This page is intended to be an archive of papers and presentations by the student teams of the Big Problems course Energy and Energy Policy. This course is taught by R. Stephen Berry and George Tolley.

Autumn 2008

"Public Transportation Review"
by Bob Knox, Dan Koska
- Paper (PDF, 164 KB)

"The Future of Solar Energy: Power Plant Scale CSP"
by María Méndez, Tom Downes, James Blatchford
- Paper (PDF, 1020 KB)

"Liberalization of Turkish Power"
by Team 3
- Paper (PDF, KB)

"Photovoltaics vs. Solar Thermal Technology: Rival or Complement?"
by Cameron Erens, Ailen Fee, Anna Gunderson, Linda Wu
- Paper (PDF, 560 KB)

"Evaluation of the T. Boone Pickens Plan for United States Energy Independence"
by Mary Geiger, Jeff Picel, Andrew Walcher, Jian Yang
- Paper (PDF, 252 KB)

"A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Different Waste-to-Energy Technologies for the Management of Municipal Solid Waste in Singapore"
by Matthew McCrea, Tong Kai Tan, Hui-Hsuan Ting, Xiaoli Zuo
- Paper (PDF, 1.3 MB)

"U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Act: Will this help India meet its energy needs and reduce global warming as the government promises?"
by Jacqueline DeFoe, Jade Eaton, Marcela Heegyun Jung, Lisa Pinsley
- Paper (PDF, 3.4 MB)

"Viability of Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants in the United States"
by Daniel Baksht, Youn Jin Choi, Sara Jerome, Sarah Quillin
- Paper (PDF, 2.8 MB)

Spring 2008

"Stimulating Investment in Renewable Resources and Clean Coal Technology through a Carbon Tax: China and India"
by Nellie Zhao, Servia Rindfleish, Jay Foley, Jelena Pesic
- Paper (PDF, 345 KB)
- Presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint, 1.42 MB)

"Bioethanol as a Transportation Fuel: Current Status and Future Prospects"
by Shabaka Gibson, David Jarvis, Melinda Morang
- Paper (Microsoft Word Document, 109 KB)

"Future of Coal in Illinois: Case study Fisk 19"
by Amy Hee Kim, Jon Handy, Kendrick Sands
- Paper (PDF, 776 KB)
- Presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint, 19.4 MB)

"Jatropha curcas L.: Biodiesel Solution or All Hype? A Scientific, Economic and Political Analysis of the Future Energy Crop"
Bryant Chen, Nick Landsman-Roos, Ryan Naughton, Kelly Olenyik
- Paper (Microsoft Word Document, 921 KB)
- Presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint, 2.78 MB)

"Building on LEED: Improving the Evaluation of Green Buildings"
by Likwan Cheng, Alp Esener, Kathryn King, Erika Larsen
- Paper (Microsoft Word Document, 367 KB)
- Presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint, 2.62 MB)

"The Energy Crisis of Nigeria: An Overview and Implications for the Future"
by Julia Kennedy-Darling, Nick Hoyt, Kyle Murao, Allison Ross
- Paper (PDF, 1 MB)

"An Analysis of the Consolidated Fuel Treatment Center Nuclear Reprocessing Initiative"
by Octavia Biris, Kyle Gracey, Katy Huff, Wai Keong Ng
- Paper (Microsoft Word Document, 94 KB)
- Presentation(Microsoft PowerPoint, 526 KB)

"Stability and Fragility of the Electric Power Grid in the U.S."
by Harin J. Contractor, Scott Duncombe, Troid O. Edwards, Chris Whaley
- Paper (Microsoft Word Document, 1.01 MB)
- Presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint, 2.88 MB)

"Photovoltaics vs. Solar Water Heating in California: Creating Incentives for Green Energy"
by Dandan Gong, Jessica Millar, Kerstin Millius, Reid Sherman
- Paper (Microsoft Word Document, 506 KB)
- Presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint, 2.74 MB)

"Wind Energy: A Thorough Examination of Economic Viability"
by Tao Xie, Nikola Pejnovic, Andrew Fischer Lees, Eve Ewing
- Paper (Microsoft Word Document, 1.32 MB)