MWF (in 53-206) 12:10 – 1:00
Pete Schwartz, Cal Poly Physics, pschwart@calpoly.edu, phone: 756-1220, office: 180-608
Other Classes, Personal Webpage Energy Research
My Resume, Teaching Statement, Student Evaluations, and the rest of my public application for promotion.
Office hours: M(2:10), T(4:10), W(1:10), R(2:10), F(2:10)
Projects Page has each group’s project for this class.
Intervention Page Interventions are not part of your grade. You can consider this voluntary.
Find class policy and grading on our Syllabus.
Problem Sets: PS#1, PS#1 solutions, PS#2, PS#2 Solutions, PS#3, PS#3 Solutions, PS#4, PS#4 solutions, PS#5, (Pete’s Carbon Footprint Calculation), PS#5 Solutions, PS#6, Excel Spreadsheet for PS#6, PS#6 Solutions on Excel, PS#6 solutions from text problems, PS#7, PS#7_Solutions
Exams: BE#1 is questions 7 and 8 on PS#1, BE#1 Solutions, BE#2 Comments and Guidance, Midterm #1 Comments, MT#1 solutions, MT #2, Expanded MT #2 with comments, MT#3, MT#3 with help
Response to Feedback: Beginning of Wk3, End of Wk5, Student Evaluations, SurveyMonkey Results, Final Feedback Note
Weekly Timeline
| Week 1 Intro, units, demographics | |
| Week 2 Heat Flow, Engines. | 1st Self Intervention – Don’t throw anything away |
| Week 3 Efficiency, Electricity | Midterm Friday |
| Week 4 Grid and Smart Grid Peak Oil | |
| Week 5 Climate Change | |
| Week 6 Nuclear and air pollution, cooking Midterm Friday | Midterm Friday |
| Week 7 Financial and Carbon Market | |
| Week 8 Efficiency, renewable energy | Midterm Friday |
| Week 9 Transportation (no class Monday) | |
| Week 10 Wrapping-up, Projects | Midterm Friday |
| Finals Week – preparing talks | |
| Final Presentation: Wednesday, June 14, 10 AM – 1:00 PM. | From the Final Exam Schedule |