Description

Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisite: course 105D. Exploration of basic principles of transportation of energy in natural and fabricated structures by three carriers: electrons, phonons, and molecules. Study of statistical properties of heat carriers, common Landauer framework for heat flow, scattering and propagation of heat carriers, derivation … For more content click the Read More button below.

Instructional Format

Primary Format

Lecture

Additional Format

Outside study

Concurrent Course

MECH&AE C231G - Microscopic Energy Transport

A pair of upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses that share a primary activity. They are scheduled at the same time and place with the same instructor.