We are going to learn
with Margaret Wooldridge, who is the instructor for the Introduction to
Thermodynamics class.
Now, we wanted to start by giving you a brief
introduction to who is she. She is a professor in the Mechanical
Engineering Department here at the University of
Michigan. She also hold an appointment in the
Aerospace Engineering Department. To give you some background on how She spend
her time, her research interests are in compo,
combustion and propulsion systems. She also work in the transportation and stationary power
generation. In particular we're interested in
developing new methods to improve efficiencies and
reduce the impact of emissions and pollutants on,
of these systems on the environment. And in this class we'll be talking about
these areas. And they are directly relevant to
thermodynamics. And your thermodynamic skills can be used
to explore these systems.