Teaching & Mentorship

Feedback from PHY150 Students: What do you think was the most important thing you learned that you didn't know before this class ?

I think the fact that all these approaches would be capable of generating enough energy, but it just is a question of cost-efficiency 

That geothermal energy is as big as an energy source as it is. (i didnt know it was that effective)

Bio energy being a form of derived from recently living organic materials (biomass) which can be used to produce fuels (biofuels) and electricity. 

I think the most important thing I learned is the applications of geothermal energy. Before taking this class I didn't even know that geothermal energy was a thing so it is very interesting to see what incredible things can be done with just the heat from the earth's core.

I learned that hydropower is the most consistent energy.

What I found most important was learning about hydropower. I didn't know much about it except seeing the occasional dam. I found the usage and mechanics behind hydropower to be the most interesting out of all of the energies that we learned about. Something about the movement of water made this very interesting, and personally, very satisfying. As an environmental science major, I would be interested in possibly working in a field that would have to deal with the usage of hydropower.

That there were ways to utilize tidal energy and that they can be very effective if built in the right places

How impactful all of these types of renewable energies are to our enviroment

I've learned from class, and my own research on the side that although these energy sources may be renewable it does not always mean they are a clean option.

That we must start finding new ways of creating energy such as solar power, geothermal or wind power before fossil fuels run out. 

Wind turbines kill a lot of birds, and copper wires rotating a magnet can create energy.

Some of the environmental impacts of renewable energy sources ex: solar, wind, hydropower

Wind Energy and Hydropower. How they work and their pros and cons

I had actually never heard of geothermal energy before until the past two weeks so that is actually why I chose this topic.