Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Course CE293A: Technology and Society

 
Schedule for Fall 2006
 
Date Title of Discussion Presenter
August 30   Course introduction Horvath, Gadgil
September 6   Planning exercise; Sustainability Drivers Horvath
September 13   Life-cycle assessment Horvath
September 20 Progress on the Everglades Restoration Project Chris Hendrickson
September 27   UV Water Treatment Gadgil
October 4   Environmental inventors panel Sherman, Ridgway, Gundel
October 11   Economics of Sustainability Gadgil
October 18   Sociology of technology diffusion Gadgil
October 25   Service industries and infrastructure Horvath
November 1   Sustainable agriculture J. Mathieu, K. Booker
    Sustainability of Unlimited Electricity Supply C. Gebald
November 8   Green buildings and cities J. Bernardini, A. Johnson
November 15 No Class  
November 22   Democratizing nanotechnology M. Philbrick, S. Pfenninger
    Sustainability and BCA in ACoE R. Storesund, J. Huang
November 29   Carfree cities P. Broomes, J. Meggs
    Fuel cells H. Mulchandani
December 9 Synthesis of course materials Horvath, Gadgil