This is a page for conveying homework assignments for HSU Dominicana Appropriate Technology courses from May 30th to July 8th, 2011. Assignments are due before class starts on the day denoted below.
Tentative calendar
Week 1 - May 30, 2011
1 - lunes
Topics covered: Introductions, Syllabus design, Appropriate Technology, ???
1 - miércoles
Topics covered: Microhydro and Appropriate Technology
- Assignments due
- read the notes at Jottings on appropriate technology on differing definitions of Appropriate Technology.
- Find and record a photo and location for each of two local example ATs from Santo Domingo in groups of two
- For each of the two topics, answer the following, preferably in Spanish, on a piece of paper:
- Brief description such as type and application.
- Location (address or coordinates)
- Justification as Appropriate Technology based on a definition of AT.
- Issues with its appropriateness based on a definition of AT.
- Notes, such as phone number, if applicable.
- For each of the two topics, answer the following, preferably in Spanish, on a piece of paper:
- Post your AT examples to HSU Dominicana/AT Gallery. You might want to wait until after you do your userpage for more instructions on how.
- Start Appropedia user page
- Select and copy the text below
- Click your username (after logging in) in the upper right of Appropedia
- Paste the text
- Replace Capitalized words with your own
- Preview, summarize and save
- Add your photo (see this tutorial and/or this screencast for help on how).
- Feel free to improvise - See User:Gabbytmb and User:Annie.bartholomew for examples
Copy the following code
[[Image:IMAGENAME.JPG|thumb|left|CAPTION TEXT]] Nombre: TU NOMBRE Teléfono en Santo Domingo: TU TELÉFONO (o tu nivel de estudios, si no quieres compartir publico tu numero) Dirección en Santo Domingo: TU DIRECCION (o tu zona, si no quieres compartir publico tu dirección) ===Intereses en Tecnología Apropiada=== *INTERES#1 *INTERES#2 ===Experencia en Tecnología Apropiada=== *EXPERENCIA#1 *EXPERENCIA#2 [[Category:HSU Dominicana Program]]
1 - jueves
Topics covered: Microhydro and projects
- Assignments due
- Read
- Microhydro power
- http://www.microhydropower.net/ - Check out their case studies (under the resources pull down window). Avoid their theory sections.
- http://www.homepower.com/basics/hydro/ - Great basics of microhydro from Home Power magazine.
1 - viernes
Topics covered: Working in the field, Criteria, Literature Review
- Assignments due
- Find the energy portfolio (power grid mix) for DR and/or Sto Dgo.
- Find various energy costs (RD$/kWh) in Sto Dgo.
- Caculate Pmax
- Pmax for 220GPM and 100ft
- Pmax for 80GPM and 200ft
- Find units for K for the 3 other Qs
- Optional - do this problem set on unit conversion.
1 - sabado
Topics covered: Microhydro Lab
- Assignments due
- Microhydro power with 2" pipe and the other givens all the same.
- Read http://sgp.undp.org/download/SGP_DominicanRepublic2.pdf, http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/technology/2010/8/11/36616/Jarabacoa-village-gets-two-micro-hydroelectric-stations and HSU Chiapas micro hydro feasibility study.
Week 2 - June 6, 2011
2 - lunes
Topics covered: Microhydro, Community meeting presentation
- Assignments due
- Microhydro lab
- Microhydro hw not turned in on Saturday
2 - miércoles
Topics covered: Projects, Power and energy
- Assignments due
- Find an error in HowStuffWorks Hydropower (no more than 30 minutes. Bring in on a scrap of paper.)
- Join the HSU Dominicana Facebook group at http://on.fb.me/HSUdom (very short)
- Your research page. Post your name and your link here: (long)
- PAGENAME - Team member names
- Small Scale Renewable Wind Energy - Taylor Edwards, Julio Lorenzo
- Rice Slip- Rosa Anali Guzmán, Todd Cooley
- Earthen building in the tropics-Lauren Adabie, Willfredo
- Insulated Corrugated Roof Construction Greg, Jakob
2 - jueves
Topics covered: Project, criteria, electricity
- Assignments due
- Project description
- Criteria
- Photo, video or drawing 1 kg, 1 meter, 1 N, 1 joule, 100 W, 1 kWh
- In your group from yesterday's assignment
- How many tortillas/time equal 100W
- A more creative equivalent to 1 kWh
2 - viernes
Topics covered:
- Assignments due
- Create a login to http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/
- Join the project - http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/hsudominicana2011
- Consider making your own project. See http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/engr380/issues for an example.
Week 3 - June 13, 2011
3 - lunes
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- Assignments due
- Post at least one useful link per team and one vocabulary word related to appropriate technology per person at HSU_Dominicana/shared_resources.
3 - martes
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3 - miércoles
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3 - jueves
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3 - viernes
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Week 4 - June 20, 2011
4 - lunes
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4 - martes
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4 - miércoles
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4 - jueves
Topics covered: Appropriate Technology
- Assignments due
4 - viernes
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Week 5 - June 27, 2011
5 - lunes
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5 - martes
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5 - miércoles
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5 - jueves
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- Final project - visual inspection
5 - viernes
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Week 6 - July 4th, 2011
6 - lunes
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- Final project check today or yesterday
6 - martes
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6 - miércoles
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- Practice presentation
6 - jueves
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- Printout of presentation (6 slides per page)
- Digital version of powerpoint
- Final presentation - 6pm to 8pm
6 - viernes
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- Assignments due
- Final writeup
- Final peer evaluation
- Please grade yourself and your teammates on your project.
- Make one paragraph for each person (including yourself). State the letter grade deserved and be thorough on your justification. Your final project grades are affected by this peer evaluation.
- Please also include any program/project feedback that you are comfortable with me sharing openly.
- Email it to me, before midnight, with the subject "Engr305: YOUR NAME-Peer Evaluation" (replacing the ALLCAPS).
- Final video
- Thank you notes