Thermodynamics is the study of energy, work and heat, focusing on how to create and manipulate them. Thermodynamics is essential for power production, automotive engineering, renewable energy, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, meteorology, environmental engineering and energy in biological systems. It is one of the most important courses in the engineering curriculum because its concepts are so widely used.

Offers advanced topics and applications in thermodynamics, including gas mixtures, combustion, psychrometrics and HVAC systems, fluid machinery and compressible flow.

1.Students will be able to determine nonreacting gas mixture properties and perform energy analyses on gas mixtures.

2.Students will be able to analyze reacting (i.e. combustion) systems from a First and Second Thermodynamic Law perspective.

3.Students will be able to apply psychrometrics to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.

4.Students will be able to apply fundamentals of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics to compressible flow systems.

5.Students will be able to apply fundamentals of fluid machinery (pumps, fans, compressors, turbines) to design problems.