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Preference to graduate students and senior undergraduates in environmental, natural and social sciences, engineering, journalism. Students help produce and publish SAGE, an eco advice column, by choosing, researching, and answering questions about sustainable living submitted by Stanford alumni and the general public. Prerequisite: admission by application, available from instructor, thayden@stanford.edu. (Meets Earth Systems WIM requirement).

For E-IPER Ph.D and Joint M.S. students only. Weekly presentations of E-IPER students' research and other program-related projects. Occasional guest speakers. Individual or team presentation, active participation, and regular attendance required for credit. May be taken for credit a maximum of two times.

In this course we will examine a range of issues related to the collection and analysis of survey data. Topics will include initiating a survey, designing an instrument, conducting enumeration, converting data from questionnaires to digital files, data analysis, empirical modeling and presenting results. Technical components will also be highly focused on application and implementation, and while prior training in econometrics would be useful, it will not be a prerequisite. The course will be tailored so that some of the specific topics covered will be based on the needs and interests of the students.

Mobilizing successful conservation efforts to mitigate climate change and preserve both local and global ecosystems requires a new way of thinking. This course will investigate the barriers to pro-environmental behavior and the heuristics and biases that cloud our ability to respond effectively to environmental problems, using insights from behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, and environmental risk perception. Emphasis on interdisciplinary applications of recent research, and implications for environmental policymaking and persuasive messaging.

This interdisciplinary course presents an overview of environmental governance through an examination of how and why societies manage the relationships between human beings and the natural world. By comparing regulatory, community-based, and incentive-based environmental management systems, we address why certain environmental problems are managed as they are, and what approaches to environmental management are more (or less) successful. Designed for graduate students and upper-level undergraduates with some exposure to both the natural sciences (ecology/environmental chemistry), and the social sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, or sociology). A pre-course incoming survey is required.

Research seminar. Evaluation of the technologies and business model innovations that are transforming our transportation system. Study of existing examples like Tesla, Uber, Lyft, Rideshare, ZipCar, the Google self-driving car, Urban Engines. Identification of additional technologies, business model changes, and economic productivity opportunities to reduce fuel/energy use, increase asset utilization, reduce congestion and accidents. Part of a year long sequence that will lead to pilots jointly with companies to test new innovations. Students are encouraged but not required to enroll in the entire sequence which will include pilot design in the winter and pilot launch in the spring with potential option for summer internships at participating companies. Prerequisite: innovation, engineering, or modeling course.

Pilot project workshop course. Building on fall quarter transportation research seminar, this course will develop a set of pilot projects jointly with transport companies (uber, Caltrain, Hovee, etc), cities (SF, Palo Alto, Mountain View), and large employers (Google, Apple, Facebook, Stanford). Pilots will incorporate technologies and business model innovations that are transforming our transportation system such as ride, car, and bike sharing, transit apps and intermodal optimization, electric vehicles, and demand management programs. Pilots will test economics, user behavior and choices, incentive systems, and new business models. Goal is to identify and scale opportunities to improve transport economic productivity, increase convenience and choice/flexibility, reduce fuel/energy use, increase asset utilization, reduce congestion and accidents, broaden access and simplify commuting. Part of a year long sequence but open to new students - no prerequisites. Spring quarter class will launch and assess pilots and create options for internships in companies to scale projects.

Research seminar. Evaluation of the technologies, regulatory frameworks, and business models that are starting to transform power systems. Examination of the technical characteristics and economics of distributed solar generation, storage, demand response, and grid management. Investigation of how policy and regulation can inhibit or accelerate deployment of new generation and demand-side resources. Participants will identify >10 utilities who could target meeting 35% of their energy needs through a combination of distributed solar, storage, and demand response. First part of a year-long sequence that will create real-world test beds for innovations that can address major resource challenges - in this case, the changing power system. The entire sequence will include identifying utility pilot sites in the fall, securing utility participation and then engaging in pilot design in the winter, launching pilots in the field in the spring, and the option for summer internships at participating utilities. Enrollment by application only and limited to 12 Masters and PhD students. Recommended Prerequisites: ENERGY 102, CEE 173, CEE 207, EARTHSYS 103 (or other energy technology background).

Research seminar -- continuation of ENVRES 265 and 266. As part of Stanford¿s ¿Energy Transformation Collaborative¿, participants implement pilot projects in cooperation with utility partners and with the support of technology providers, policy makers and NGOs. Projects include applications of distributed solar generation, storage, demand response, energy efficiency and grid operations. This course is the third part of a year-long sequence designed to create real-world test beds for innovations that can address major resource challenges - in this case, the changing power system. The pilots will be launched in the field in the spring, with the potential for summer internships at participating utilities. Results will be documented and published so that learning can be shared and innovative solutions can be replicated by others. Enrollment available to ENVRES 266 participants only (or by special permission from instructor).