ME321 - Spring 2008 Calendar (updated 5/22/08 *)

Blackboard 6

 Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday
   Mar/April  31
Chapter 1
Concepts, Definitions, Basic Principles
 1  2  3  4
7
Chapter 2
Properties of Pure Substances
 8
Steam Tables
 9 10  11
quiz 1
 14
Chapter 3
Work and Heat
 15 (WP/WF)  16  17  18
quiz 2
 21
Chapter 4 - The First Law of Thermodynamics
a) Closed Systems
 22 23  24

 25
Water Rocket Thrust Adiabatic Analysis

quiz 3

 28
Chapter 4 - The First Law of Thermo
b) Flow Systems
 29  30  1

 2
take-home-quiz 1

makeup quiz

 May

 5 (last drop)
take-home-quiz 1 due in class
 6  7  8 9
quiz 4
 12
Chapter 5 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics
 13  14  15  16
quiz 5

 19
Chapter 6 - Entropy

Clausius Inequality

 20
Evaluating Entropy (Tds)

Increase in Entropy Principle

Visit to Stirling Technology, Inc to see the ST-5 Stirling engine. (Meet at Stirling Tech at 3:30pm)

 21

 22
Entropy Summary Sheet


Visit to Global Cooling
(Meet at Global Cooling at 3:30pm)

 23
take-home-quiz 2
 26
Memorial Day (no classes)

 27
take-home-quiz 2 due in class

Isentropic Processes Summary Sheet

Adiabatic Efficiency Summary Sheet

 28
Tour of Gavin Power Plant 8:00am - noon
(Meet in the Stocker Parking Lot)
 29  30
quiz 6

 June

 2
Begin review
 3  4 5  6
last class
9  10
Final Exam 2:30 pm
 11  12 13

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