Teaching
ME-311 Thermodynamics I
This course emphasizes the principles of engineering thermodynamics. A study of the first and second laws, entropy, ideal and real gases, and second-law analysis of engineering systems.
Offered: Fall 2023 (enrollment: 78)
ME-312 Thermodynamics II
This course emphasizes the analysis and design of power and refrigeration cycles and the application of the basic thermodynamics principles to engineering design problems with systems involving mixtures of ideal gases, psychrometrics, nonideal gases, chemical reactions, combustion, and thermodynamic property relations.
Offered: Spring 2021 (enrollment: 17)
ME-322 Instrumentation
In this class, students learn about the theory and practical use of instruments for static and dynamic measurement of strain, acceleration, temperature, pressure, volumetric flow rate, and fluid velocity. They also learn about engineering data presentation and analysis, and computer-based data acquisition and control.
Offered: Fall 2016-2021 (average enrollment: 30) and Spring 2017-2022 (average enrollment: 130)
ME-472/672 Introduction to Nuclear Packaging
This course emphasizes the best and current practices for thermal modeling of light water reactor (LWR) spent nuclear fuel (SNF) storage and transportation canisters. Students will learn about techniques and methods to model SNF canisters during normal conditions of transport (NCT) and hypothetical accident conditions (HAC). They will also learn about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations regarding the storage and transport of SNF and thermal design limits.
Offered: Spring 2023 (enrollment: 9)
ME-764 Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer
In this class, students learn about thermodynamics and interfacial phenomena associated with phase change and two-phase processes, such as nucleation, bubble and droplet growth, evaporation, and condensation.
Offered: Fall 2020 - 2022 (average enrollment: 8)