Calendar

Day 1 - Mon, July 2

Website tour
Questionnaire
Class introductions
Brainstorming class topics
Energy - units and conversions

Homework for tomorrow:

Read Chapter 1
Turn in Problems # 1-4, 7, MCQ14
Come with a clearer idea of your area of solar interests / expertise

Day 2 - Tue, July 3

Chapter 1 - reading and homework
Establish "expert" groups
Experiments with PV modules
Review journal starters

Homework for Thursday:

Read Chapters 4.1 - 4.2 & 5.1 - 5.2
Write journal entries

Journal starters

What does it mean when someone claims we don't have an energy crisis but a power crisis?

What will your expert group be?
Why did you associate with this group?
What do you expect to get out of this group?
What do you expect to contribute to this group?

Write up in an appropriately organized form the information you obtained from the experiments with the PV cells.
Assuming that one cell puts out 0.4 volts and 100 mA, describe what combinations you would need to create an energy source for
a) 3 volts and 100 mA
b) 0.3 volts and 500 mA
c) 1 volt and 200 mA

Day 3 - Thu, July 5

Chapter 4,5 readings
Review experiments with PV cells
Wind experiments with motors
Sign up for WebCT

Homework for Monday (* to turn in):

Read Chapters 4.3 - 4.4 & 5.3
* Chap 4, Questions 1-6, MC # 1-17
Start on projects
* Outline your individual project

Group Projects:

progress report July 11 (10 min per group)
oral presentations on July 17 (20 min per group)
include a PowerPoint file to put on WebCT

Individual Projects:

present outline July 19 (10 min each)
otherwise format is very flexible
oral presentations on July 30 (20 min each)
include a PowerPoint file to put on WebCT

Day 4 - Mon, July 9

Chapter 4,5 readings
WebCT / course web pages
Natural photosynthesis
Artificial photosynthesis
Lab - Grätzel cells

Homework:

Write up results from today's lab
Get your journal complete enough to hand in on Wednesday

Day 5 - Tue, July 10

Group project work

Homework:

Journals will be handed in on Wednesday (to be returned Thursday)

Day 6 - Wed, July 11

Turn in journals
Group project progress reports
Tests on solar modules

Homework:

Read LED lab (Thursday)
Read Chapter 4.6 in main text
Read PV section in Chem in Context
Work on group projects

Day 7 - Thu, July 12

Photovoltaics
Light-emitting diodes
LED lab

Homework:

Write up LED lab results
Complete any missing journal items
Work on group/individual projects

Day 8 - Mon, July 16

Group project work
Midterm exam review sheet (see Syllabus page)

Day 9 - Tue, July 17

Group project presentations: (see WebCT for the files)

Basic Science (Mark, Makoto, Bill)
Implementation (Tonaya, Michelle, Jeffery, Andrew)
Politics/Economics (David, Jesse, Jessica)
Education (Katrina, Brent)

Day 10 - Wed, July 18

Midterm exam review (Brian Leigh)
Solar installation (Doug Boleyn)

Day 11 - Thu, July 19

Midterm exam
Solar installation - hardware mounting

Day 12 - Mon, July 23

Individual projects - brief progress reports
Solar installation - interconnects and wiring

Day 13 - Tue, July 24

Individual project work

Day 14 - Wed, July 25

Green credits (Doug Boleyn)
Solar installation - connection to the inverter

Day 15 - Thu, July 26

Individual project presentations

Day 16 - Mon, July 30

Individual project presentations