Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Undergraduate

This course covers the laws of thermodynamics that govern the behavior of energy in systems, providing fundamental principles used to analyze and design a wide range of processes, including those found in mechatronics. Key concepts include energy conservation, heat transfer, work done, and the efficiency of energy conversion processes. Students will learn about the analysis of steady and transient thermal systems involving heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation and of mass transfer by molecular diffusion and convection as well as the thermal analysis of heat exchangers and heat transfer systems involving a change of state. (Prerequisite: PHYS-2100) (This is an experiential learning course.)