ABOUT US
It is a common goal for all the leaders and professionals of companies working in the field of energy, people interested in energy, and students having the goal of becoming an energy engineer, that the future generation of engineers would possess an overview – both on a theoretical and practical level – of the past, present and the probable future of this complex and diversified discipline.
It is important to facilitate the connection of theoretical and practical knowledge, to improve the communication between industry and universities, and to support partnerships. These ideas are proposed as its goals by the Student Association of Energy.
The Student Association of Energy was founded on 17th October 2002, with the support of the Hungarian Electrotechnical Association (MEE), the Hungarian Scientific Society of Energy Economics (ETE), and the Hungarian Energy Society (MET), and with the cooperation of students of electrical and mechanical engineering of Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Since 4th April 2008, we have been operating as an Association with recognized public benefit, with the direct support of the founding organizations.
The Association is operating on the campus of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, with the support of the Department of Electric Power Engineering (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics), the Department of Energy Engineering (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering), and the Institute of Nuclear Techniques.
To strengthen our international relations, in 2006 we founded the “Hungarian Student Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)”, an international organization in the field of energy management.
Our Association organizes lectures, panel discussions, and technical visits every week during the semester, to provide a chance for all the people interested to acquire knowledge exceeding the curriculum of university and college qualifications, or to get acquainted with the standpoint of experienced and practicing professionals. We invite lecturers who are great authorities in their field and are up-to-date with technical developments and economic trends.
We facilitate new contacts between students and leading companies in the field of energy, and we take part in organizing summer internships and provide an opportunity for companies to introduce themselves and hold lectures. Also, the Association, in cooperation with professors, organizes the elaboration of practical tasks within the confines of independent student assignments. We help our members to get a more profound knowledge of the discipline of energy engineering and connecting fields, by covering participation costs at conferences, consultations based on personal demands, and inviting applications for Scientific Conference of University Students and masters’ thesis awards.
The Student Association of Energy has organized the first „International Youth Conference on Energetics” in 2007 to establish a series of conferences celebrated biannually. The Association was also proud to present the establishment of the „IEEE Budapest University of Technology & Economics Joint Student Branch Chapter of the Industry Applications and the Power & Energy Societies” in 2009 during the IYCE’09 conference. In 2017, Hungary again hosted the "6th International Youth Conference on Energy 2017" (IYCE'17). The specialty of the event is that the conference was held for its 10-year jubilee 2017 June 21-24. The prestige of the conference is well illustrated by the fact that we were able to welcome a total of 131 guests from 29 countries, showing a total of 74 publications.
The Association – with the aim of creating a new tradition – started its contest on energy in 2009, which attracted the attention of over 1200 secondary school student participants in 2010. Our main goal was to familiarize these students with the world of energy and to popularize the energy and electrical engineering fields. Since 2011, students of institutions outside of Hungary that conduct their studies in Hungarian have also been welcomed to run teams for the contest. It is always held in the period between November and February (of the coming year), adapting to the higher education admission deadline. We firmly believe that by presenting the profession’s essential tasks, topics, and other university courses, we are able to facilitate the students’ decision-making process before higher education admission.