Calendar

Lec # Topics Key Dates
Week 1
1 Review of Basic Thermal Radiation Concepts, Blackbody Radiation
2 View Factor, Simple Radiative Transfer
Week 2
3 Radiative Transfer in Enclosures
4 Radiative Transfer in Enclosures (cont.)
Week 3
5 EM Waves Problem set 1 due
Week 4
6 EM Wave Modeling of Surfaces
7 EM Wave Modeling of Thin Films
Week 5
8 EM Wave Modeling of Particles Problem set 2 due
9 Scattering Properties of Particulates
Week 6
10 Dielectric Properties of Solid, Drude Model
11 Lorentz Model
Week 7
12 Radiative Properties of Gases Problem set 3 due
13 Radiative Properties of Gases (cont.)
Week 8
14 First Mid-term (In-class, Open Book)
15 Equation of Radiative Transfer in Participating Media
Week 9
16 Solution of ERT for One-dimensional Gray Media Problem set 4 due
17 Discrete Ordinate Method
Week 10
18 Spherical Harmonics Method
Week 11
19 Approximate Solutions Problem set 5 due
20 Monte Carlo Simulation
Week 12
21 Presentation and Discussion on Global Warming
22 Near Field Thermal Radiation, Fluctuation-dissipation Theory
Week 13
23 Near Field Thermal Radiation Problem set 6 due
24 Solar Cells Take-home mid-term 2 out
Week 14
25 Coherent Radiation Source, Lasers Take-home mid-term 2 due
26 Laser Materials Interactions