State space formulation and solution. Time and frequency domain solutions. Application to engineering systems. The lecture material is supplemented by a term long design project done in small groups. An introductory course in engineering thermodynamics structured for students in Systems Design.
Applications focus on problems of energy and environment.
The concepts of statistical thermodynamics are introduced briefly and their connections with information theory are described. Here's the list of text books for the Spring2000 term . SY DE 302 Seminar Systems Design third year students will meet with a faculty member designated as their class professor. Performance in assignments, conceptual difficulties with courses, interrelation of coursework, later work and engineering practice will be discussed. SY DE 312 Numerical Methods Introduction to numerical techniques for engineering problems.