MAE 589 Heat Transfer is a graduate mechanical engineering class taken by master's and PhD students, usually from mechanical engineering but also from aerospace engineering and other disciplines. These students have generally had an undergraduate course on the same material, so they come into the class already with basic skills in heat transfer. They are capable of conducting analysis, including finite element analysis (FEA) using Ansys or other packages, and designing thermal solutions as a part of product development or other engineering applications.

Literature/patent review

Written report

Page limit: 3 pages, minimum 12-point font, all equations must be typed

Due: 11:59 PM Friday, March 7, 2025

Your report should include:

Ø Project title

Ø Project objective (1 paragraph)

Ø Summary of prior related work from the published literature (at least 5 references cited within the text)

Ø Summary of related patents and commercial products, if any

Ø How does your work differ from what has been done before?

Technical approach

Oral presentation

Time limit: 3 minutes

Due: 4:00 PM April 2, 2025 (in class)

Your presentation should include:

Ø Project title & objective

Ø Graphic explaining the project

Ø Detailed overview of your technical approach

Ø Explanation of why you're following this approach

Ø The type of quantitative results that your approach should deliver, and why these results are important

Results and comparison to previous work

Oral presentation

Time limit: 6 minutes

Due: 4:00 PM April 23 or 30, 2025 (in class)

Your presentation should include:

Ø Project title & objective

Ø Major quantitative results from your project

Ø Explanation of how these results were determined (analysis, experimentation, etc.)

Ø How do these results compare to previous work?

1. Ø What is the single most important outcome of your project?