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ME-3124: Thermodynamics

Description: Classical thermodynamics and its applications. Thermodynamic properties of pure substances: property tables, property software, equations of state. First law of thermodynamics. Second law of thermodynamics. Gas mixtures. Combustion: atom and energy balances. Power and refrigeration cycles.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (MATH-2214 and MATH-2204 and ME-2124) or (MATH-2214 and MATH-2204H and ME-2124) or (MATH-2214 and ME-2124 and MATH-2224) or (MATH-2214 and ME-2124 and MATH-2224H) or (MATH-2214H and MATH-2204 and ME-2124) or (MATH-2214H and MATH-2204H and ME-2124) or (MATH-2214H and ME-2124 and MATH-2224) or (MATH-2214H and ME-2124 and MATH-2224H) or (MATH-2405H and MATH-2406H and ME-2124)

Required By: ME-4124

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 101

Average GPA: 2.69 (B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 17.78%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.55%

Alan A Kornhauser200721.8%36.3%27.0%12.7%2.2%0.0%2.593
Johnathon R Barbish202040.9%38.9%15.3%4.2%0.8%0.0%3.122
Spakovsky Michael R Von201915.5%27.9%24.8%14.6%6.3%10.9%2.329
Scott T Huxtable201928.5%49.1%20.0%1.1%1.0%0.5%3.0114
Uri Vandsburger201119.3%49.0%23.0%4.6%4.2%0.0%2.785
Michael W Ellis201520.1%25.0%26.2%19.7%6.4%2.6%2.3312
Thomas E Diller201228.6%16.4%30.5%0.0%8.2%16.3%2.651
Clinton L Dancey201920.4%35.3%25.7%11.3%4.7%2.5%2.579
Peter Menegay200655.6%35.6%4.4%2.2%2.2%0.0%3.391
Eugene F Brown201418.8%35.6%27.9%9.4%6.3%2.1%2.542
Mithun Goswami201810.4%39.6%31.2%12.5%2.1%4.2%2.401
Dennis R Jaasma200517.0%42.5%32.0%6.4%2.1%0.0%2.662
Brian Y Lattimer201119.7%32.0%29.2%9.9%7.1%2.0%2.4710
Christopher J Roy201411.8%45.1%27.4%9.9%5.9%0.0%2.461
Mark R Paul201630.1%40.8%20.4%5.8%1.4%1.4%2.9312
Mark A Pierson201530.9%42.8%19.3%3.6%0.8%2.7%3.052
Elaine P Scott200429.6%31.5%25.9%7.4%5.6%0.0%2.701
Zhiting Tian201819.6%44.7%28.6%5.3%0.0%1.8%2.821
Colin J Reagle201320.2%29.1%33.2%3.4%10.0%4.1%2.442
Matthew J Rice201616.7%33.4%28.6%9.6%8.7%3.2%2.412
Matthew T Clark200920.4%39.2%30.8%6.4%3.3%0.0%2.712
Zheng Li201738.9%38.5%16.7%0.8%0.0%5.1%3.182
Michael D Barringer200530.6%37.1%24.2%3.2%4.8%0.0%2.841
Duarte Juliana Pacheco201923.7%37.4%25.9%9.1%0.7%3.1%2.722
Jiangtao Cheng201563.5%36.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.631
Aimen Younis201873.1%22.4%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.681

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