Spring 2027

Solar Energy Technology

Covers radiant energy transfer, solar exchanger design, energy balances, and the economics and practice of solar energy applications.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Sanford Klein

Homeworks were described as extremely long and tedious, while exams were criticized for being fast-paced and not allowing enough time, creating significant pressure during assessments.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Predict available solar radiation at a given location and time, for a given surface orientation

  • Predict and model thermal and optical losses for solar thermal systems

  • Calculate the load on a solar system

  • Predict and model long term performance of solar thermal systems

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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(M E 364,CBE 326, or concurrent enrollment), or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

CBE/ME 567

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

SANFORD KLEIN is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Sanford Klein

Student feedback on historical instructor Sanford Klein was mixed, with some praising his real-world applications and flexibility, while others found him unhelpful and rigid in his teaching approach.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.20 GPA, 53.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.60 GPA, 76.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.34 GPA, 67.6% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Sanford Klein

Homeworks were described as extremely long and tedious, while exams were criticized for being fast-paced and not allowing enough time, creating significant pressure during assessments.

Past student reviews · Sanford Klein

Students struggled with the reliability of EES software and found the heavy reliance on PowerPoint lectures boring, though one student noted the software worked well for them.

Topics

  • Radiant energy transfer and solar exchangers
  • Energy balances for solar exchangers
  • Theory, economics, and practice of solar energy applications
  • Solar radiation prediction

Skills

  • Predict available solar radiation based on location, time, and surface orientation
  • Model thermal and optical losses in solar thermal systems
  • Calculate loads on solar systems
  • Predict and model long-term performance of solar thermal systems

Grades

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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