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Renewable Energy Technology A.A.S Degree Program


 
Dr. Benjamin D. Ballard Dr. Benjamin D. Ballard

Director, Renewable Energy Training Center
Assistant Professor, Renewable Energy

Office: 103 Shannon Hall
Phone: (315) 684-6780
Fax: (315) 684-6588
E-mail: ballarbd@morrisville.edu 

wind turbine 

Teaching & Training

Spring 2010 RENG 103 - Renewable Energy Seminar (syllabus is available to enrolled students via Blackboard)
RENG 150 - Analysis Techniques for Renewable Energy (syllabus is available to enrolled students via Blackboard)

RETC Workshops
Fall 2009 RENG 305  - Renewable Energy Systems (syllabus is available to enrolled students via Blackboard)
RENG 103 - Renewable Energy Seminar (syllabus is available to enrolled students via Blackboard)
RETC Summer & Fall 2009 Green Entrepreneurship (July 20-July 23, 2009)
Solar Power As Renewable Energy (SPARE)
2009 Professional Development Conference for Agricultural Educators. June 20-24, 2009 at the Oswegatchie Education Center in Croghan, New York
Previous Semesters RENG 305  - Renewable Energy Systems (Fall 2008)
RENG 102 - Renewable Energy Resources
(Spring 2008)
   
Outreach Materials: Woodgas Camp Stoves ("How to build your own...")  
  woodgas camp stove woodgas flames  
  Download stove instructions (PDF <1MB)  
     
Other Resources: Renewable Energy Information Resources Guide  

 
Demonstration & Research
Ongoing Projects: On-farm wind energy: MSC's 10 kW Bergey Excel wind turbine
Combined Heat & Power via manure-to-biogas: MSC's anaerobic digester
Demonstration of an aquaponics Controlled Environmental Agriculture System for Commercial Production of Locally-grown Fish and Produce (NYSERDA)
Research Interests: Biofuels, Biomass, Gasification, Biodiesel, Vegetation Management,...



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Last modified on January 5, 2010.