{"id":21955,"key":"Mech425_schedule","title":"Mech425 schedule","latest":{"id":1270735,"timestamp":"2026-09-14T15:06:08Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"This is the Schedule for Mech425: Engineering for Sustainable Development\n\nIf you are in this class- I recommend that you \"watch\" this page by clicking the watch tab at the top of the page. Then if any changes are made to the schedule you will be informed when you login to appropedia.\n\nIf you are having trouble accessing individual chapters from the Citizen Engineer text -- go [http://citizenengineer.org/?q=node/12 here].\n\n{| class=\"wikitable\"\n! Month\n! date\n! day\n! time\n! Class\n! What\n! Recommended Readings\n|-\n| January\n| 11\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 12\n| t\n| 930\n| Introduction\n| 1. Why are you here? '''Quiz 1'''\n|\n|-\n|\n| 13\n| w\n| 1130\n| Open Access and Engineering\n! 2. Assign Open Access Project\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20130201235812/http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm Open Access Overview]\n|-\n|\n| 14\n| th\n| 830\n| Tutorial 1\n| T1: Form groups, choose projects\n| [[AT Sourcebook]]\n|-\n|\n| 15\n| f\n| 1030\n| AT Wiki\n| 3: How to Use Appropedia\n| [[:Help:Contents]]\n|-\n|\n| 16\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 17\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 18\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 19\n| t\n| 930\n| Green IT examples\n| 4 K. Sayili\n|\n|-\n|\n| 20\n| w\n| 1130\n| Green IT Project Intro\n! 5 Assign Green IT Project\n| [[:Category:Mech425 GreenIT Project]]\n|-\n|\n| 21\n| th\n| 830\n| Green IT [http://me.queensu.ca/courses/MECH425/documents/GreenITSGuestLectureHandouts20100121.pdf lecture notes]\n| 6 J. Corbett\n| [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.21.5818&rep=rep1&type=pdf Electricity use office/network equipment]\n|-\n|\n| 22\n| f\n| 1030\n| tutorial 2\n| t2:Energy Review & Conservation\n| [[:Category:Mech425 GreenIT Project]], [http://web.archive.org/web/20120303233252/http://citizenengineer.org/sites/default/files/CEFinal_Chapter7.pdf Citizen Eng Chap 7]\n|-\n|\n| 23\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 24\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 25\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 26\n| t\n| 930\n| Introduction to Photovoltaics\n| 7\n| [[Photovoltaics]]\n|-\n|\n| 27\n| w\n| 1130\n| SWITCH + PV worksheet\n| 8 SWITCH worksheet with M. Gibson\n| [[SWITCH]] and [http://switchkingston.com/files/microFIT%20P&L--SWITCH.xls SWITCH PV worksheet]\n|-\n|\n| 28\n| th\n| 830\n| T3:\n| T3:audio/ 5 PV lectures\n| [[Solar Photovoltaic Open Lectures]]\n|-\n|\n| 29\n| f\n| 1030\n| PV Advanced and Questions\n! 9 Choose company\n| [[Solar Photovoltaic Cells for the Kingston Home FAQ]]\n|-\n|\n| 30\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 31\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n| February\n| 1\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 2\n| t\n| 930\n| Developed World Problems\n| 10 Why are we doing this?\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20120303233654/http://citizenengineer.org/sites/default/files/CEFinal_Chapter3.pdf CE Chap. 3]\n|-\n|\n| 3\n| w\n| 1130\n| Fossil Fuels and Carbon Trading\n! 11 Open Access due T. Hsu\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20120318034538/http://www.ucsusa.org:80/clean_energy/technology_and_impacts/impacts/ Impacts of Energy Sources - UCS] [http://web.archive.org/web/20100108072635/http://irpp.org:80/choices/archive/vol15no11.pdf Clearing the air] [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/hackers-steal-carbon-credits Hackers steal carbon credits]\n|-\n|\n| 4\n| th\n| 830\n| Tutorial 4:[[File:LC Economics Lecture.pdf]]\n| T4: LCA Economics K. Branker\n| [http://members.peo.on.ca/index.cfm/document/1/ci_id/34096/la_id/1 Found in translation: A new language for energy efficiency retrofits]\n|-\n|\n| 5\n| f\n| 1030\n| Student Effects\n| 12\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20100714073158/http://homes.bio.psu.edu:80/greendestiny/publications/gdc-mueller_report.pdf The Mueller Report]\n|-\n|\n| 6\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 7\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 8\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 9\n| t\n| 930\n| Thermal Energy Conservation\n! 13 Original ECM