ENE 480 Fall 2023

Happy Sunday, I hope you all had a relaxing break. In the lecture this week, you will work with your teammate(s) to plan the final lab project, which you will work on this week and next.  I will not present any new material. I have posted the handout in the Final Project folder.  This week's participation question is on LON-CAPA and the Final Project are due on Friday, Dec 1. If you would like the grace period through Sunday Dec. 3rd, please let me know. All the best, Dr. Masten    

Happy Sunday, This week's lecture will focus on the analysis of kinetic data, which you will use for both Lab 4 and the final project. The PowerPoint file is located in both the Lab 4 and Final Project folders.  In lab this week, you will download and start analyzing your CO2 data. I will also give you a set of CO2 data so you can practice obtaining the requisite information. This week's participation question is on LON-CAPA and is due on Friday, Nov 17th.  All the best, Dr. Masten This week's photos Stormy night Calibrating CO2 monitors on Tuesday Calibrating CO2 monitors on Thursday

Greetings, I hope all all had a good weekend.  During Monday's lecture we will go over Lab 4: CO2 monitoring in indoor air.  I will post the relevant material in the Lab 4 folder on LON-CAPA.  Again, this week's participation question will be done in lecture on Monday. Lab 3 is due Friday, November 10. You are to submit your report with your lab partner(s).  See you in class tomorrow. Dr. Masten P.S. And as usual, a few photos from my walk around Lake Lansing this morning. Afternoon walk through Central Park South and Meridian Historical Village

Greetings, I hope all all had a good weekend. During Monday's lecture we will go over Lab 3: Soil Analysis.  I have posted the relevant material in the Lab 3 folder on LON-CAPA.  We will need to cycle groups through the sieve analysis, so it is important that teams 1 and 2 arrive on time for lab, so that all groups have sufficient time. While the other groups are doing the sieve analysis, you will analyze the filter sand to determine its density and porosity.  You will also examine activated sludge to determine the predominant organisms. Because I am behind in responding to LON-CAPA participation questions, this week's participation question will be done in lecture on Monday. Lab 3 is due Friday, November 10. You are to submit your report with your lab partner(s).  See you in class tomorrow. Dr. Masten P.S. And as usual, a few photos from walks this weekend.

Greetings and Happy Sunday, I hope all of you are enjoying Fall Break. Since we do not have lab on Tuesday, we will not have lab on Thursday either.  However, please remember that Lab 2 is due on Friday, October 27th.  I will not do a participation question this week since we do have class. Sarah will have grades posted by mid-week so you can receive feedback before Lab 2 is due.  If you would like to provide feedback to me as your instructor, feel free to use the mid-semester evaluation .  You can use this for any course you have on campus. On a completely different note: Dr. Tula Ngasala and I are exploring developing a humanitarian engineering minor for engineering students who aspire to work with communities to co-create sustainable and just solutions to the problems they face. I am inviting you to participate in a brief survey to help us determine the level of interest among engineering alumni and students regarding the proposed minor in humanitarian enginee...

Greetings and Happy Sunday! You all did a great job on Lab 2 last week. I believe you all finished the experiment. If not, please let me know as it would require that I go back and sample the pond.  Remember, both sections analyzed the Cornell Woods Retention Pond. More information is available on the blog post about the retention pond. Several groups had asked to share results from Lab 2.  While this is not required, you may share your results on the Google sheet . This week you should plan to use the lab time to write up the lab report, which is due October 27th.  Since Monday and Tuesday, October 23 and 24 are Fall Break, we will not have lab next week.  As such, we will not have lecture this week . I will be available as usual (4-5 PM) in my office for office hours. I can also meet via Zoom if you wish.  There is an online participation question this week, due on Friday.  Sarah will start grading Lab 1 this week so that we can make sure to have grades b...