Refuel Logistics Certificate - Curriculum 121 (DL)

Program Officer

 

Colleen McHenry, PhD

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Brief Overview

The Refuel Logistics Graduate Certificate will provide graduate level coursework to educate active duty and civilian DoD employees to increase proficiency in integration and planning of refueling capabilities specifically within contested environments.

Convenes

Spring

Program Length

4 Quarters

Outcomes

• Understand energy basics, energy usage, fossil fuels, solar energy, wind and hydro power, waves, tides and OTEC, geothermal and biomass.
• Assess realistic problems encountered in energy applications and employ appropriate tools for analyzing them.
• Evaluate the structure of research formulations and select appropriate solution methods.
• Implement mathematical formulations using a software tool (Excel Solver) analyze solver output in terms of solution quality and sensitivity to changes in input parameters.
• Utilize appropriate techniques to forecast values of interest and assess the quality of forecast models in terms of uncertainty and any risks posed by this uncertainty.
• Construct simulation models to model complex and/or nondeterministic energy systems.
• Evaluate the output of research models and draw appropriate conclusions about the actual system.

Certificate Requirements

The following four courses are required:

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
PH3700	Fundamentals of Energy		4	0
OS3007	Operations Research for Energy Systems Analysts		4	0
OA3611	Principles of Operational Logistics		4	0
OS3613	Introduction to Energy Logistics in Warfare Operations		3	0
	-or-
OA3501	Inventory I		4	0

OA3501 should be substituted for OS3613 only when a student has completed the Energy Certificate (236).