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Teaching & AcademicsEngineeringThermodynamics

Thermodynamics for Engineering Students

A Detailed Introduction to Thermodynamics
Bestseller
Rating: 4.8 out of 54.8 (462 ratings)
3,070 students
Created by Cherish Qualls, PhD
Last updated 12/2019
English
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What you'll learn

  • Utilize the concepts of work and energy to evaluate control volumes as well as closed systems
  • Steam tables, entropy, enthalpy and more!

Requirements

  • Be able to use dervatives and integrals from Calculus
  • Be able to draw free body diagrams of simple systems

Description

What is Thermodynamics?

Thermo is the branch of physics that deals with temperature and  pressure and how they are related to work and energy.   Thermodynamics  applies to a wide variety of applications such as combustion engines,  heating and air conditioning systems, and jet propulsion, along with many, many others.


Who should enroll in this course?

  • Engineering students wanting to get a head start on an upcoming Thermo course

  • Students currently taking Thermo who need extra examples and explanations

  • Students and professionals who are preparing to take the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam

  • Anyone with an interest in learning about work and energy 


How's this course different from the other online Thermo courses? Why should I enroll in this course?

This course covers all the topics needed to gain an understanding of the basics of thermodynamics.  We will cover:

  • Pressure and temperature

  • Work and energy of closed systems

  • Steam Tables

  • Enthalpy

  • Compressibility charts

  • Ideal gas model

  • Mass flow rates

  • Work and energy of control volumes

  • Thermodynamic efficiencies

  • Entropy

  • And more!

What sets this course apart from others is the number of worked  examples.  Being an instructor of Thermodynamics for many years, I  understand the need for examples.  So many instructors simply show a  solution to a problem or only solve it halfway and just assume the  student knows how to finish it. 

This used to be one of my biggest  frustrations as a student so I can relate when I hear today's students  complain about this.  To prevent this frustration, this course has many,  many fully-worked example problems in a range of difficulty levels. I also don't assume you know more than you do.  We start with the basics and work our way up to more complex material.

Now, what good is learning material if you can't check your understanding, right?  To assist with this, quiz problems are provided  throughout the course.  To check your work, video solutions of each quiz are provided.

In addition, the outline of the notes I use in the videos is provided as a downloadable file to help you follow along during the  course.


Will the material taught  prepare me for other courses?

The relationships between pressure, temperature, density, work and energy are fundamental to so many areas.  As such, this course will prepare you for more advanced topics like

  • Combustion

  • Heat transfer

  • Fluid mechanics

  • Propulsion

  • Aerodynamics

  • And many others


How's the course structured and what prior knowledge is needed?  Do I need a book?

You will have handwritten lectures followed by fully worked examples.  There are NO PowerPoint slides used in this course.  From my experience  students learn best when following along and writing the notes versus  just listening to someone talk while staring at a bunch of slides.  And of course, throughout the class you will have the opportunity to test your knowledge using quizzes.

The examples we cover do use basic concepts from Calculus such as  derivatives and integrals.  In order to understand the material and  examples you should know these concepts.

As for the textbook, I will be using the 8th Edition of Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics  by Moran, Shapiro, Boettner, and Bailey.  ISBN: 978-1118412930.   Although not required, this book is a great resource and I strongly  encourage you to get a copy for yourself.  We will be covering the first  6 chapters of this text.   

What are you waiting for? There's no better time than now to get started. Enroll today!

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner engineering students. This course is equivalent to an introductory Thermodynamics course.
  • Anyone interested in learning about the relationships between pressure, temperature, and fluid flow

Instructor

Cherish Qualls, PhD
Professional Engineer and University Professor
Cherish Qualls, PhD
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 2,951 Reviews
  • 12,233 Students
  • 15 Courses

Hi!

I graduated from Auburn University with a M.S. and PhD in Aerospace Engineering.  After graduation I began worked as a Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin.  After working in industry for 8 years I decided to focus on teaching full time. 

I have 18+ years of teaching experience and have helped 1000's of students transform from freshmen to successful engineers.  Some of the courses I teach include: Statics, Dynamics, Thermodynamics, MATLAB, Numerical Analysis, Controls, Fluid Mechanics and Solid Mechanics. I have taught at Auburn University, University of North Texas and Texas Christian University. 

I believe in teaching my courses in a way that I wanted to be taught when I was in school...plenty of examples, not a lot of theory.  Many instructors don't understand the learning needs of their students.  They give complicated lectures full of theory but then hardly ever work out examples.  The examples they do work tend to be simple or the examples already presented in the course textbook.  

This is why I recently founded STEM Course Prep.  STEM Course Prep is meant to help struggling students succeed before they have to drop or fail a class. 

My courses have plenty of detailed examples with only the theory and derivations you really need. My current Udemy course offerings are MATLAB Parts 1 and 2, Numerical Analysis, Thermodynamics, Statics, Dynamics Parts 1 and 2, Fluid Mechanics Parts 1, 2 and 3, Controls, Orbital Mechanics and more.

If you like my Udemy courses you'll love the courses on my website STEM Course Prep.  My courses offered there feature additional content, homework, exams etc.  There are also courses like Mechanics of Materials and Intermediate Dynamics that are not found on Udemy. 

Thanks for your interest!


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