(Above) Latest solar images, from various telescopes and spacecraft. Click on them for more detail.
(Above) Latest solar images, from various telescopes and spacecraft. Click on them for more detail.
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Instructor: Dr.
Ringwald E-mail: ringwald[at]csufresno.edu and replace [at] with @ |
Phone: 278-8426 |
Office hours: MWF 1-2, T 12-2
Office: McLane Hall, Room 11, in the new Building J (or
"J-wing").
This is across the outdoor "hall" from McLane 149 and 151.
Please feel free to contact me, if you have any problems whatsoever in this course: or if you're doing well, and just want to talk about energy and the environment. It's in our interest, and we care, that you do well!
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Course Syllabus |
Writing Guide for Research Papers |
Links |
TENTATIVE Class Schedule (updated 2002 September 29).
Always do the readings before class:
| Week | M | W | Chapters from Energy, by Hinrichs & Kleinbach, to read by Monday of the next week |
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| 1 | 8/26: Introduction | 8/28: Ch. 1: Introduction | Chapter 1 and the entire syllabus |
| 2 | 9/02: Holiday | 9/04: Ch. 1: Exponential growth | Chapters 2 and 3 |
| 3 | 9/09: Ch. 2: Energy mechanics. | 9/11: Ch. 2: Energy mechanics and units conversions; Ch. 3: Conservation of energy. | Chapters 3 and 4 |
| 4 | 9/16: Ch. 3: Conservation of energy. | 9/18: Ch. 4: Heat and work. | Chapter 5 |
| 5 | 9/23: Ch. 4: Heat and work. | 9/25: Ch. 5: Home-energy conservation and heat-transfer control | Re-read Chapters 1-5 |
| 6 | 9/30: Review | 10/02: Mid-Term Exam 1 (covering Chapters 1-4) | Chapter 6 |
| 7 | 10/07: Ch. 6: Solar energy: characteristics and heating | 10/09: Ch. 6: Solar energy: characteristics and heating | Chapter 7 |
| 8 | 10/14: Chapter 7: Fossil fuels (Oil) | 10/16: Chapter 7: Fossil fuels (Gas and Coal). | Chapters 8 and 9 |
| 9 | 10/21: Chapter 8: Air pollution | 10/23: Chapter 9: Global warming | Re-read Chapters 5-9 |
| 10 | 10/28: Review | 10/30: Mid-term Exam 2 (covering Chapters 5-9) | Chapters 10 and 11 |
| 11 | 11/04: Chapter 10: Electricity. | 11/06: Chapter 10: Electricity; Chapter 11: Electromagnetism and generators | Chapters 11 and 12 |
| 12 | 11/11: Chapter 11: Electromagnetism and generators. | 11/13: Chapter 12: Renewable electricity | Chapters 13 and 15 |
| 13 | 11/18: Chapter 13: The atom and the nucleus. | 11/20: Ch. 15 Radiation health. | Chapter 14 |
| 14 | 11/25: Chapter 14: Nuclear fission; paper titles and summaries due (see instructions) | 11/27: Holiday | Chapter 15 and 16 |
| 15 | 12/02: Chapter 14: Nuclear fission. | 12/04: Chapter 16: Fusion energy. | Chapters 17 and 18 |
| 16 | 12/09: Chapter 17: Biomass energy; Chapter 18: Geothermal energy | 12/11: Review; paper due (see instructions) | Re-read Chapters 1-18 |
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