MICRO AND NANO HEAT TRANSPORT METHODOLOGIES AND DESIGN
A thorough explanation of the methodologies used for solving conduction, convection and radiation heat transport problems in macro, micro and nanosystems. Phonon, photon and electron transfer fundamentals. Equilibrium Statistics. Basic kinetic theory and transport properties of ideal gases. Microchannel heat transfer. Nanofluid heat transfer. Non-Fourier heat Conduction. Boltzmann transport equation. Molecular dynamics and lattice dynamics numeric methods. Applications and design problems in contemporary technologies. To be taught alternating years for MECH and MSNE Seniors and Graduate students. Cross-list: MSNE 581 .
Prerequisites & course information
Short Title: MICRO & NANO HEAT TRANSPORT Department: Mechanical Engineering Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Mechanical Engineering or Materials Science & NanoEng. Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Prerequisite(s): MECH 481
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027