Thermodynamics

MECH 337

Design of the Week

Each week, we will be presenting a thermo design of the week. The design of the week is an opportunity for you to reflect on how the concepts that you are learning in class might actually apply in the real world. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the non-technical issues that impact the design and development of a real engineering product. Typically, a short in-class assignment will be given as part of the design of the week discussion, which is part of your homework/quiz/class participation grade.

dotw 1: The AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart by Abiomed - Robert Tools - USA Today - Jarvik 7 - Syncardia Total Artificial Heart

dotw 2: The Copeland Scroll Compressor -how it works - case study

dotw 3: Free Piston Stirling Engine from Sunpower, Inc - Infinia Power Dish - Stirling Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) for Submarines

dotw 4: Airbag Inflation Device - Crash Test Dummy With and Without - Air Bag Deployment Video

dotw 5: Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System - Video1 - Video2 - Lockheed LI-900 Ceramic - Columbia Accident Final Report

dotw 6: Algae Biofuels - the great green fleet -controversy over great green fleet

dotw 7: Cummins Waste Heat Recovery Using Organic Rankine Cycle

dotw 8: Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne Hybrid Rocket Motor Project Hybrid Rocket Motor Testing Is the valve open?

dotw 9: Thermoelectric Refrigeration - Thermoelectric Effect - Thermoelectric Modules - thermophoretic sampler1 -thermophoretic sampler2

dotw 10: Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Engines

dotw 11: The Saturn V and F-1 Rocket Engine

dotw 12: The de Havilland Comet (windows) and Boeing 707 - Jet Age - air safety 1 - air safety 2 - air safety 3

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