INSCITES ECE 94R - Spring 2008
Green Works: Exploring Technology and the Search for Sustainability
| Date | Topic | Readings Due | Assignments Due |
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| 4/1/08 | How do we make choices about technology? | ||
| 4/2/08 | LAB 1: Let There Be Light! | ||
| 4/3/08 | Are you an Energy Hog? |
| Date | Topic | Readings Due | Assignments Due |
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| 4/8/2008 | The Past, Present and Future of Light |
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| 4/9/2008 | LAB 2: Exploring Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) | Lab 1 Write-up | |
| 4/10/08 | LED Lighting: How Soon is the Future of Lighting? Guest Lecturer Prof Umesh Mishra |
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Quiz 1 |
- LED Lab Pre-Lecture (Powerpoint)
- LED Lab Pre-Lecture pdf (PDF document)
- Lecture 3: Past Present Future of Lighting (PDF document)
| Date | Topic | Readings Due | Assignments Due |
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| 4/16/08 | Sustainability on Campus | ||
| 4/17/08 | LAB 3: Building Audit with UCSB Sustainability | ||
| 4/18/08 | Sustainability and Choice |
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- UCSB Sustainability Website
- Earth Day Assignment (PDF document)
- LECTURE: Sustainability and Choice (PDF document)
| Date | Topic | Readings Due | Assignments Due |
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| 4/22/08 | Cars: An American Obsession | Quiz 2 | |
| 4/23/08 | LAB 4: Scavenger Hunt | Lab 2 Write-up LAB 3 Write-up |
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| 4/24/08 | The Development of the Car I |
| Date | Topic | Readings Due | Assignments Due |
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| 4/29/08 | Development of the Car II Guest Lecturer Eric Sandoz |
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| 4/30/08 | LAB 5: Do Car Companies Deliver What They Promise | Lab 4 Write-up Group presentations on alternative vehicles | |
| 5/1/08 | The Future of Cars |
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| Date | Topic | Readings Due | Assignments Due |
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| 5/6/08 | Counterculture Green: Guest Lecturer Prof. Andrew Kirk |
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| 5/7/08 | LAB 6: Batteries |
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| 5/8/08 | Solar This and Solar That | Paper Outline Due |
- Lithium Ion Batteries Technical Presentation (PDF document)
- PRE-LAB: Batteries and the Electric Motor (PDF document)
- Solar This and Solar That (PDF document)
| Date | Topic | Readings Due | Assignments Due |
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| 5/13/08 | New Idea-Energy from the Sun? | Quiz 3 | |
| 5/14/08 | LAB 7: Experimenting with Solar Cells | Lab 6 Write-up | |
| 5/15/08 | The Science Behind Solar Cells |
- Lecture 5-13-08 New Idea--Energy from the Sun (PDF document)
- Lab 5-14-08 Experimenting with Solar Cells (PDF document)
- Lecture 5-13-08 New Idea--Energy from the Sun PPT (Powerpoint presentation)
- Lecture 5-15-08 Science of Solar Cells (Powerpoint presentation)
- Additional Optional Reading: Si Solar Cells (PDF document)
| Date | Topic | Readings Due | Assignments Due |
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| 5/20/08 | Solar and the Grid | ||
| 5/21/08 | LAB 8: Be a Lawmaker and Create a Subsidy for Solar | Lab 7 Write-up | |
| 5/22/08 | The Economics of Solar Guest Lecturer Tam Hunt |
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| Date | Topic | Readings Due | Assignments Due |
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| 5/27/08 | Environmental Impact of Development | Paper Due: 11:59 PM by email | |
| 5/28/08 | MOVIE: The Refugees of the Blue Planet | ||
| 5/29/08 | The Development Debate |
| Date | Topic | Readings Due | Assignments Due |
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| 6/3/08 | Green Politics | ||
| 6/4/08 | Stabilization Wedges | Lab 8 Write-up | |
| 6/5/08 | The Green Message | Lab 9 Write-up (Optional) |