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Statistical Thermodynamics: Molecules to Machines

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Carnegie Mellon University

Statistical Thermodynamics: Molecules to Machines

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Modern engineering research focuses on designing new materials and processes at the molecular level. Statistical thermodynamics provides the formalism for understanding how molecular interactions lead to the observed collective behavior at the macroscale. This course will develop a molecular-level understanding of key thermodynamic quantities like heat, work, free energy and entropy. These concepts will be applied in understanding several important engineering and biological applications.

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Thank You

Meet the Instructors

Venkat Viswanathan
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering

We started the course with the question of how to make a perfect cup of coffee.

What do you think?

Did you learn how to make that perfect cup of coffee?

Thank you all for joining us in this wonderful adventure and

it's been a great six weeks putting this course together.

There's been many people involved in making sure this course came out the way

you've seen it and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of them.

First of all, I'd like to thank the team at Acatar for

the wonderful support in course design, development, and production.

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>> Frank and I want to commend you for

having done a beautiful job with this course.

You've been an absolute pleasure to work with.

This has been a really fun experience for all of us and

thank you to all the brilliant students who took statistical thermodynamics.

[SOUND] >> I'd also like to thank Frank Wang,

who's been instrumental in making sure this course happened It was

discussions with him that led me to pursue this online course.

And he's been an excellent pillar of support through the course development and

course management.

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>> I hope you enjoyed the course.

I enjoyed making it with Venkat.

>> I'd like to thank Professor Paul Steif,

whose been a great mentor through this entire project.

It's through his help that I have indeed become a better teacher.

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>> It's been really exciting to be invited to be part of this project.

I really enjoy working with Venkat, and I am looking forward to seeing the outcome.

I think we really can learn a lot about scaling

up engineering education from this effort.

>> I'd like to thank the TAs, Francisco and Oleg,

who made those wonderful handouts available to you.

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>> Thank you for joining the class and I hope you enjoyed.

[NOISE] >> And

finally thanks to my Department Head, Professor Allen Robinson.

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>> I just want to thank everybody for taking the class, and

all the work that Venkat has done to develop this course.

I think it's a really exciting thing for the department.

Congratulations, everyone.

>> And our Dean, Professor Jim Garrett for supporting this effort.

Without their help this would simply have not been possible.

Before we leave we have some merchandise for you.

We've designed this coffee mug with the course

logo and thanks to Elimar Shanco for designing our course logo.

We also have a 3D printed souvenir, a design made by our own TA,

Oleg Sapunkov, that you can check out on the Shapeways store.

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