P310/510 Syllabus            Fall 2009           Ben Brabson

   [All materials are available on our Home Page: http://physics.indiana.edu/~brabson/p310/]

Day/ DATE    CHAPTER       TOPIC in MacFarland,Hunt,Campbell              HOMEWORK

T Sept. 1        Ch 1.1-1.6         The ultimate fate of the Earth's energy?
R Sept. 3       Ch 2.1-2.4         Exponential growth: populations? energy use?

T Sept. 8        Ch 2.5-2.7, 3.1  Fossil fuel lifetimes                                                      HW #1
R Sept. 10      Ch 3.1-3.2         Predicting future energy consumption

T Sept 15       Ch 4.1-4.5         Engine Efficiencies & Thermodynamics                      HW #2
R Sept. 17      Ch 4.6-4.9,11.1 Real engines and the Second Law of Thermo.

T Sept. 22      Ch 5.1-5.4         Heat transport (advection, conduction...)                   HW #3
R Sept. 24      Ch 5.5, 7.1-7.4  Radiant energy reaching Earth (Milankovich Cycles)

T Sept. 29      Ch 7.5-7.7        Greenhouse effect & radiation balance  &                   HW #4
                                                 Review for Test 1. [Copy of last year's test.]
R Oct. 1            ---------          Test 1 [In class in SW220]

T Oct. 6         Ch 7.8-7.10      Climate change (paleoclimate, proxies, GCMs)
R Oct. 8        [IPCC-Vol. 3 Sum.] Climate change (energy cycles, feedback loops)

YOUR FIRST CLASS PRESENTATIONS
T Oct. 13       Ch 6.1-6.3        Pollution from Fossil Fuel Use                                       HW #5
                                             Daniel Oates - Climate change impacts
                                             Stephen Cogswell - Air pollution, NOx, SO2 and acid rain
                                             Saki Handa - Air pollution, hydrocarbons, and photochemical smog
                                             Jeremiah Tomlin - Ozone in the troposphere
                                             Tim Blue - Fossil fuel extraction and strip mining

R Oct. 15       Ch 6.4-6.7       Additional Forms of Pollution
                                             Alyssa Shapiro - Reducing auto emissions
                                             Crystal Chadwick - Thermal pollution, cooling towers and ponds
                                             Nathan Bower-Bir - Urban heat
                                             Max Wallace - Noise pollution
                                             Rachael Zeiher - Light pollution
T Oct. 20       Ch 8.1-8.7        Additional Environmental Consequences of Energy Use
                                            Elizabeth Cooke - Life cycle analysis & recycling
                                            Nick Halgren - Pollution from the use of hydrogen energy
                                            Janelle Steffen - Thermal inversions and air pollution
                                             Electric energy and power

R Oct. 22       Ch 8.8.8.10      Fuel cells and electric storage

T Oct. 27       Ch 9.1-9.6        Generation & use of AC power                                    HW #6
R Oct. 29       Ch.10.1-10.3    Superconductivity and AC power transmission
                                                 [Supper after class at Ben's House,
                                                                                2000 Crandall Court, Tel. 332-6507]

T Nov. 3        Ch 12.1-12.6    Radioactivity and half-life &                                        HW #7
                                                 Review for Test 2.  [Copy of last year's Test 2]
R  Nov. 5         ------------      Test 2 [In class in SW220]

T Nov. 10      Ch. 12.7-12.9,  The strong force
                           13.1-13.3    & nuclear fission
R  Nov. 12     Ch 13.4-.12      Light water reactors

T Nov. 17      Ch 13.13-13.19 Special reactors including breeders                              HW #8
W Nov. 18     Ch 14.1-14.4    Nuclear Fusion
R Nov. 19      Ch 15.1-15.3    Absorption of radiation of biosystems       
                     Ch 16.1,2,6       Radiation from Nuclear Energy Production

T Nov. 24       (This lecture moved to Wednesday, Nov. 18, this year)
R Nov. 26         ----------          Thanksgiving vacation ---------------------

YOUR SECOND CLASS PRESENTATIONS
T Dec.  1        Ch. 16             Alternative Energies & Novel Technologies                 HW #9
                                             Rachael Zeiher - Magnetohydrodynamics
                                             Max Wallace - Space-based Solar Power
                                             Elizabeth Cooke - Microscale Wind Turbines
                                             Nick Halgren - Electric Automobiles
                                             Janelle Steffen - Photovoltaics

R. Dec. 3       Ch. 16-18       Continued (Alternative Energies & Technologies)
                                           Nathan Bower-Bir - Local On-site Energy Production
                                           Crystal Chadwick - Carbon Sequstration
                                           Alyssa Shapiro - Green Architecture
                                           Tim Blue - Turbine Engine Design
                                           Jeremiah Tomlin - Geothermal Energy

T Dec. 8         Articles         Continued (Alternative Energies & Technologies)  2-Page Summaries
                                           Saki Handa - Magnetic Levitation in Japan
                                           Stephen Cogswell - Wind Energy
                                           Daniel Oates - Tidal & Wave Energy
                                           The physics of Polar Ozone Holes

R Dec. 10       Articles          The physics of ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) &
                                                 Review for Test 3  [Copy of last year's Test 3]

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T Dec. 15       ----------         Test 3 [In class in SW220] Tuesday evening, 7:15-9:15 p.m.

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