Mech425 schedule

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 Clearing the air Hackers steal carbon credits
	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	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
	13	s		x
	14	su		x
	15	m		x
	16	t	930	Wind Energy	16	Small wind presentations 1-4
	17	w	1130		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
	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	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
	6	s		x
	7	su		x
	8	m		x
	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
	13	s		x
	14	su		x
	15	m		x
	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
	20	s		x
	21	su		x
	22	m		x
	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
	27	s		x
	28	su		x
	29	m		x	31
	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
	3	s		x
	4	su		x
	5	m		x
	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!