Physics 367
Energy in a Modern Society

Course Syllabus


Staff:Prof. Harris Kagan    Dr. Tom Barrett
2083 Smith Lab    5059 Smith Lab
292-7331, 292-2314    292-8065
kagan@mps.ohio-state.edu barrett@mps.ohio-state.edu


Texts: Energy by G. Aubrecht (Third Edition-Prentice Hall)
           Scientific American Articles

Meeting Place & Time: 1042 Smith Lab, M-F 11:30-12:18


September 20   Lecture I Problems, Scientific Units, Estimates and Limits
21 Lecture II Energy, How We Use Energy
22   Test day

25   Help day Sentence Outlines
26   Help day Presentations
27  Lecture III Consumption of Electrical Energy
28 Lecture IV Production and Distribution of Electricity
29 Test day

October  2 Presentation 1/2 Energy-World Coal Production/World Oil Production
 3 Presentation 3/4 Energy-World Gas Production/Hydroelectric Power
 4 Presentation 5/6 Energy-Wind Power/Solar Power
 5 Presentation 7/8 Energy-Geothermal Power/Pollution-Acid Rain
 6 Presentation 9/10 Pollution-Ozone Depletion/Greenhouse Effect

 9  Help day Sentence Outlines
10  Help day Presentations
11  Lecture V Atoms and Chemical Energy
12 Lecture VI Chemical Energy and Energy Generation
13 Test Day

16   Lecture VII Thermodynamics
17 Lecture VIII Thermodynamics
18 Presentation 11/12 Conservation and Self Sufficiency-Population/Water
19 Presentation 13/14 Conservation and Self Sufficiency-Agriculture/Nuclear Waste
20 Test Day

23 Presentation 15/16 Conservation and Self Sufficiency-Hydrogen/Fuel Cells
24 Presentation 17/18 Conservation and Self Sufficiency-Mass Transit/Personal Transit
25 Presentation 19/Test Day Conservation and Self Sufficiency-Buildings/Indoor Air Polution
26   Lecture IX Environmental Effects of Utilities
27 Lecture X Pollution from Fossil Fuels

30 Test day
November 31 Lecture XI Nuclear Reactions
 1 Lecture XII Energy from Nuclear Reactions
 2 Lecture XIII Safety and Nuclear Energy
 3 Test day

 6 Lecture XIV Moving down the Road
 7 Lecture XV Conservation
 8 Test day
 9 Help day Final Presentation and Paper Tips
10 No Class

13 Lecture XVI Recycling and Reuse Energy Storage
14 Test day
15 Final Presentation 1/2/3
16 Final Presentation 4/5/6
17 Final Presentation 7/8/TestDay

20 Final Presentation 9/10/11
21 Final Presentation 12/13/14
22 Test day
23 No Class
24 No Class

27 Test Day
28 Final Presentation 15/16/17
29 Final Presentation 18/19/20
30 Final Presentation 21/22/23
December 1 Test day - Term Papers Due

 4 Final Presentation 24/25/26/27 - Test Day