Sustainable
Energy – choosing among options
10.391J, 1.818J, 2.65J, 3.564J, 11.371J, 22.811J, and ESD.166J
Spring 2008 Term
Instructors: M.W. Golay | J. Freidberg | J.W. Tester | E. Drake | S.
Sgouridis
Final Project Presentations: May 14-17, 2008
Final
project listing below:
|
Name |
Title |
Date / Time |
Room |
|
Jabre |
Solar
Energy Storage |
5/6/08 2:00
PM |
66-480 |
|
Ringo |
Potential
for reducing annual automotive mileage and fuel consumption through
development of modern urban/suburban mass transit systems. Land use?
Barriers? |
5/14/08
11:30 AM |
66-380 |
|
Dhanuka |
Energy
storage: Technology opportunities and their integration into interruptible
renewable energy sources. |
5/14/08
12:00 PM |
66-380 |
|
Warnick |
Commercial
Aviation fuel reduction |
5/14/08
12:00 PM |
66-480 |
|
Kanan |
Examination
and comparison of large corporations that have committed on some scale to
“sustainability”, e.g., Interface, Ford, GE, BP, etc (focus) |
5/14/08
12:30 PM |
66-380 |
|
Alonso |
Examining
Different Policy Options for Increasing Access to Energy in Sub-Saharan
Africa and |
5/14/08 2:00
PM |
66-380 |
|
Kristinsdottir |
Impact
of large scale dam construction on the economy in developing regions |
5/14/08 2:30
PM |
66-380 |
|
Kusuma |
Consider
benefits/problems associated with future widespread transition of US auto
fuels to biomass sources; identify better strategies? |
5/15/08 9:30
AM |
66-380 |
|
Lucas |
Technology
Review and Analysis of Implementation Impact for Plasma Enhanced Melting (PEM)
for Waste Disposal and Energy Production |
5/15/08 9:30
AM |
66-480 |
|
Amatya |
Is
the off-grid energy self sustaining home a viable option for wide spread
adoption? |
5/15/08
10:00 AM |
66-380 |
|
Drego |
Grid
Connected Vehicles. 1. Effects of connecting large numbers of vehicles to the
transmission grid, 2. Air quality 3.
Feasibility of bidirectional grid connections |
5/15/08
10:00 AM |
66-480 |
|
Berwick |
Plug-in
hybrid vehicles. Is driving PHEVs
charged on wind is a good step towards sustainability in |
5/15/08
10:30 AM |
66-480 |
|
Holcombe |
Is
the off-grid energy self sustaining home a viable option for wide spread
adoption? State-of-the-art and future potential. Costs, benefits? |
5/15/08
10:30 AM |
66-380 |
|
Rahimi |
National
Energy Strategy for |
5/15/08
11:00 AM |
66-380 |
|
King,
Jon |
Potential
for |
5/15/08 11:30
AM |
66-380 |
|
Dave |
National
energy strategy for |
5/15/08 1:00
PM |
66-380 |
|
Galvao |
The
Effects of Further Development and Use of Mass Transit |
5/15/08 1:00
PM |
66-480 |
|
Kohno |
Will
fusion ever be economic? |
5/15/08 1:30
PM |
66-480 |
|
Williams |
Application
of behavioral research to energy efficiency policy |
5/15/08 1:30
PM |
66-380 |
|
Nair |
Economic
impact of a carbon tax across sectors |
5/15/08 2:00
PM |
66-480 |
|
Neltner |
Feasibility
of Algae-based Biodiesel |
5/15/08 2:00
PM |
66-380 |
|
Gianotti |
Environmental
impact of large-scale palm oil cultivation in southeast Asia for producing
biofuels and relation to land management decisions |
5/15/08 2:30
PM |
66-480 |
|
Sivandran |
LCA
issues for converting biomass energy crops into biofuels |
5/15/08 2:30
PM |
66-380 |
|
Wallace |
Estimation
and comparison of large corporations that have “committed” to
“sustainability” (more focus) |
5/16/08 9:00
AM |
66-360 |
|
Wang |
Use
of “fee-bates” by governments to encourage energy efficiency and shift
consumer choices in purchasing automobiles, appliances, etc. |
5/16/08 9:00
AM |
66-110 |
|
Garthwaite |
Building
