Education

MECC is a “value-added” proposition for education that will lead to a sustainable and integrative academic program at UH that brings together students from all disciplines on campus as well as others outside the UH community. As students strive to prepare for future careers in the marine energy sector and the blue economy, they will gain project-based learning experiences and training in marine science, engineering, environment, climate, and technology.

The MECC team will leverage industrial expertise in marine systems and power electronics associated with energy storage and microgrids, and will gain knowledge in desalination and electro-chemical marine-based technologies via coursework and experiential engagement with expert faculty. The team will engage with the UH C. T. Bauer College of Business nationally ranked Entrepreneurship Program and earn Technology Entrepreneurship Certificates (TEC). The MECC team can also integrate their capstone project requirements within the Honors College Senior Honors Thesis and leverage their engagement in MECC towards their Energy and Sustainability minor course requirements. All will have unprecedented opportunities to be mentored by an exceptional faculty and participate in project-based learning in the faculty laboratories.

Educational Outreach — 2023

The C-Coogs established the Hydropower and Marine Energy Society in the college. The mission of this organization is to excite the campus about marine energy and hydropower and engage the entire student community in innovation in this space.
The C-Coogs also visited the AP Environmental Science class at La Porte High School in Texas and talked to the students about marine energy, the Marine Energy Collegiate Competition and the team’s overall mission. View the photos >>>

Educational Outreach — 2022

The C-Coogs visited Pearadox Robotics Team 5414, consisting of students from three high schools in Pearland ISD, Texas. They talked to students about marine energy and how robotics could play an important role in innovating in this space. View the photos >>>

Haleh Ardebili, Mechanical Engineering Program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (EPIE)	Aaron Becker, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Swarm robotics
Ed Blair, Bauer College of Business, Marketing and entrepreneurship	Dan Burleson, First-Year Experience, Engineering Student Innovation and Design Experience (ESIDE)
Zheng Chen, Mechanical Engineering, Bio-inspired robotics, energy storage systems	Craig Glennie, Civil and Environmental Engineering, LIDAR technologies
Liana Gonzalez-Schulenberg, Managing Director, RED Labs, Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship	Jerrod Henderson, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Engineering Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Vedhus Hoskere, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structures and Artificial Intelligence	Yashashree Kulkarni, Mechanical Engineering, Research computing
Stuart Long, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Undergraduate research, Honors College programs	Mostafa Momen, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Coastal hydrodynamics, hydraulics, turbulence
Mim Rahimi, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrochemical processes for climate change mitigation	J. R. Rao, Mechanical Engineering, Undergraduate programs and virtual learning
Devin Shaffer, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Desalination and water treatment	Stephen Wilbur, Lecturer, Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship
Di Yang, Mechanical Engineering, Computational fluid dynamics, renewable wind, tidal and wave energy