SCHEDULE 2016:
NOTE: This schedule is subject to change depending on speaker
availability and/or important news items. Click here for the 2015 schedule
| Date |
Topics, Deadlines, and Slides |
| Jan 11 |
Introduction [ppt] |
| Jan 13 |
Overview of global and national energy usage and trends [ppt] |
| Jan 18 |
no class |
| Jan 20 |
Carbon Reduction Challenge, team formation and brain storming |
| Jan 25 |
Guest Lecture - Dr. Randall Guensler,
Brief 1 assigned |
| Jan 27 |
Energy trends and outlooks [ppt] |
| Feb 1 |
Hydro-fracking
Brief 1 due by 3:05pm |
| Feb 3 |
Guest Lecture - Georgia Power |
| Feb 8 |
The Science of Climate Change
Rough plans for Carbon Reduction Challenge |
| Feb 10 |
The Science of Climate Change (continued) |
| Feb 15 |
Methane |
| Feb 17 |
The Kyoto Protocol |
| Feb 22 |
The Kyoto Protocol (continued)
Final plans for CRC due |
| Feb 24 |
Guest Lecture - Richard Barke
Brief 2 Assigned |
| Feb 29 |
Guest Lecture - Marilyn Brown |
| Mar 2 |
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
Brief 2 due by 3:05pm |
| Mar 7 |
California Cap & Trade |
| Mar 9 |
Renewable Portfolio Standards
CRC Progress Update, 1 slide presentations |
| Mar 14 |
Carbon sequestration |
| Mar 16 |
Nuclear |
| Mar 28 |
Guest Lecture - Ken Mitchell, EPA |
| Mar 30 |
Nuclear Energy, Guest Lecture by Bojan Petrovic
CRC Progress Reports due |
| Apr 4 |
Georgia Power Renewable Energy
Guest Lecture - Marc Vinson, Will Hobbs
Brief 3 due by 3:05pm |
| Apr 6 |
Clean coal: the future of electricity in the South East? |
| Apr 11 |
From Waste to Energy, Plasma Gascification
Guest Lecture by Dr. Louis Circeo |
| Apr 13 |
Wind Energy |
| Apr 18 |
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| Apr 20 |
CRC Presentations |
| Apr 25 |
CRC Presentations |
| May 4 |
CRC Poster Session, 2:50pm in ES&T Atrium |
