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I am pleased to offer short online courses on Exergy (200 hours), Exergy Analysis (200 hours), Exergy Economics (200 hours) free of charge. Through Gotland University I can also offer short online courses on Environmental Management Systems (EMS) (7.5 ECTS), Energy and Environment (7.5 ECTS, In Swedish) and Small Scale (Sustainable) Energy Systems (7.5 ECTS). These courses are free of charge and can be applied at http://www.studera.nu or at this link. The courses are open for guests, see EMS, but to get a certificate you must register here EMS (7.5 EC). There is also a proposal of an online Master of Science in Exergy and Sustainable Development in corporation with Universidad Industrial de Santander. Comments on this proposal and interest applications are welcome!
My background is in Physical Resource Theory and I am engaged in the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS).
"The EOLSS will represent a comprehensive, authentic, authoritative, organized and integrated body of knowledge of the science, technology, and management of life support systems development and use. It is a future oriented document designed to have a major impact upon professional practice, education, and to heighten social awareness of critical life support issues. The EOLSS should be shaped into a dependable source of knowledge that will be broadly useful in humanistic endeavors that result in the development of remedial measures for issues that have a potentially destabilizing effect on Earth's Life Support Systems. Science, technology and management policies for sustainable development of life support systems are to be emphasized, together with issues of global change and their ecological, economic, human, social, cultural, and political dimensions. The EOLSS should support the systematic development of long term sources of water, energy, and food and agriculture that are essential for global stability, security, and peace. In addition, the EOLSS must be free from geographic or religious accent."
The EOLSS should appeal to a wide spectrum of users - from the merely curious to those who wish to advance their knowledge in a very substantial manner. To satisfy diverse purposes and users, the knowledge portrayal in the EOLSS should have the following characteristics:
Popular appeal - through provision of generally and widely understandable information that is presented in simple language and which avoids jargon, mathematics and complex diagrams
Educational relevance - through pedagogical presentations that emphasize fundamentals and their applications
Professional utility - through presentation of knowledge practices and useful applications
Research relevance - through presentations that provide knowledge principles that are generally useful for specialists in related areas of interest
Future and policy oriented - through provision of knowledge perspectives that are useful for obtaining forecasts of science and technology trends
The spectrum of EOLSS users may be broadly classified as follows:
Professionals and Practitioners who wish to refresh and update their knowledge, and to relate their knowledge to applications and to fields cutting across their own domains
Researchers who wish to inform themselves about innovations and new approaches to problems of their interest
Managers and other Decision Makers who wish to equip themselves with the technical knowledge required to render their roles more effective
Teachers at universities who wish to prepare for a comprehensive coverage of subjects in their lectures
Students at the universities who want to introduce themselves to a particular subject by self study
The EOLSS is available as printed matter, on CD-ROM and on Internet.
Dr. Darwish M. K. Al Gobaisi
Editor in Chief
