Week 7: Tuesday 10/13/09 - Tuesday 10/20/09
P310/P510  Environmental Physics
Ben Brabson

Weekly Assignment:
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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 2-Page Summary
                                           
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
                    
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News & Events:
1.) Physics -  4:00 p.m. Wednesday - Oct. 14, 2009, SW119, Ben Brabson, Energy & Water: Climate Change and Soil Moisture
2.)
Geography - 4:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, SB150, Climate Variability, Predictability and Change in the Midwestern USA
3.) Geology - 4:00 p.m. Monday - October 26, 2009, GY143 - Mike Snow, IU, "What scientists learn when they slow down and scatter neutrons"