This is the Schedule for Mech425: Engineering for Sustainable Development
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Month | date | day | time | Class | What | Recommended Readings |
January | 11 | m | x | |||
12 | t | 930 | Introduction | 1. Why are you here? Quiz 1 | ||
13 | w | 1130 | Open Access and Engineering | 2. Assign Open Access Project | Open Access Overview | |
14 | th | 830 | Tutorial 1 | T1: Form groups, choose projects | AT Sourcebook | |
15 | f | 1030 | AT Wiki | 3: How to Use Appropedia | Help:Contents | |
16 | s | x | ||||
17 | su | x | ||||
18 | m | x | ||||
19 | t | 930 | Green IT examples | 4 K. Sayili | ||
20 | w | 1130 | Green IT Project Intro | 5 Assign Green IT Project | Category:Mech425_GreenIT_Project | |
21 | th | 830 | Green IT lecture notes | 6 J. Corbett | Electricity use office/network equipment | |
22 | f | 1030 | tutorial 2 | t2:Energy Review & Conservation | Category:Mech425_GreenIT_Project, Citizen Eng Chap 7 | |
23 | s | x | ||||
24 | su | x | ||||
25 | m | x | ||||
26 | t | 930 | Introduction to Photovoltaics | 7 | Photovoltaics | |
27 | w | 1130 | SWITCH + PV worksheet | 8 SWITCH worksheet with M. Gibson | SWITCH and SWITCH PV worksheet | |
28 | th | 830 | T3: | T3:audio/ 5 PV lectures | Solar Photovoltaic Open Lectures | |
29 | f | 1030 | PV Advanced and Questions | 9 Choose company | Solar_Photovoltaic_Cells_for_the_Kingston_Home_FAQ | |
30 | s | x | ||||
31 | su | x | ||||
February | 1 | m | x | |||
2 | t | 930 | Developed World Problems | 10 Why are we doing this? | CE Chap. 3 | |
3 | w | 1130 | Fossil Fuels and Carbon Trading | 11 Open Access due T. Hsu | Impacts of Energy Sources - UCS | |
4 | th | 830 | Tutorial 4: | T4: LCA Economics K. Branker | Found in translation: A new language for energy efficiency retrofits | |
5 | f | 1030 | Student Effects | 12 | The Mueller Report | |
6 | s | x | ||||
7 | su | x | ||||
8 | m | x | ||||
9 | t | 930 | Thermal Energy Conservation | 13 Original ECM due | ||
10 | w | 1130 | Passive Solar | 14 | ||
11 | th | 830 | Tutorial 5: | T5: Groups Contingency, Peer review due | ||
12 | f | 1030 | Solar Thermal | 15 W. Sorensen | ||
13 | s | x | ||||
14 | su | x | ||||
15 | m | x | ||||
16 | t | 930 | Wind Energy | 16 | ||
17 | w | 1130 | Original ECMs project rev. | 17 K. Branker | ||
18 | th | 830 | Tutorial 6 | t6: Original ECMs, K. Branker | ||
19 | f | 1030 | The Solar Unit | 18: | A. Rose article | |
20 | s | x | ||||
21 | su | x | ||||
22 | m | x | ||||
23 | t | 930 | X Reading Week | |||
24 | w | 1130 | X Reading Week | |||
25 | th | 830 | X Reading Week | |||
26 | f | 1030 | X Reading Week | |||
27 | s | x | ||||
28 | su | x | ||||
March | 1 | m | x | |||
2 | t | 930 | Introduction to Developing World | 19. D-Lab Project Assigned | ||
3 | w | 1130 | Appropriate Technology | 20 Assign AT project | ||
4 | th | 830 | Tutorial 7 | T7: Groups organizational change | ||
5 | f | 1030 | Survival Discussion | 21. D-Lab Project due | ||
6 | s | x | ||||
7 | su | x | ||||
8 | m | x | ||||
9 | t | 930 | Precautionary Principal | 22 | ||
10 | w | 1130 | Bringing Civilization.... | 23 | ||
11 | th | 830 | Tutorial 8 | T8: Groups – final meeting- multipost | ||
12 | f | 1030 | Queen's Sustainable Development Groups | 24 Final Green IT project due | ||
13 | s | x | ||||
14 | su | x | ||||
15 | m | x | ||||
16 | t | 930 | Socially Responsible Investing | 25 Microfinance Project Assigned | Yunus Intro | |
17 | w | 1130 | Labor vs Material Costs | 26 | ||
18 | th | 830 | Tutorial 9 | T9 AT Project trouble shoot E Lee | ||
19 | f | 1030 | Life Cycle Analysis | 27 Microfinance Project due | CE Chap 5 LCA, Life Cycle Carbon | |
20 | s | x | ||||
21 | su | x | ||||
22 | m | x | ||||
23 | t | 930 | Cradle to Cradle Design | 28 | McDonough's TED talk | |
24 | w | 1130 | Industrial Symbiosis & Industrial Ecology | 29 | Uncovering IS | |
25 | th | 830 | Tutorial 10 | t10: Industrial symbiosis examples | Open Source IS | |
26 | f | 1030 | Green Design – x | 30 | ||
27 | s | x | ||||
28 | su | x | ||||
29 | m | x | 31 | |||
30 | t | 930 | Green Design | 32 | ||
31 | w | 1130 | Problem Solving I – TRIZ | 33 | ||
April | 1 | th | 830 | Intro to Labview | t11: E. Lee | |
2 | f | 1030 | Good Friday – No Class | |||
3 | s | x | ||||
4 | su | x | ||||
5 | m | x | ||||
6 | t | 930 | Problem Solving II – Policy | 34 | ||
7 | w | 1130 | Problem Solving III – Improvisation | 35 | ||
8 | th | 830 | Intro to MatLab/Simulink | t12 E. Lee | ||
last class | 9 | f | 1030 | Review | 36 AT Project Due |