This course aims to provide fundamental understanding and descriptive tools for energy and heat transport processes from nanoscale continuously to macroscale. Topics include the energy levels, the statistical behavior and internal energy, energy transport in the forms of waves and particles, scattering and heat generation processes, Boltzmann equation and derivation of classical laws, deviation from classical laws at nanoscale and their appropriate descriptions, with applications in nano- and microtechnology.

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- Heat Transfer Physics, M. Kaviany, Cambridge, New York
- Microscale Energy Transport, Tien, Majumdar, and Gerner, Taylor & Francis, 1998
- Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics, Sears and Salinger,
Addison-Wesley, 1986
- Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, H.B. Callen, John Wiley & Sons, 1985
- Statistical Thermodynamics, C. L. Tien and J. H. Lienhhard, Hemisphere Publishing, 1979
- Modern Physics, P.A. Tipler and R. A. Llwellyn, W. H. Freeman, New York, 2003
- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, D. J. Griffiths, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004
- Introduction to Solid State Physics, C. Kittel, John Wiley & Sons, 2004
- Elementary Solid State Physics: Principles and Applications, M. Ali Omar,
Addison-Wesley, 1994
- Principles of the Theory of Solids, J. M. Ziman, Cambridge University Press, 1979

Week 1 : Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Transport Phenomena
Week 2 : Schrödinger Equation and Energy Quantization
Week 3 : Crystal Bonding and Electronic Energy Levels in Crystals
Week 4 : Phonons, Density of States and Statistical Distributions
Week 5 : Specific Heat and Fundamentals of Statistical Thermodynamics
Week 6 : Energy Transfer by Waves #1: Plane & Electromagnetic Waves
Week 7 : Energy Transfer by Waves #2: Thin films, Landauer Formalism
Week 8 : Midterm
Week 9 : Particle Description: Boltzmann Equation & Carrier Scattering
Week 10 : Solutions to Boltzmann Equation, Electron Transport & Thermoelectric Effect
Week 11 : Classical Size Effects
Week 12 : Coupled Energy Transport & Conversion, P-N junction
Week 13 : Nanostructures for Energy Conversion
Week 14 : Liquids and Their Interfaces
Week 15 : Introduction to Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Week 16 : Final Week – Project due

Each lecture is provided using whiteboard writing and PowerPoint presentations.
Sometimes literature reviews of relevant topics are provided.