due\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20100307071248/http://www.energuycanada.ca:80/images/Keeping%20the%20Heat%20In.pdf Keep the heat in]\n|-\n|\n| 10\n| w\n| 1130\n| Passive Solar\n| 14\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20140126040533/http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/fs45.html Passive Solar Primer from AU]\n|-\n|\n| 11\n| th\n| 830\n| Tutorial 5:\n| T5: Groups Contingency, '''Peer review due by class'''\n| Please return CDs from OA project\n|-\n|\n| 12\n| f\n| 1030\n| Solar Thermal\n| 15 W. Sorensen '''Revisions due Midnight'''\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20161211185000/http://www.azsolarcenter.org:80/tech-science/solar-for-consumers/solar-hot-water/solar-hot-water-a-primer.html Solar hot water primer] [http://web.archive.org/web/20201126103652/https://www.bubbleactionpumps.com/ bubble action pumps]\n|-\n|\n| 13\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 14\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 15\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 16\n| t\n| 930\n| Wind Energy\n| 16\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20100919044959/http://www.awea.org:80/pubs/documents/swslides/toc.htm Small wind presentations 1-4]\n|-\n|\n| 17\n| w\n| 1130\n| [[File:Mech 425 ECM Review Lecture 17th and 18th.pdf]]\n| 17 K. Branker\n| [[:Category:Mech425 GreenIT Project]]\n|-\n|\n| 18\n| th\n| 830\n| Tutorial 6\n| t6: Original ECMs, K. Branker\n| [[:Category:Mech425 GreenIT Project]]\n|-\n|\n| 19\n| f\n| 1030\n| The Solar Unit\n| 18: '''Final revisions due to Green IT part 1 and 2'''\n| [http://me.queensu.ca/courses/MECH425/documents/rosefirsthalf.pdf A. Rose article]\n|-\n|\n| 20\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 21\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 22\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 23\n| t\n| 930\n| X Reading Week\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 24\n| w\n| 1130\n| X Reading Week\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 25\n| th\n| 830\n| X Reading Week\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 26\n| f\n| 1030\n| X Reading Week\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 27\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 28\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n| March\n| 1\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 2\n| t\n| 930\n| Introduction to Developing World\n! 19. D-Lab Project Assigned\n| [http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_20072008_EN_Complete.pdf Human Development Report 2008]\n|-\n|\n| 3\n| w\n| 1130\n| Appropriate Technology\n! 20 Assign AT project\n| [http://rael.berkeley.edu/files/1997/Kammen-Dove-Mundane-Science-1997.pdf Virtues of Mundane Science] and [http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/3106707.pdf The Rise and Fall of the AT Movement]\n|-\n|\n| 4\n| th\n| 830\n| Tutorial 7 A. Nosrat\n| T7: [http://www.scribd.com/full/28000019?access_key=key-1be3qasxzslhs2f5xduc Engineering and Social Justice]\n| [http://www.morganclaypool.com/doi/abs/10.2200/S00117ED1V01Y200805ETS007 Engineering and Social Justice] -Read Chap. 2 and watch 20 min. [http://www.storyofstuff.org/index.php Story of Stuff]\n|-\n|\n| 5\n| f\n| 1030\n| Survival Discussion\n! 21. D-Lab Project due\n| [http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/let-there-d-light/archive/2008/01/11/entrepreneurial-design-for-extreme-affordability-2013-the-story-of-a-pen 12cent pen light]\n|-\n|\n| 6\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 7\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 8\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 9\n| t\n| 930\n| Precautionary Principal\n| 22\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20150825035717/http://www.precaution.org:80/lib/pp_def.htm Precautionary Principal Overview]\n|-\n|\n| 10\n| w\n| 1130\n| Bringing Civilization....