Physics 367
Energy in a Modern Society
Course Syllabus


Staff: Prof. Gordon Aubrecht                

 211C Morrill Hall                      
 389-6786, ext. 6250               
 Office hours: W,F 12:00-2:00       
  aubrecht@mps.ohio-state.edu      

Texts: Energy , G. Aubrecht (Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1995)

  Scientific American Articles

Meeting Place and Time: 385 Morrill Hall, W, F 10:00-11:48, R 10:00-10:48


January   3, hour 1   Lecture 0 Course Introduction
  3, hour 2   Lecture I Problems, Scientific Units, Estimates and Limits
  4   Lecture II Energy
  5, hour 1   Lecture III How We Use Energy
  5, hour 2 Meeting period

8, hour 1 (note special day)   Help period Outlines and Presentations
8, hour 2 Test period (I & II)
10 no class
11 no class
12, hour 1 Lecture IV Consumption of Electrical Energy
12, hour 2 Meeting period

17, hour 1 Lecture V Production and Distribution of Electricity
17, hour 2 Test period (III & IV)
18 Presentation 1/2 Energy-World Coal Production/World Oil Production
19, hour 1   Lecture VI Chemical Energy; Heats of Combustion
19, hour 2 Presentation 3/4 Energy-World Gas Production/Hydroelectric Power

24, hour 1 Lecture VII Efficiency of Energy Generation
24, hour 2 Test period (V & VI)
25 Presentation 5/6 Pollution-The Greenhouse Effect/Ozone Depletion
26, hour 1   Lecture VIII Thermodynamics I
26, hour 2 Presentation 7/8 Pollution-Acid Rain/Indoor Air Pollution

  31, hour 1 Lecture IX Thermodynamics II
  31, hour 2 Test Period (VII & VIII)
February   1 Presentation & Meeting period
  2, hour 1   Lecture X Environmental Effects of Utilities
  2, hour 2 Meeting period

  7, hour 1 Lecture XI Pollution from Fossil Fuels
  7, hour 2 Meeting period
  8 Test Period (IX & X)
  9, hour 1 Lecture XII Moving down the Road
  9, hour 2 Presentations Conservation-Transportation/Population Control

14, hour 1 Lecture XIII Conservation
14, hour 2 Presentations Alternatives-Solar Energy/Wind Energy
15 Test Period (XI & XII)
16, hour 1 Lecture XIV Nuclear Energy
16, hour 2 Presentations   Alternatives-Electric Cars

21, hour 1 Lecture XV Energy from Nuclear Reactions
21, hour 2 Lecture XVI Safety and Nuclear Energy
22 Test Period (XIII & XIV)
23, hour 1 Lecture XVII Energy Storage and Energy Alternatives
23, hour 2 Meeting Period

  28, hour 1 Lecture XVIII Recycling and Reuse
  28, hour 2 Meeting period
March   1 Test Period (XV, XVI, XVII & XVIII)
  2, hour 1 Meeting period
  2, hour 2 Meeting period

  7, hour 1 Term Paper Presentation
  7, hour 2 Term Paper Presentation
  8 Term Paper Presentation
  9, hour 1 Term Paper Presentation
  9, hour 2 Term Paper Presentation
  9 All Term Papers Due to be turned in by today at the latest

14 Test Period; Final paper due by today noon at the latest