Groundwater Hydrology - Ashumit Pond Introduction
Groundwater Hydrology - Ashumit Pond Introduction
Pond formation history, groundwater flow-through ponds, phosphorous contamination.
Groundwater Hydrology - Sampling and Monitoring Devices
Groundwater Hydrology - Sampling and Monitoring Devices
Differential head monometer test.
Groundwater Hydrology - Seepage Meter 1
Groundwater Hydrology - Seepage Meter 1
Measuring flux, seepage meters.
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 20: Savings
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 20: Savings
This lecture covers the realities of saving and borrowing for the world's poor. Instructor: Abhijit Bannerjee
D-Lab: Energy - Lecture 8: Project Design Process
D-Lab: Energy - Lecture 8: Project Design Process
This lecture introduces design as iterative process, reviews techniques like Pugh and Gantt charts, and provides guidance on project design and deliverables during the remaining 6 weeks of the course. Speaker: Amy Banzaert
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 10: Is It Possible ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 10: Is It Possible to Deliver ...
This lecture discusses various experiments and interventions in education, specifically in India. The work of the organization, Pratham, is also covered. Instructor: Esther Duflo
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 12: (Somewhat) ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 12: (Somewhat) Un-Orthodox ...
This lecture discusses what drives fertitlity decisions. Topics include family planning, population growth, quality-quantity trade off, and China's one-child policy, among other topics. Instructor: Esther Duflo
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 9: Education: ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 9: Education: Setting the Stage
This lecture covers the themes portrayed in the film "Educating Yaparak" and examines education through the lens of economics. Instructor: Esther Duflo
D-Lab: Energy - Lab 1: Human Power
D-Lab: Energy - Lab 1: Human Power
This lab consists of three parts: - Water pumping, with a PVC hand pump and a cement rocker pump - Water carrying, with a tump line, head carry, hand carry, and Q-drum - Woodshop training Speaker: Amy Banzaert, Amit Gandhi
D-Lab: Energy - Lab 3: Biogas and Biodigesters, Part II: ...
D-Lab: Energy - Lab 3: Biogas and Biodigesters, Part II: Activities
In this lab, students make small working biodigesters, building a base and piping and putting an animal waste slurry into a small soda bottle. They also learn about the design of SODIS bags and, using sheets of plastic, make SODIS bags. Speaker: Amit Gandhi, Rebecca ...
D-Lab: Energy - Lecture 6: Cooking, Stoves & Fuel
D-Lab: Energy - Lecture 6: Cooking, Stoves & Fuel
In the developing world, widely used cooking technologies (especially biomass) pose mounting health risks, high expense, and enviromental damage. This lecture considers alternative fuels and stove designs, with a focus on the D-Lab charcoal project. Speaker: Amy ...
D-Lab: Energy - Lecture 5: Wind and Micro-Hydro Power; Trip ...
D-Lab: Energy - Lecture 5: Wind and Micro-Hydro Power; Trip Planning
Wind and water are important potential energy sources in the developing world. This lecture covers design considerations and examples of wind and micro-hydro energy systems. Speaker: Amy Banzaert
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 25: Statistical ...
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 25: Statistical Foundation for ...
Description: In this lecture, students learn about molecular dynamic simulation. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 18: Electron ...
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 18: Electron Transport and ...
Description: This lecture starts from Boltzmann equation under time relaxation approximation, and discusses more on electron transport process. Later, it explains thermoelectric effects and other fundamentals related to the phenomena. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 19: Classical ...
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 19: Classical Size Effects, ...
Description: In this lecture, using Boltzmann equation to solve the heat and electrical conduction problem along a two-dimensional thin film is the main focus. It discusses current research in thermoelectrics and further covers the topic of classical size effects. ...
Introduction to Algorithms - Lecture 22: Dynamic ...
Introduction to Algorithms - Lecture 22: Dynamic Programming IV: Guitar ...
Description: This lecture introduces a second type of guessing, in which more subproblems are created so that more features of the solution can be found. This type of guessing is illustrated with piano/guitar fingering and the Tetris and Super Mario Brothers games. ...
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 15: Particle ...
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 15: Particle Description, ...
Description: In this lecture, students learn to determine how fast particles travel, and topics including wave to particle transition and particle transport processes with Liouville equation and Boltzmann equation. It also commented on the result of first midterm exam. ...
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 3: Schrödinger ...
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 3: Schrödinger Equation and ...
Description: This lecture covers topics, including the basic wave characteristics, wave-particle duality in both electromagnetic waves and material waves, and also the fundamentals in the mathematical description of wave mechanics. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 6: Crystal ...
Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - Lecture 6: Crystal Bonding & ...
Description: This lecture extends the discussion of electronic band structure, crystal structure, crystal bonding, and reciprocal space to 3-D crystals. It also explains the Bragg condition. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen