MECE 4343 - Thermal Design (X.Chen)
Howdy boys and girls! Yet another thermodynamics class...
This is usually one of the last classes taken for the BSME degree. It's not terrible. Though it is pretty table heavy for a while. I strongly recommend an app made in Matlab (tested on 2018b and 2020a) that will do all of the value finding and even interpolation for you (in the dropbox). I know Matlab ewww, but no, Matlab yay!
I took it with X Chen, so if you have Ghasemi, may God have mercy upon your soul because your GPA is going down unless you are just stupid gifted at this. Side note on that: I saw grown ass men in tears after his exams, soooo you've been warned. Plus, his curriculum for this class is nothing like Chen's.
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The run down of events is pretty standard by this point:
4-5 quizzes (~15% of your grade) 20min time limit and possibly at any point during class time.
2 exams (25-35%) (she made the highest exam 35% and the lowest 25% because coronavirus reasons)
~8 HW (a meager 5%) (lots of interpolation in the first few HWs) hint: use the Matlab program
oh yeah!
and probably the most bullshit "group project" I've ever been in. In lieu of a 3rd exam... (20%). Seriously, you just pick an assignment statement from the end of either chapter 8, 9, or 10. and do that. Some have you just do some research and write about things, and some prompts ask you to build a non-functioning model to show or build a model to demonstrate some concept.
As far as exam advice:
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Cheat Sheet: You are allowed a one sided formula sheet (letter size) with no homework problems and no diagrams (because I guess that makes it too easy?). You can get creative and put diagrams on there. There are ways hehe.
Exam 1: know those thermodynamic cycles (Brayton, Otto, etc...). there's a bunch of them I know, but they have a heavy point value on the exam questions (like half in some cases).
Exam 2:
Thankfully, she included the answer keys so you can see the breakdown of how she grades before hand. So you know if it's worth it or not to concentrate on certain parts of the questions.
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(YouTube) Psychrometrics (topic intro video)
(YouTube) Psychrometrics (example problems)
GOODIES:
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DROPBOX LINK where you'll find books, old exams and exam keys, old quizzes (filled out), homework, Matlab functions for finding (and interpolating) some tables values, lecture slides, recorded lecture videos and audio (from coronavirus lockdown on), and other goodies.
This is usually one of the last classes taken for the BSME degree. It's not terrible. Though it is pretty table heavy for a while. I strongly recommend an app made in Matlab (tested on 2018b and 2020a) that will do all of the value finding and even interpolation for you (in the dropbox). I know Matlab ewww, but no, Matlab yay!
I took it with X Chen, so if you have Ghasemi, may God have mercy upon your soul because your GPA is going down unless you are just stupid gifted at this. Side note on that: I saw grown ass men in tears after his exams, soooo you've been warned. Plus, his curriculum for this class is nothing like Chen's.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The run down of events is pretty standard by this point:
4-5 quizzes (~15% of your grade) 20min time limit and possibly at any point during class time.
2 exams (25-35%) (she made the highest exam 35% and the lowest 25% because coronavirus reasons)
~8 HW (a meager 5%) (lots of interpolation in the first few HWs) hint: use the Matlab program
oh yeah!
and probably the most bullshit "group project" I've ever been in. In lieu of a 3rd exam... (20%). Seriously, you just pick an assignment statement from the end of either chapter 8, 9, or 10. and do that. Some have you just do some research and write about things, and some prompts ask you to build a non-functioning model to show or build a model to demonstrate some concept.
As far as exam advice:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cheat Sheet: You are allowed a one sided formula sheet (letter size) with no homework problems and no diagrams (because I guess that makes it too easy?). You can get creative and put diagrams on there. There are ways hehe.
Exam 1: know those thermodynamic cycles (Brayton, Otto, etc...). there's a bunch of them I know, but they have a heavy point value on the exam questions (like half in some cases).
Exam 2:
Thankfully, she included the answer keys so you can see the breakdown of how she grades before hand. So you know if it's worth it or not to concentrate on certain parts of the questions.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(YouTube) Psychrometrics (topic intro video)
(YouTube) Psychrometrics (example problems)
GOODIES:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DROPBOX LINK where you'll find books, old exams and exam keys, old quizzes (filled out), homework, Matlab functions for finding (and interpolating) some tables values, lecture slides, recorded lecture videos and audio (from coronavirus lockdown on), and other goodies.
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