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Instructor: Dr.
Ringwald E-mail: ringwald[at]csufresno.edu and replace [at] with @ |
Phone: 278-8426 |
Office hours (between January 19 and May 13):
MWF 1-2, MW 4:30-5:30, Th 11-12, and other times by appointment.
Office: McLane Hall, Room 11, in the new Building J (or
"J-wing").
This is across the outdoor "hall" from McLane 149 and 151.
Please feel free to contact me, if you have any problems whatsoever in this course: or if you're doing well, and just want to talk about energy and the environment. It's in our interest, and we care, that you do well!
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Course Syllabus |
Instructions for Papers |
Links |
TENTATIVE Class Schedule (updated 2005 April 28).
Always do the readings before class:
| Week | M | W | Chapters from Energy and the Environment, by Ristinen and Kraushaar, to read by Monday of the next week |
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| 1 | 1/17: No class | 1/19: Introduction | Chapter 1, Appendix A, and the entire syllabus |
| 2 | 1/24: Chapter 1: Energy Fundamentals and Use in an Industrial Society | 1/26: Chapter 1: Exponential growth | The End of Cheap Oil, by Campbell and Laherrere (handout); Chapter 2 |
| 3 | 1/31: Chapter 1: Energy Fundamentals and Use in an Industrial Society (History) | 2/02: Chapter 2: Fossil Fuels (Oil): The Trouble with Oil (Homework 1 (on Chapter 1) assigned) | Chapter 2 |
| 4 | 2/07: Chapter 2: Fossil Fuels (Oil) | 2/09: Chapter 2: Fossil Fuels (Oil) (Homeworks 2 and 3 (on Chapters 2-3) assigned) | Chapter 3 |
| 5 | 2/14: Chapter 2: Fossil Fuels (Oil) | 2/16: Chapter 3: Fossil Fuels (Gas and Coal) (Homework 1 due.) | Chapter 3 |
| 6 | 2/21: Holiday | 2/23: Chapter 3: Heat Engines (thermo) (Homework 2 due.) | Re-read Chapters 1-3, Appendix A, and The End of Cheap Oil |
| 7 | 2/28: Chapter 3: Heat Engines (thermo) | 3/02: Chapter 3: Heat Engines (heat transfer) (Homework 3 due.) | Chapters 4 and 7 |
| 8 | 3/07: Review | 3/09: Mid-Term Exam 1 (covering Chapters 1-3) | Chapters 4 and 5 |
| 9 | 3/14:
Chapter 7: Energy Conservation Homeworks 4 (on Ch. 3 and 7) and 5 (on Ch. 4 and 5) assigned) | 3/16: Chapter 4: Renewable Energy I: Solar | Chapters 5 and 8 |
| - | 3/21: Spring Break | 3/23: Spring Break | - |
| 10 | 3/28: Chapter 4: Renewable Energy I: Solar | 3/30: Chapter 5: Renewable Energy II: Alternatives | Chapters 9 and 10 |
| 11 | 4/04: Chapter 5: Renewable Energy II: Alternatives | 4/06: Chapter 9: Air Pollution (Homework 4 due.) | Chapter 8 |
| 12 | 4/11: Chapter 10: Global Effects | 4/13: Chapter 8: Transportation | Re-read Chapters 3-5 and 7-10 |
| 13 | 4/18: Review | 4/20: Mid-term Exam 2 (covering Chapters 4-5 and 7-10) | Chapter 6 |
| 14 | 4/25: Chapter 6: Nuclear Energy. | 4/27: Chapter 6: Nuclear Energy. (Homework 5 due [the Paper Titles and Summaries]) | Chapter 6 |
| 15 | 5/02: Chapter 6: Nuclear Energy | 5/04: Chapter 6: Nuclear Energy | Chapter 6 |
| 16 | 5/09: Chapter 6: Nuclear Energy. | 5/11: Review; paper due (see instructions) | Re-read Chapters 1-10 |
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