About this Specialization
This specialization was developed for the mechanical or aerospace engineering advanced undergraduate graduate or graduate student who already has a strong background in undergraduate engineering thermodynamics and is ready to tackle the underlying fundamentals of the subject. It is designed for those entering advanced fields such as combustion, high temperature gas dynamics, environmental sciences, or materials processing, or wishes to build a background for understanding advanced experimental diagnostic techniques in these or similar fields. It covers the relationship between macroscopic and microscopic thermodynamics and derives properties for gases, liquids and solids. It also covers non-equilibrium behavior as found in kinetic theory and chemical kinetics. The main innovation is the use of the postulatory approach to introducing fundamental concepts and the very clear connection between macroscopic and microscopic thermodynamics. By introducing basic ideas using postulates, students are given a very straightforward way to think about important concepts, including entropy and temperature, ensembles and quantum mechanics.
| From | University of Colorado Boulder via Coursera |
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| Hours | 308 |
| Instructor | John W. Daily |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Science Engineering |
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Fundamentals of Macroscopic and Microscopic Thermodynamics Course 1 first explores the basics of both macroscopic and microscopic thermodynamics from a postulatory point of view. In this view, the meaning of temperature, thermodynamic... Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder |
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Course 2 of Statistical Thermodynamics presents an introduction to quantum mechanics at a level appropriate for those with mechanical or aerospace engineering backgrounds. Using a... Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder |
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Course 3 of Statistical Thermodynamics, Ideal Gases, explores the behavior of systems when intermolecular forces are not important. This done by evaluating the appropriate... Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder |
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Dense Gases, Liquids and Solids Course 4 of Statistical Thermodynamics addresses dense gases, liquids, and solids. As the density of a gas is increased, intermolecular forces begin to affect behavior. For small... Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder |
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Non-Equilibrium Applications of Statistical Thermodynamics Course 5 of Statistical Thermodynamics explores three different applications of non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics. The first is the transport behavior of ideal gases,... Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder |
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| From | University of Colorado Boulder via Coursera |
|---|---|
| Hours | 308 |
| Instructor | John W. Daily |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Science Engineering |
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Advanced Clerk Typist $45k
Assistant Program Manager - Professional Development/STEM fields $50k
Advanced Writer and Editor 2 $56k
Accounting Advanced Specialist $59k
Advanced Data Specialist 2 $66k
Website Builder, Advanced $66k
Engineer - Advanced $79k
Recruiter/Market Developer for Rodan + Fields Consultant $101k
Advanced Analytics Architect $113k
Advanced Geophysicist 2 $127k
Advanced Management - Management $129k
Associate Advanced Geophysicist $141k
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