Concepts of work and heat are introduced, including rate forms. Properties of pure substances. Problems are drawn from dynamics, vibrations, kinematics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, materials engineering, fluid mechanics, and other engineering fields. Introduction to laboratory safety practices, instrumentation, calibration techniques, data analysis, and report writing. Acquaints students enrolled in Departmental Honors Program with current research activities in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Faculty provide seminars where research interests are summarized.
These seminars are planned to prepare students in choosing a research topic for the senior thesis. Junior standing in departmental honors program. Properties and selection of materials of interest to mechanical engineers. Emphasis is on the interrelations between the microstructure, processing, and properties of materials. Steady and transient heat conduction, free and forced convection, radiation, and multi-mode heat transfer.