\n| 23\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20120418074024/http://www.cur.org/Quarterly/dec07/Winter07Hope.pdf Models of service learning]\n|-\n|\n| 11\n| th\n| 830\n| Tutorial 8\n| T8: Groups – final meeting- multipost\n|\n|-\n|\n| 12\n| f\n| 1030\n| Queen's Sustainable Development Groups [http://web.archive.org/web/20130127232437/http://engsoc.queensu.ca/qpid/ QPID], [http://queensu.ewb.ca EWB]\n|\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20200630150407/http://www.swaraj.org:80/illich_hell.htm To Hell With Good Intentions]by Ivan Illich, [http://web.archive.org/web/20120513022740/http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2006.11-international-affairs-problem-in-africa/ Conspiracy Against Africa] from the Walrus\n|-\n|\n| 13\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 14\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 15\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 16\n| t\n| 930\n| Service Projects\n| 25 Bringing Civilization II\n|\n|-\n|\n| 17\n| w\n| 1130\n| Engineering and Service Learning Discussion\n| AT Project Philosophy\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20100311020316/http://www.munkdebates.com:80/debates/foreign_aid/ The Munk Debates on Aid]\n|-\n|\n| 18\n| th\n| 830\n| Tutorial 9\n| T9 AT Project trouble shoot E Lee\n! ''Have your topic chosen''\n|-\n|\n| 19\n| f\n| 1030\n| Socially Responsible Investing\n! Final Green IT project due''' '''Microfinance Project Assigned\n| [http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=146 Yunus Intro] [[SRI]]\n|-\n|\n| 20\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 21\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 22\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 23\n| t\n| 930\n| Cradle to Cradle Design\n| 28\n| [http://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html McDonough's TED talk] [http://web.archive.org/web/20120306170927/http://www.mcdonough.com/writings/c2c_design.htm Cradle to Cradle design] [http://web.archive.org/web/20110107142736/https://www.cleantech.com/news/4867/cleantech-group-finds-positive-envi Ebook emissions]\n|-\n|\n| 24\n| w\n| 1130\n| Industrial Symbiosis & Industrial Ecology\n| 29\n| [http://www.rshanthini.com/tmp/CP551/M07R01JofIEUncoveringIndustrialSymbiosis.pdf Uncovering IS]\n|-\n|\n| 25\n| th\n| 830\n| Tutorial 10\n| t10: Industrial symbiosis examples\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20110614062355/http://me.queensu.ca/people/pearce/publications/documents/as21.pdf Open Source IS]\n|-\n|\n| 26\n| f\n| 1030\n| Life Cycle Analysis\n| 30 '''Microfinance Project due'''\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20120303232543/http://citizenengineer.org/sites/default/files/CEFinal_Chapter5.pdf CE Chap 5 LCA], [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.078 Life Cycle Carbon]\n|-\n|\n| 27\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 28\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 29\n| m\n|\n| x\n| 31\n|\n|-\n|\n| 30\n| t\n| 930\n| Green Design\n| 32\n| [http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/greenchemistry/about/principles/WPCP_007505 12 Principles of Green Design]\n|-\n|\n| 31\n| w\n| 1130\n| Problem Solving I – TRIZ\n| 33\n| [http://www.aitriz.org/articles/40p_triz.pdf Introduction to TRIZ]\n|-\n| April\n| 1\n| th\n| 830\n| Intro to Labview\n| t11: E. Lee\n| [http://ocw.kfupm.edu.sa/user/SE43801/labview%20tutorial%20SE438.pdf Introduction to Labview]\n|-\n|\n| 2\n| f\n| 1030\n| Good Friday – No Class\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 3\n| s\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 4\n| su\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 5\n| m\n|\n| x\n|\n|\n|-\n|\n| 6\n| t\n| 930\n| Problem Solving II – Policy\n| 34\n| [http://msep.mcmaster.ca/epp/publications/SocietyGains.pdf Society Gains from Engineer + Policy], [http://members.peo.on.ca/index.cfm/document/1/ci_id/35798/la_id/1 Why engineers need policy training]\n|-\n|\n| 7\n| w\n| 1130\n| Problem Solving III – Improvisation\n| 35\n| [http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/10/65276 A MacGyver for the 3rd World]\n|-\n|\n| 8\n| th\n| 830\n| Intro to MatLab/Simulink\n| t12 E. Lee\n| [http://web.archive.org/web/20160304072004/http://www.mathworks.com/moler/intro.pdf Introduction to MatLab]\n|-\n| last class\n| 9\n| f\n| 1030\n| Review\n| 36 '''AT Project Due for bonus - email Dr. Pearce that it is complete - otherwise final deadline is next Friday'''\n| [http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss2/art32/ES-2009-3180.pdf Planetary boundaries] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_6iTCo5Ci8 4 Years Go!]\n|}\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| part-of = Mech425\n| organizations = Queen's University\n| keywords = class schedule\n| location = Kingston, Canada\n| coordinates = 44° 13' 50.47\" N, 76° 28' 52.76\" W\n}}"}