All readings are from: 
Modest, Michael F. Radiative Heat Transfer. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Academic, 2003. ISBN: 9780125031639.
| Lec # | Topics | Readings |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | ||
| 1 | Review of Basic Thermal Radiation Concepts, Blackbody Radiation | Chapter 1 |
| 2 | View Factor, Simple Radiative Transfer | Chapter 4 |
| Week 2 | ||
| 3 | Radiative Transfer in Enclosures | Chapters 5 and 6 |
| 4 | Radiative Transfer in Enclosures (cont.) | Chapters 5 and 6 |
| Week 3 | ||
| 5 | EM Waves | Chapter 2 |
| Week 4 | ||
| 6 | EM Wave Modeling of Surfaces | Chapters 2 and 3 |
| 7 | EM Wave Modeling of Thin Films | |
| Week 5 | ||
| 8 | EM Wave Modeling of Particles | Chapter 10 |
| 9 | Scattering Properties of Particulates | Chapter 10 |
| Week 6 | ||
| 10 | Dielectric Properties of Solid, Drude Model | |
| 11 | Lorentz Model | Optical Properties of Solids ( PDF) |
| Week 7 | ||
| 12 | Radiative Properties of Gases | Chapter 9 |
| 13 | Radiative Properties of Gases (cont.) | Chapter 9 |
| Week 8 | ||
| 14 | First Mid-term (In-class, Open Book) | |
| 15 | Equation of Radiative Transfer in Participating Media | Chapter 8 |
| Week 9 | ||
| 16 | Solution of ERT for One-dimensional Gray Media | Chapter 12 |
| 17 | Discrete Ordinate Method | Chapter 15 |
| Week 10 | ||
| 18 | Spherical Harmonics Method | Chapter 14 |
| Week 11 | ||
| 19 | Approximate Solutions | Chapters 13 and 14 |
| 20 | Monte Carlo Simulation | Chapter 19 |
| Week 12 | ||
| 21 | Presentation and Discussion on Global Warming | |
| 22 | Near Field Thermal Radiation, Fluctuation-dissipation Theory | |
| Week 13 | ||
| 23 | Near Field Thermal Radiation | |
| 24 | Solar Cells | |
| Week 14 | ||
| 25 | Coherent Radiation Source, Lasers | |
| 26 | Laser Materials Interactions | |