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Final project and Experiment: The last project of this wonderful course is to create something that relates to the course material that we covered in class. There were dozens of different possible ideas, but since my partners and I were … Continue reading →

  The Keystone XL extension was proposed in 2008. It is 1,179-mile (1,897 km), 36-inch-diameter crude oil pipeline beginning in Hardisty, Alberta, and extending south to Steele City, Neb. “XL” stands for “eXport Limited”, this pipeline is a critical infrastructure project … Continue reading →

“We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and … Continue reading →

Museum of Science is an amazing place to visit, it has tons and tons of information about different fields. On the day of Halloween October 31st of 2014 we had the chance to go and visit that awesome place. Our … Continue reading →

  It is totally not surprising seeing this much of people trying to protest against such a powerful source of energy, due to the impacts it had on societies as well as the disasters it caused. Pandora’s Promise is a … Continue reading →

  Our trip to MIT’s reactor in cambridge was very interesting. However, it took me a little bit of time to get there, since I have decided to meet the rest of the class inside of the facility.  First thing … Continue reading →

  Tom Vales has an incredible amount of information, I have always learned from him something.  His visit to our class was full of new materials, he talked about radioactivity.  He provided us with examples and samples which he had … Continue reading →

  On Friday March 11th, 2011 at 2:46 PM an exceptionally powerful earthquake hit the pacific coast of Honshu, the main island of Japan. At 3:36 PM less than an hour after the earthquake, a tsunami swept over the coast, … Continue reading →

Geothermal energy has been used for many years in some countries for heating and cooking.  It is derived from the Earth’s internal heat which is mostly contained in the rock and fluids beneath the Earth’s crust. A geothermal heat pump … Continue reading →

  Robert Stirling in 1816 had invented an engine called the Stirling engine.  It is way more efficient than regular engines like what we have in cars. They are mostly used in yachts, or submarines. The Stirling engine uses the … Continue reading →