New Courses Developed
(1) Microscale Thermal
Phenomena, Undergraduate Elective (Fall’99, Fall’00, Fall’01)
First introduction of Microscale Thermal Phenomena course to
undergraduate students (Tech Elective), as part of the educational plan for
Zhang’s PECASE project from NSF. Students have gained a fundamental
understanding of thermal transport and properties at small length and short
time scales. They have also the contemporary trends in micro/nanotechnology.
(2) Microscale Heat
Transfer, Graduate Course (Spring 2000, Spring 2001)
This is also part of Zhang’s educational plan for the PECASE project. The
course covers microscale thermophysics, conduction, convection, and
radiation, with laboratory demonstration. This course exposes students to
recent developments in micro/nanoscale technology and the significance of
microscale thermal engineering. It also teaches students the methodology for
solving microscale heat transfer problems as applied to emerging
technologies.
(3) Advanced Temperature Measurements, Graduate Course (Spring 2002)
This course was developed under the NSF Action Agenda Grant in Advanced
Measurement Techniques for Emerging Technologies in Thermal Engineering, for
which Dr. Zhang is a co-PI. This course integrates the fundamental
principles of radiation heat transfer with applications to thermometry
practice. Experimental modules were introduced on the use of an optical
fiber thermometer to measure temperature of semiconductor wafers and the use
of FT-IR spectrometer to measure the radiative properties of thin films.
(4) Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer and Thermophysics, Graduate
Course (Fall 2003; Fall 2005)
Built upon previous microscale courses taught at the University of Florida,
the new course focuses on the recent development in micro/nanoscale
conduction and radiation.
In Fall 2003 and Fall 2005, over 30 graduate students enrolled in this class
and most of them had a positive learning experience.
(5)
ME 6309 Nanoscale Heat Transfer, Graduate Course (Spring 2007; 2009)
Microscopic concepts and methodology in thermal science, including
equilibrium statistics, Boltzmann transport equation, and nano-microscale
heat conduction and radiation, with applications in contemporary
technologies.
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