Energy Storage and transport - 4CBLA30

About this course

Responsible teacher: Clemens Verhoosel
Academic level: Bachelor Q4, elective
Number of students: 360
Disciplines: ME
Status: The course started in 2021 and is still running.
Topic: This course deals with the technological aspects of green energy storage and transport.

Set-up

In this course the students work in teams for 8 weeks to transform an oil and gas company into a sustainable energy company by developing innovative energy storage and transport initiatives. They provide an objective, science-based assessment of the idea developed.

The learning process

The CBL learning process is divided into 4 tracks, each with clearly defined objectives, deliverables and assessment procedures.

Track 1: Defining your EST system

Track 2: Developing your EST model

Track 3: Validating the EST model

Track 4: Managing the learning process

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO’s)

During this course eight learning objectives were formulated.

Assessment

This course uses a variety of assessment methods to measure the extent to which the learning objectives have been achieved. Each method has its own rubric. These methods have been used.

Pitch presentation
Poster submission
Demos
Reports
Assignments

Learning Activities

The course has a number of mandatory learning activities and meetings.

Lectures
Training sessions
Tutor meetings
Coach meetings

Organisation of the course

One of the teacher supporters is responsible for the organisation and planning of the course and its meetings. She also ensures that student attendance is measured.
A team of 5 teachers were involved in the course and guided several groups of students.
In addition, Teaching Assistants (TAs) tutored the students on a weekly basis. The TAs follow their own specific training programme and are supported by a dedicated Teacher Supporter.

More information

For more information about the course, please visit the course page: Energy Storage and Transport: a challenge-based learning project.
- Chapter 1: Challenge, project objectives, assessment procedure, learning activities, rules and responsibilities.
- Chapter 2: Description of the racks with goals and deliverables.
- Chapter 3: Project Study Guide with an overview the weekly tasks.
The assignments and rubrics in Chapter 1.4 are only accessible to course participants. However, the Poster feedback table is accessible. Here you can see the rubric with the corresponding score classification. This is what each teacher bases their assessment on.
Look at the Rubric Presentation Skills to see how the team assessed these skills.
During the lockdown, the teachers created a project introduction film and a project design film to instruct their students.
The results of the pilot course have been published in this peer-reviewed journal publication.
After the first run of the CBL project, the teachers wrote this evaluation report.