Efficiency. Economic feasibility of options for improving building
efficiency/usage in urban redevelopment projects/ low income housing in US
cities |
5/16/08 9:30
AM |
66-360 |
|
Simpson |
Local
Food. Environmental impacts and energy requirements of large scale operations
vs local ones. |
5/16/08 9:30
AM |
66-110 |
|
Bhatt |
What
can policy instruments do for increasing the deployment of renewable energy
in |
5/16/08
10:00 AM |
66-110 |
|
Kagan |
Geothermal
energy development in |
5/16/08
10:00 AM |
66-360 |
|
Hu |
National
energy strategy for |
5/16/08
10:30 AM |
66-360 |
|
Husmann |
#2 Nuclear Power in |
5/16/08
10:30 AM |
66-110 |
|
Bertaud |
Is
a zero net energy building- or campus- a realistic sustainable goal? |
5/16/08
11:00 AM |
66-360 |
|
Duaime |
PURPA:
Lessons learned in the promotion of alternative energy |
5/16/08
11:00 AM |
66-110 |
|
Green,
Vanessa |
National
energy strategy for UAE |
5/16/08
11:30 AM |
66-110 |
|
Love |
|
5/16/08
11:30 AM |
66-360 |
|
McKnight-Fazen |
Is
there a next generation for nuclear power in the |
5/16/08 1:00
PM |
66-360 |
|
Sutherland |
Assess
future of a local company called GreenFuel Technologies – their technology
uses power plant flue gases to grow algae for making biodiesel & ethanol |
5/16/08 1:00
PM |
66-110 |
|
|
Economic
Controls for Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
5/16/08 1:30
PM |
66-110 |
|
Tan |
Efficient
mix of solar thermal and photovoltaics for buildings. |
5/16/08 1:30
PM |
66-360 |
|
Watson |
Oil
Sands Recovery |
5/16/08 2:00
PM |
66-360 |
|
Zhu |
Feasibility
of CO2 Emission Control and Industrial Development in |
5/16/08 2:00
PM |
66-110 |
|
Lovell |
Geothermal:
Why I Never Hear About It |
5/16/08 2:30
PM |
66-360 |
|
Wolf |
|
5/16/08 2:30
PM |
66-110 |
|
Feilhauer |
The
future of Solar beyond conventional PV – Can they really make a difference as
a major alternative energy supply? |
5/16/08 3:00
PM |
66-110 |
|
Koenigsberg-Miles |
Can
advances in bionanotechnology provide better solutions to the problems of
sustainable energy on a large scale? |
5/16/08 3:00
PM |
66-360 |
|
Green,
Terrence |
Toxic
Waste produced by nuclear energy |
5/16/08 3:30
PM |
66-110 |
|
Karplus |
Exploring
the Potential of |
5/16/08 3:30
PM |
66-360 |
|
Allen |
Is
the Tata Motor Company’s Nano car a good thing for developing countries? |
5/16/08 4:00
PM |
66-110 |
|
Chan |
What
CCS demonstration projects are being implemented now; when might the
technology actually start being deployed in the electric sector? |
5/16/08 4:00
PM |
66-360 |
|
Duffy |
Will
the technology of modern biology enable the production of competitive fuels? |
5/16/08 4:30
PM |
66-360 |
|
Utz |
Can
nuclear power be used in developing countries effectively and safely? |
5/16/08 4:30
PM |
66-110 |
|
Vale |
Think
in 2008: The rise and fall of an electric car. Will it work the third time? |
5/17/08 9:00
AM |
66-110 |
|
Oehlerking |
Wind
Energy technology: Lessons learned from |
5/17/08 9:30
AM |
66-110 |
|
Marincovic |
inclusion
of externalities in stationary power generation from coal |
5/17/08
10:00 AM |
66-110 |
|
|
Sustainable
Energy in Developing Countries: |
5/17/08
10:30 AM |
66-360 |
|
King,
Ryan |
Examination
of current electrical power grid, limitations and future designs. |
5/17/08
10:30 AM |
66-110 |
|
Ahrens |
Geothermal
Economics. Examine current geothermal technologies and their potential
relationship to an economically competitive market |
5/17/08
11:00 AM |
66-360 |
|
LaBounty
|
PBMR
coupled with hydrogen production |
5/17/08
11:00 AM |
66-110 |
|
Webster |
Rate |