Advanced Energy Conversion Principles
Covers the fundamental principles of energy conversion processes, followed by development of theoretical and computational tools that can be used to analyze energy conversion processes. Also introduces the use of modern computational methods to model energy conversion performance characteristics of devices and systems. Performance features, sources of inefficiencies, and optimal design strategies are explored for a variety of applications.
Topics
- This class provides students with an understanding of the thermophysical principles that govern energy conversion processes of different types, and will introduce them to modern computational methods for modeling the performance of energy conversion processes, devices and systems. This course is a capstone experience for ME students, synthesizing thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer and computational analysis tools to facilitate engineering design analysis.
- This course will provide a foundation for design analysis of energy conversion systems encountered in a variety of applications.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
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Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027