Instructor

Sridhar Balasubramaniam

Semester

Autumn ‘21

Course Difficulty

Course was moderately difficult. If you have done heat transfer, then a majority of the syllabus (around 70-80%) is just a recap of that with a few extra topics in each subsection.

Time Commitment Required

Around 2-3 hours a week

Grading Policy and Statistics

Grading was a bit harsh, very few AAs and ABs, while around 20% of the class was given FRs

Attendance Policy

No minimum attendance required (for the online semester atleast)

Pre-requisites

Heat transfer

Evaluation Scheme

Midsem-30%, Endsem-30%, Final project-40%

Topics Covered in the Course

Course divided into 3 modules: Conduction, convection, radiation. All three were covered in great detail

Teaching Style

Recorded lectures were given with a discussion meeting once a week.

Tutorials/Assignments/Projects

Tutorials were given and were discussed in the weekly meeting. The final project was a big project that covered the entirety of the course and required a 20-25 page report submission. The project included graphs, calculations, codes.

Feedback on Exams

Midsem and endsem were of moderate difficulty

Motivation for taking this course

If you liked heat transfer, then you’ll enjoy this course, especially the final project

Course Highlights

Final project

How strongly would I recommend this course?

6/10

When to take this course?

7th semester. You can take this course anytime after you’ve done the basic heat transfer course

Review By: Himanshu Neema