Energy Overview

Energy Overview

Energy Conversions

Energy For Heating

Energy Storage

The Steam Engine

The Internal Combustion Engine

Turbines and Jet Engines

Electricity: A Historical Perspective

Electric Power Generation and Transmission (Guest speaker Dr. B. Don Russell)

Austin Energy Initiatives (Guest speaker Fred Blood)

19th Century Miracle Fuels

Historical Environmental Issues

Resource Extraction and Power Generation

20th Century Miracle Fuel

History and Geography

Petroleum Geology (Guest Speaker Dr. Walt Ayers)

Oil Exploration and Production

Global Oil Production and Distribution

Environmental Issues (Guest Speaker Dr. Roy Hann)

21st Century Miracle Fuel

Global Natural Gas Supply and Distribution

Unconventional Gas

Spring Break

Energy Geopolitics

Petrochemical Products (Guest Speaker Dr. Ken Hall)

Are We Running Out of Oil? (Guest Speaker Dr. Steven Holditch)

Shale Oil and Tar Sands

Coal Liquifaction/Gasification (Guest Speaker Dr. Ken Hall)

Global Warming

Nuclear Energy 1 (Guest Speaker Dr. William Burchill)

Nuclear Energy 2 (Guest Speaker Dr. William Burchill)

Good Friday

Nuclear Energy 3 (Guest Speaker Dr. William Burchill)

Hydroelectric

Geothermal

Energy from Biomass and Waste (Guest Speaker Dr. Mark Holtzapple)

Energy Use in Agriculture (Guest Speaker Dr. Bruce McCarl)

Emissions Reductions in Texas (Guest Speaker Dr. Jeff Haberl)

Water and Environment (Guest Speaker Dr. Bill Batchelor)

Wind

Solar

Hydrogen (Guest Speaker Dr. Kenneth Peddicord)

Energy Summary

Final Exam