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ME-2124: Introduction to Thermal and Fluid Engineering

Description: Basics of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. Fluid and thermal properties of materials. Ideal gas equation of state. First law of thermodynamics in closed systems. Transient heat transfer. First law of thermodynamics in open systems. Fluid mechanics balances, open systems. Emphasis on applications in all topic areas.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 2 credits

Corequisites: MATH-2214

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 116

Average GPA: 2.88 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 18.16%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.02%

Olga Pierrakos200628.8%55.0%11.8%3.5%1.0%0.0%3.082
Alan A Kornhauser201225.8%40.5%23.7%7.0%2.0%1.1%2.7811
Markus Schwaenen200723.9%49.5%21.1%2.8%2.8%0.0%2.842
Brian A Robbins201544.8%39.6%11.0%3.9%0.8%0.0%3.212
Matthew J Rice201729.2%49.7%17.5%0.6%0.6%2.5%3.064
Curtis H Stern200740.8%45.9%13.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.292
Brian Vick200627.9%41.0%26.0%5.2%0.0%0.0%2.932
Aimen Younis201858.9%32.4%8.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.461
Eray Uzgoren200924.2%32.0%32.7%6.5%4.5%0.0%2.643
Danesh K Tafti200618.4%42.1%31.2%4.1%4.2%0.0%2.694
Mark R Paul200739.4%40.2%18.5%1.3%0.7%0.0%3.163
Amrinder Nain201921.0%44.9%25.3%3.7%3.1%2.1%2.8015
Clinton L Dancey201012.1%42.0%25.6%13.9%4.3%2.1%2.463
Anthony M Ferrar201367.2%19.6%9.2%2.0%1.1%0.9%3.492
Kenneth S Ball200921.9%38.8%33.6%2.9%2.9%0.0%2.732
Wing Fai Ng201919.7%49.2%23.6%4.3%0.8%2.5%2.8217
Yang Liu201824.8%47.2%19.4%3.1%0.6%5.0%2.953
Andrew T Duggleby200732.7%61.2%6.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.271
Eugene F Brown201422.1%57.0%15.8%3.0%0.8%1.5%2.975
Timothy W Sirk200821.6%29.4%35.3%11.8%2.0%0.0%2.551
Thomas E Diller201422.8%33.9%24.6%9.1%3.6%5.9%2.622
Celine Hin201824.8%39.3%24.4%6.1%0.5%5.0%2.853
Bahareh Behkam201911.7%47.7%26.1%6.8%2.2%5.6%2.614
Rui Qiao201925.0%42.7%20.7%1.2%1.1%9.3%2.983
William F Colban200538.0%39.0%17.7%1.4%3.8%0.0%3.052
Zhiting Tian201536.4%40.9%15.7%3.5%1.7%1.7%3.082
Joseph Meadows201832.1%39.7%16.7%3.0%0.8%7.7%3.072
Jue Wang201762.9%24.2%9.7%1.6%0.0%1.6%3.481
Weiwei Deng201636.0%54.9%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.282
Randy R Clark201333.3%33.4%27.8%5.6%0.0%0.0%2.941
Bhavani V Kasula200630.6%36.1%22.2%11.1%0.0%0.0%2.841
Dennis R Jaasma200521.1%62.8%8.4%5.4%2.2%0.0%2.912
Jordan T Farina200928.9%28.9%31.1%11.1%0.0%0.0%2.761
Matthew T Clark201629.4%44.6%22.0%1.9%2.0%0.0%2.972
Kapil V Panchal201024.1%22.1%22.2%9.2%18.5%3.7%2.251
Charles E Smith201127.3%43.7%16.4%1.8%5.5%5.5%2.891
Nicholas D Cardwell201141.3%46.1%7.9%3.1%0.0%1.6%3.261

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