Weekly Message 2/6/2021

 

Happy Saturday!

I hope you are all warm and safe away from the frigid temperatures outside. There is one advantage of the pandemic: it's nice not to have to walk to class in sub-freezing temperatures.

We will continue looking at Indoor Air Quality this week.  On Friday we will have a guest lecture by Dr. Lupita Montoya, who will help us connect the IAQ issues with issues of racial injustice, especially in Latinx and Navajo communities.

As mentioned earlier this week, Project 1 is posted and is discussed in the lecture: Calculations Part 3 and Project 1:  https://youtu.be/gLtXArwuYEM 

There is homework due on Monday, February 8 at 11:59pm (Calculations Part 2 and Sources).  Please email me if you would like a 48 hr grace period. 

I've added several scholarship announcements to the class blog, along with a job announcement. I'll continue to update those throughout the semester. 

I thought you might be interested in this news article on the effect of the pandemic on air quality https://www.wlns.com/top-stories/earth-heats-up-due-to-pandemics-cleaner-air-study-finds/

The College of Engineering created this online anonymous mid-semester evaluation form. You can use it to send feedback to any instructor (at MSU). The information goes to the instructor only:  https://www.egr.msu.edu/mid-semester-evaluation

The Environmental Engineering (Student) Society has the 5th general meeting of this academic year on Monday from 7-8 pm.  You are invited to join EES at the 5th meeting of the year to hear about habitat restoration from a representative at Niswander Environmental. As always, all majors are welcome, and we hope to see you there! Feel free to reach out to RSO.ees@msu.edu if you are interested in joining the mailing list or have any questions. Zoom meeting information is listed below.

    Join Zoom Meeting

    https://msu.zoom.us/j/96450111226


    Meeting ID: 964 5011 1226

    Passcode: EES

 

All the best,

Dr. Masten


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