PHY 2045 Introduction to Sustainable Energy
This course is designed to provide the student with a qualitative and quantitative understanding of energy and its sustainability. This one semester course will focus on the basic principles of energy conservation, heat transfer, energy resources, energy conversion efficiencies, energy use patterns, economic and environmental considerations, future energy alternatives, biomass conversion. The real life examples such as house insulation, air conditioners, solar heating, oil spills, air pollution, global warming, effects and uses of radiation will be studied.