CEE 13SC Energizing a Sustainable Future
Bob Tatum Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Emeritus) Prerequisite: Concern about your generation’s energy legacy and future.
on preparing for sustainable supply and efficient use of energy. The objective of this course is to provide a foundation for your future scholarship and action to increase energy sustainability. We will explore three major energy activities: development of fossil and renewable resources; conversion to useful forms; and use in buildings, transportation, and industry. All are strongly influenced by the energy markets, technologies, and policies that we will also study.
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Our quest for a sustainable energy future will begin at Stanford’s Bass Center in Washington D.C. and conclude back on the Farm. This will allow access to policy makers and major organizations along with plans for major improvements to Stanford’s energy system and buildings. The course requires: query responses on the readings in advance of class sessions; participation in morning class discussions and afternoon activities with key energy players; in teams of two, analysis of a self-selected topic related to an energy market or technology; and a group course project to analyze an energy policy or proposal.
Students cover their own travel to the Bass center and arrive by 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 6. The program will cover your travel to campus on Sunday, September 16.
Bob Tatum
joined Stanford in 1983 and is Obayashi Professor of Engineering Emeritus. His background includes work on military infrastructure and power plant projects, and teaching and research related to building systems and industrial construction. He enjoys mountain biking in the Bay Area, backpacking on the Appalachian Trail, and analyzing technological advancements for motor sports and sailing. More
he economic advancement, social equity, and planet earth habitat of your and future generations depend in major part
GES 12SC | EESS 12SC | EARTHSYS 12SC Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains
C. Page Chamberlain Department of Environmental Earth Systems Science
patterns, global and regional environmental change, and societal demands for energy and natural resources. This field program emphasizes coupled environmental and geological problems in the Rocky Mountains, covering a broad range of topics including the geologic origin of the American West from three billion years ago to the present; paleoclimatology and the glacial history of this mountainous region; the long- and short-term carbon cycle and global climate change; and environmental issues in the American West related to changing land-use patterns and increased demand for its abundant natural resources. These broad topics are integrated into a coherent field-study as we examine earth/environmental science-related questions in three different settings: 1) the three-billion-year-old rocks and the modern glaciers of the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming; 2) the sediments in the adjacent Wind River basin that host abundant gas and oil reserves and also contain the long-term climate history of this region; and 3) the volcanic center of Yellowstone National Park and the mountainous region of Teton National Park, and the economic and environmental problems associated with gold mining and extraction of oil and gas in areas adjoining these national parks. Students will complete six assignments based upon field exercises, working in small groups to analyze data and prepare reports and maps. Lectures will be held in the field prior to and after fieldwork. Note: This course involves one week of backpacking in the Wind Rivers and hiking while staying in cabins near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Students must arrive in Salt Lake City on Monday, September 3. (Hotel lodging will be provided for the night of September 3, and thereafter students will travel as a Sophomore College group.) We will return to campus on Friday, September 21.
T Page Chamberlain
received his Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics from Harvard in 1985. He is a professor in the Department of Environmental Earth System Science. His research is in isotope biogeochemistry. He has worked in the Rocky Mountains, Tibet and the Himalayas, and the S. Alps of New Zealand. More
he ecologically and geologically diverse Rocky Mountain area is being strongly impacted by changing land use
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