ME 500 Thermodynamics (3 cr.)

Syllabus

Outcomes: After completion of this course, the students should be able to:

  1. Explain the physical origins and kinds of stored energy states

  2. Explain the physical origins and kinds of stored energy states

  3. Explain and discern entropy transport and production mechanisms

  4. Develop methodologies that facilitate application of the subject to the broad range practical problems including fluid dynamics and heat transfer

  5. Discern simplifying assumptions

  6. Develop appropriate expressions from first principles

  7. Perform the kind of engineering analysis that, even though not exact, still provides useful information concerning the design and/or performance of a system or process

  8. When confronted with design and open-ended problems, be able to relate fundamentals to useful engineering models and, in turn, link these models to design decisions

  9. Conduct experiments, collect and process data

10. Report the experimental work

11. Perform engineering calculations using computer models


Note: The letters within the brackets indicate the general program outcomes of mechanical engineering. See: ME Program Outcomes.