(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 @
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Phone: 278-8426 Also: 278-2371 |
Office hours: MWF 1-1:50, MW 4:30-5:20, and by appointment.
Office: McLane Hall, Room 011, 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!
TENTATIVE Class Schedule (updated 2001 April 24).
Always do the readings before class:
| Week | M | W | Chapters from Energy, by R. A. Hinrichs, to read by Monday of next week |
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| 1 | - | - | - |
| 2 | 1/29: Introduction | 1/31: Chapter 1: Introduction | Chapter 1 and the entire syllabus |
| 3 | 2/05: Ch. 1: Introduction and exponential growth | 2/07: Ch. 2: Energy Mechanics | Chapters 2 and 3 |
| 4 | 2/12: Ch. 2: Energy Mechanics, units conversions, and Ch. 3: Conservation of Energy | 2/14: Ch. 3: Conservation of Energy | Chapter 4 |
| 5 | 2/19: Holiday | 2/21: Ch. 4: Heat and Work | Chapter 5 |
| 6 | 2/26: Ch. 4: Heat and Work | 2/28: Ch. 5: Home-Energy Conservation and Heat-Transfer Control | Re-read Chapters 1-4 |
| 7 | 3/05: Review | 3/07: Mid-Term Exam 1 (covering Chapters 1-4) | Chapter 6 |
| 8 | 3/12: Ch. 6 Solar Energy: Characteristics and Heating | 3/14: Ch. 6 Solar Energy: Characteristics and Heating | Chapters 7 and 8 |
| 9 | 3/19: Chapter 7: Fossil Fuels | 3/21: Chapter 8: Air pollution | Chapters 9 and 10 |
| 10 | 3/26: Chapter 9: Global Warming | 3/28: Chapter 10: Electricity | Chapter 11 |
| 11 | 4/02: Chapter 10: Electricity | 4/04: Chapter 11: Electromagnetism and generators | Re-read Chapters 5-9 |
| - | 4/09: Spring Break | 4/11: Spring Break | Re-read Chapters 5-9 |
| 12 | 4/16: Review | 4/18: Mid-term Exam 2 (covering Chapters 5-9) | Chapters 11 and 12 |
| 13 | 4/23: Presentation by Greg Panico on Hybrid-electric Saturn car; exam review | 4/25: Chapter 11: Electromagnetism and generators paper titles and summaries due (see instructions) | Chapter 13 and 14 |
| 14 | 4/30: Chapter 12: Electricity from Solar Energy | 5/02: Chapter 13: The Atom and the nucleus | Chapters 14, 15, and 16 |
| 15 | 5/07: Chapter 14: Nuclear Fission | 5/09: Chapter 15: Radiation health; Chapter 16: Fusion energy | Chapters 17 and 18 |
| 16 | 5/14: Chapter 17: Biomass energy; Chapter 18: Geothermal energy | 5/16: Review; paper due (see instructions) | Re-read Chapters 1-18 |
Web page by Dr. Ringwald (ringwald[at]csufresno.edu and replace [at]
with @)
Department of Physics,
California State University, Fresno