Tertiary and Secondary Schools

Educating the next generation of energy professionals that will lead the energy transition is one of the more important objectives of RESSCOTT LTD. It is our duty to ensure that our future leaders are well equipped with the foundation that will carry them through their professional careers and secure employment within the clean energy sector!

RESSCOTT LTD offers practical and theoretical training courses tailored for secondary and tertiary schools.

Register for a class today and enjoy:

Live in person practical and technical sessions appropriate for your audience (we come to you!)
Insight on how to land jobs in the clean energy sector
Content delivered by Industry Professionals / Engineers with global experience in the upstream and downstream energy sector
Certificate signed by professional engineers under the Board of Engineering of Trinidad and Tobago!

Course Outlines typically cover the following

Introduction to Renewable Energy: Different clean energy generating schemes
Overview of local energy sector and the impacts on climate change
Introduction to Solar PV Energy: How it works
Applications: Why it works
How to calculate and design a basic off-grid solar energy system
Components involved in a solar energy system
How to install a solar energy system – Handon training session
Other new technological advancements in renewable energy
Importance of Energy Efficiency, Energy Management and Carbon accounting

Duration: 1 day.

Course language: English.

EXAM: The exam will ensure that you have retained the information that was covered in the course; 30 min multiple choice, 70% pass mark required.

CERTIFICATE: At the end of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by Dr. Ramkissoon and a member of the Board of Engineering of Trinidad and Tobago.

WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING:

Laptop / for taking notes or a copybook!
A thirst for knowledge!

VENUE:

To be determined; consideration will be given number of registered persons and location – We can come to you!

Locations offered other than T&T:

Barbados

Grenada

Jamaica

Guyana

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Price: USD $2,650 + VAT – Supports class of 25-30 students only (special courses available for larger groups).

Lecturer:

Mr. Chris Gray
Engineer with over 30 years experience

Mr. Gray is an Electrical Engineer with an insurmountable amount of utility scale Photovoltaic experience.
Leveraging over 30 years experience, this course will cover:

Solar Energy Basics
Applications
Configurations
Hands-on session
Case Studies
Best Practices &
standards

Dr. Rhiki Ramkissoon

Engineer with over 17 years industrial experience

Former Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of the West Indies

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Postgraduate Scholarship 2005

The University of the West Indies, Faculty of Engineering, Dean’s Honor Roll 2004

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Ramkissoon PUBLICATIONS

Ramkissoon, R., Manohar, K. and Anthony Adeyanju, A. 2022. “Wind Energy Production from
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine on Offshore Production Platforms in Trinidad”. Journal of Energy
Research and Reviews 11 (1), 38-47.

Manohar, K and Ramkissoon, R. 2016. ‘Effectiveness of Horizontal Rebar on Concrete Block
Retaining Wall Strength’. American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER), Stamford CT,
Vol. 5, Issue. 9, pp.88 – 94.

Manohar, K., Edwards, M. and Ramkissoon, R. 2016. ‘Renewable Energy Alternative for
Wastewater Treatment Plants in Trinidad – A Case Study’, International Journal of Recent
advances in Mechanical Engineering (IJMECH), Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-12.

Manohar, K., and Ramkissoon, R. 2016. ‘Modeling the Effects of Endplate Addition on the MI-
VAWT1 Airfoil Blade at Low Wind Speed’, GE-International Journal of Engineering Research,
Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp. 1-7.

Manohar, K. and Ramkissoon, R. 2015. ‘Low Cost Laboratory Built Wind Tunnel’, International
Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 176-179.

Ramkissoon, R. and Manohar, K. 2014. ‘Design and Calibration of a Low Speed Wind Tunnel’,
British Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Vol. 4, No.20, pp. 2878-2890.

Tota-Maharaj, K., Ramkissoon, R. and Manohar, K. 2012. ‘Economical Darrieus Straight-
Bladed Vertical Axis Wing Turbine for Renewable Energy Applications’. Journal of the Energy
Institute, Leeds UK, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp.156 – 162.

Manohar, K., Rampartap, A. and Ramkissoon R. 2007. ‘Self-Starting Hybrid ‘H’ Type Wind
Turbine’, Proceedings of the ASME ES 2007 Energy Sustainability Conference, June 27 – 30,
Hilton Long Beach, California, USA. ISBN 0-7918-3798-X.

Ramkissoon, R., Manohar, K. and Anthony Adeyanju, A. 2018. “Small Scale Wind Powered
Reverse Osmosis Plant without Batteries in Trinidad and Tobago”, International Journal of
Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), V58(3),123-129 April 2018. ISSN:2231-5381.

Ramkissoon, R. and Manohar, K. 2016. ‘Experimental Investigation of Endplate Effects on the
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Airfoil Blade’, International Journal of Innovative Research in
Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 1175-1181.

Manohar, K. and Ramkissoon, R. 2016. ‘Simulating Drag and Lift Coefficient Variation of the
MI VAWT1 airfoil with Angle of Attack at Low Reynolds Number’, International Journal of
Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), Vol. 32, No. 2, 102-105 ISSN:2231-5381.
www.ijettjournal.org. published by seventh sense research group.

Ramkissoon, R., Manohar, K. and Adeyanju, A. A. 2015. ‘Horizontal Strut-Arm Optimization
Effects on Drag Coefficient’, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science,
Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4, Issue 12, pp. 11720-11726.

Manohar, K., Ramkissoon, R. and Adeyanju, A. A. 2015. ‘Cost Benefit Analysis of
Implementing a Solar Photovoltaic System’, International Journal of Innovative Research in
Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4, Issue12, pp. 11696-11703.

Ramkissoon, R. and Manohar, K. 2013. ‘Increasing the power output of the Darrieus Vertical
Axis Wind Turbine’ British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, Vol.3, No.1, pp.77-90.