[Mathmajors] A new course - Mobilizing Solar Energy

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> Instructor:          Rob Peña, Associate Professor    rbpena at uw.edu

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> Prerequisites:    None

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> Disciplines:         Students in science, design, art, business,  

> engineering, and communications are encouraged to enroll; non- 

> architecture majors may obtain an add-code from the instructor.

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> Lectures:           Guest lectures are open to the public beginning  

> at 4:30 pm.

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> Background

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> Transformational change in how we harness, use, and think about  

> solar energy is emerging from a diversity of disciplines across the  

> UW Campus including design, physics, material science, chemistry,  

> business, engineering, communication, and others; collaboration  

> across these sectors is driving new creative innovations.

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> Mobilizing Solar Energy will draw talent from across campus and the  

> community to speak about the latest photovoltaic (solar cell)  

> innovations and applications, and explore ways to communicate energy  

> information to help mobilize a renewable solar energy revolution.

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> Charrette

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> This course will be organized as an extended design charrette.  A  

> “charrette” is a collaborative session in which a group of people  

> draft a solution to a design problem.

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> The design problem is to develop concepts for the SunDawg, a solar- 

> powered, mobile, interactive information kiosk that will rotate  

> around campus.  The SunDawg will reach hundreds of thousands of  

> people each year, engaging and informing them in a playful,  

> compelling and interactive manner about the future of solar energy,  

> the world-class solar research at UW, and related energy projects on  

> the UW campus and beyond.

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> Students will draw on their discipline-specific knowledge, informed  

> by readings and guest lectures, to generate a set of ideas and  

> design concepts for a SunDawg prototype.

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> The weekly readings and guest lectures will develop at least two  

> major themes informing the design of the SunDawg: How can  

> advancements in the technology and application of photovoltaics  

> transform our energy future, and how can information about energy  

> choices and technology be most effectively conveyed to catalyze  

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> The course will consist of a selection of weekly readings and a  

> series of guest lectures by experts in energy policy, photovoltaics,  

> information, and behavior.  After each lecture, participants will be  

> asked to write a brief response to a question related to the course  

> themes and the SunDawg design challenge.  Ideas will be posted in a  

> shared space and used to inform the design of the SunDawg kiosk,  

> which will be built and launched in 2012.

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