required to conduct at least one year research and to publish at least 1 journal paper in the area of their disciplines or give an oral presentation in a international conference before being eligible for applying for a Master's degree.

Thesis Writing In addition to compliance with the provisions of school, thesis must be written in a systematic and complete manner, presenting clear concepts, correct argument, realistic description, concise writing structure, smooth and concise writing style, correct calculation, reliable data, and clear icons.

Literature Reading Students are required to read at least 30 literatures on topics related to their thesis and research direction including 30 literatures in foreign languages and to write a literature overview.