This is the Schedule for Mech425: Engineering for Sustainable Development[edit | edit source]
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| Month | date | day | time | Class | What | Recommended Readings |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 Clearing the air Hackers steal carbon credits | |
| 4 | th | 830 | Tutorial 4:
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T4: LCA Economics K. Branker | Found in translation: A new language for energy efficiency retrofits | |
| 5 | f | 1030 | Student Effects | 12 | The Mueller Report | |
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| 9 | t | 930 | Thermal Energy Conservation | 13 Original ECM due | Keep the heat in | |
| 10 | w | 1130 | Passive Solar | 14 | Passive Solar Primer from AU | |
| 11 | th | 830 | Tutorial 5: | T5: Groups Contingency, Peer review due by class | Please return CDs from OA project | |
| 12 | f | 1030 | Solar Thermal | 15 W. Sorensen Revisions due Midnight | Solar hot water primer bubble action pumps | |
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| 16 | t | 930 | Wind Energy | 16 | Small wind presentations 1-4 | |
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17 K. Branker | Category:Mech425 GreenIT Project | |
| 18 | th | 830 | Tutorial 6 | t6: Original ECMs, K. Branker | Category:Mech425 GreenIT Project | |
| 19 | f | 1030 | The Solar Unit | 18: Final revisions due to Green IT part 1 and 2 | A. Rose article | |
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| 23 | t | 930 | X Reading Week | |||
| 24 | w | 1130 | X Reading Week | |||
| 25 | th | 830 | X Reading Week | |||
| 26 | f | 1030 | X Reading Week | |||
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| March | 1 | m | x | |||
| 2 | t | 930 | Introduction to Developing World | 19. D-Lab Project Assigned | Human Development Report 2008 | |
| 3 | w | 1130 | Appropriate Technology | 20 Assign AT project | Virtues of Mundane Science and The Rise and Fall of the AT Movement | |
| 4 | th | 830 | Tutorial 7 A. Nosrat | T7: Engineering and Social Justice | Engineering and Social Justice -Read Chap. 2 and watch 20 min. Story of Stuff | |
| 5 | f | 1030 | Survival Discussion | 21. D-Lab Project due | 12cent pen light | |
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| 9 | t | 930 | Precautionary Principal | 22 | Precautionary Principal Overview | |
| 10 | w | 1130 | Bringing Civilization.... | 23 | Models of service learning | |
| 11 | th | 830 | Tutorial 8 | T8: Groups – final meeting- multipost | ||
| 12 | f | 1030 | Queen's Sustainable Development Groups QPID, EWB | To Hell With Good Intentionsby Ivan Illich, Conspiracy Against Africa from the Walrus | ||
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| 16 | t | 930 | Service Projects | 25 Bringing Civilization II | ||
| 17 | w | 1130 | Engineering and Service Learning Discussion | AT Project Philosophy | The Munk Debates on Aid | |
| 18 | th | 830 | Tutorial 9 | T9 AT Project trouble shoot E Lee | Have your topic chosen | |
| 19 | f | 1030 | Socially Responsible Investing | Final Green IT project due Microfinance Project Assigned | Yunus Intro SRI | |
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| 23 | t | 930 | Cradle to Cradle Design | 28 | McDonough's TED talk Cradle to Cradle design Ebook emissions | |
| 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 | Life Cycle Analysis | 30 Microfinance Project due | CE Chap 5 LCA, Life Cycle Carbon | |
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| 30 | t | 930 | Green Design | 32 | 12 Principles of Green Design | |
| 31 | w | 1130 | Problem Solving I – TRIZ | 33 | Introduction to TRIZ | |
| April | 1 | th | 830 | Intro to Labview | t11: E. Lee | Introduction to Labview |
| 2 | f | 1030 | Good Friday – No Class | |||
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| 6 | t | 930 | Problem Solving II – Policy | 34 | Society Gains from Engineer + Policy, Why engineers need policy training | |
| 7 | w | 1130 | Problem Solving III – Improvisation | 35 | A MacGyver for the 3rd World | |
| 8 | th | 830 | Intro to MatLab/Simulink | t12 E. Lee | Introduction to MatLab | |
| last class | 9 | f | 1030 | Review | 36 AT Project Due for bonus - email Dr. Pearce that it is complete - otherwise final deadline is next Friday | Planetary boundaries 4 Years Go! |
