Energy and Environment Seminar Schedule

 

http://stripe.colorado.edu/~shellym/MCEN/EESeminar/schedule.htm

 

MCEN 4228-006/5228-006

Tuesdays 4-4:50

Classroom:  Engineering Center ECCR 1B51

Instructor:  Shelly Miller and Mike Hannigan

 

Aug. 29         Course Introduction

 

Sep. 5            Video

With Every Breath: Health Effects of Smog

 

Sept. 12       Guest lecture: Michael Hannigan, Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado

Particulate Matter for Dummies

 

 

Sep. 19         Guest Lecture: Paul Komor, Lecturer Environmental Studies and Civil Engineering, Senior Advisor at E Source, a Boulder-based energy research firm

The politics of Wind: How Colorado went from 0 to 1000+ MW of Wind Power

 

Sept. 26       Guest lecture: Shelly Miller, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado

Do Air Cleaners Really Work?

 

Oct. 3           Guest Lecture: Michael Mills, Research Associate, LASP, University of Colorado

                        Climate Change

 

Oct. 10         Guest Lecture: Dave Payne, PhD Candidate, Management, University of Colorado

                        Sustainability and climate change strategies for Business

 

Oct. 17        

 

Oct. 24         Tour (Tuesday): Valero Oil Refinery

 

Oct. 31         Guest Lecture: Howard Geller, Executive Director of the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP)

                        Energy Efficiency (LOCATION ĞDLC)

 

Nov. 3           TOUR (Friday): NREL Wind Technology Facility, 2:30pm

 

Nov. 7          Student Presentation: NREL Wind Technology

 

Nov 14          Student Presentation: Valmont Power Plant

 

Nov. 21         Fall Break

 

Nov. 28         Student Presentation: New Belgium Brewery

 

Dec. 1           TOUR (Friday): New Belgium Brewery, 2pm

 

Dec. 5           TOUR (Tuesday): Valmont Power Plant, 3:30pm