This document outlines the requirements for a project in an MEC 321 Thermodynamics-II course. Students must work in groups of up to four to build an apparatus, perform experiments, and present data to verify the first and second laws of thermodynamics. They must submit an initial report by September 4th describing their planned experiment and apparatus. A progress report is due October 2nd providing preliminary results and plans. The final report due November 20th should follow a technical report format and include the apparatus, experiments, data analysis, and safety checks. Students must also give a 10 minute presentation by November 23rd demonstrating their apparatus. Projects missing any deadlines will not be considered.
This document outlines the requirements for a project in an MEC 321 Thermodynamics-II course. Students must work in groups of up to four to build an apparatus, perform experiments, and present data to verify the first and second laws of thermodynamics. They must submit an initial report by September 4th describing their planned experiment and apparatus. A progress report is due October 2nd providing preliminary results and plans. The final report due November 20th should follow a technical report format and include the apparatus, experiments, data analysis, and safety checks. Students must also give a 10 minute presentation by November 23rd demonstrating their apparatus. Projects missing any deadlines will not be considered.
This document outlines the requirements for a project in an MEC 321 Thermodynamics-II course. Students must work in groups of up to four to build an apparatus, perform experiments, and present data to verify the first and second laws of thermodynamics. They must submit an initial report by September 4th describing their planned experiment and apparatus. A progress report is due October 2nd providing preliminary results and plans. The final report due November 20th should follow a technical report format and include the apparatus, experiments, data analysis, and safety checks. Students must also give a 10 minute presentation by November 23rd demonstrating their apparatus. Projects missing any deadlines will not be considered.
This document outlines the requirements for a project in an MEC 321 Thermodynamics-II course. Students must work in groups of up to four to build an apparatus, perform experiments, and present data to verify the first and second laws of thermodynamics. They must submit an initial report by September 4th describing their planned experiment and apparatus. A progress report is due October 2nd providing preliminary results and plans. The final report due November 20th should follow a technical report format and include the apparatus, experiments, data analysis, and safety checks. Students must also give a 10 minute presentation by November 23rd demonstrating their apparatus. Projects missing any deadlines will not be considered.
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MEC 321 Thermodynamics-II
Fall 2016-17 Semester
Project (9% marks) You have already studied the first and second law of thermodynamics in the first thermodynamics course. For this course project, you have to build an apparatus, perform experiments, and analyze and present data to prove/verify the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The experiment should be such that it can be performed in a typical university classroom without violating any safety or security policy. Do not perform any experiment that may be dangerous or risk safety. Try to keep the apparatus as simple and inexpensive as possible. Some other important requirements are: 1- Initial report: Make a team (maximum of four students). In addition to the details of the team members, also report what apparatus you plan to build and experiment you plan to perform. You may include sketches of the apparatus. Furthermore, prove that the experiment is; safe and related to MEC 321 Thermodynamics II course contents. The document (hard copy) with all the required details is to be submitted in the course instructors office by September 04, 2016. 2- Project progress report: I expect the abstract, introduction and some of other work that you have already done by this date to be documented in this report. Mention what work needs to be carried out by the time you finish this project. Also explain you plans/strategy to verify the two laws of thermodynamics in your project. Hard copy of this report is to be submitted in the course instructors office by October 02, 2016. 3- Comprehensive final project report (7 marks): Final report should be submitted in a proper technical report format, properly typed. Some of the important sections are Abstract, Introduction, details of the apparatus, the mechanism, experimental procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . Data Analysis, Conclusion, Impact of your project on the environment etc. Make sure you also include sections of how you checked the reliability and safety of the apparatus that you built to perform the experiments. Also include a section of what software you used in your project and how was it useful. Hard copy of this report is to be submitted in the course instructors office by November 20, 2016. 4- Presentation (2 marks): 10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes for Q/A session. Submit soft copy (e-mail) of the presentations by November 20, 2016. Presentations will be scheduled on November 21st and 23rd.You will be required to demonstrate the working of the apparatus during the presentation session. Note: Projects of students/group who miss any of the above due dates listed in 1 thru 4 above will not be considered.