CME 512 - Thermodynamics and Transport in Physical and Chemical Systems

This course provides in depth graduate level instruction in thermodynamic properties of physical and chemical systems, focusing on transport and rate processes. Topics include qualitative comparison of equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems, the description of thermodynamic ensembles, irreversible processes, the concept of system fluctuations, the equipartition principle, balance equations, the Onsager relations, exergy analysis and its applications, the Maxwell-Stefan equation and thermoeconomics.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)