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Sustainability Research Through The Lens Of Environmental Ethics, Daniel Clifford Fouke, Sukh Sidhu, Robert J. Brecha Oct 2014

Sustainability Research Through The Lens Of Environmental Ethics, Daniel Clifford Fouke, Sukh Sidhu, Robert J. Brecha

Physics Faculty Publications

Two core courses in the curriculum of the University of Dayton’s Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment minor, Sustainability Research I and II, were developed out of the frustration one author, Daniel Fouke, experienced while teaching a traditional course on environmental ethics for the Department of Philosophy. The often-overwhelming nature of environmental problems tended to demoralize both the instructor and the students. Seeking a way to integrate ethical analysis of complex problems with the search for solutions, two courses were proposed that would be team-taught by a philosopher and a scientist or an engineer.

Development of the courses was initially funded …


Question 1: Trash To Fuel; Question 2: Planes From Cans, Larry Weinstein Jan 2014

Question 1: Trash To Fuel; Question 2: Planes From Cans, Larry Weinstein

Physics Faculty Publications

The article presents questions concerning trash used as fuel and building airplanes from recycled soda cans.


Solutions For Fermi Questions, October 2014: Question 1: Accelerating The Flash; Question 2: Flashing Through The Air, Larry Weinstein Jan 2014

Solutions For Fermi Questions, October 2014: Question 1: Accelerating The Flash; Question 2: Flashing Through The Air, Larry Weinstein

Physics Faculty Publications

The article provides answers to questions including the amount of force needed by The Flash as he accelerates and amount of force needed by The Flash to run at constant velocity near the Earth's surface.