MEMS 0051: Intro to Thermodynamics
This 3-credit course for MEMS undergraduate students introduces them to the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics, and they learn how to analyze components and cycles using these laws. This course is a traditional lecture format, but Dr. Hornbostel keeps things interesting by breaking up lectures with videos and hands-on cycle demos.
Terms taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023
MEMS 0051 students play with drinking bird and Stirling cycle during office hours in Spring 2021.
MEMS 0051 students say “Thank you” on the last day of lecture in Spring 2021, when the course was taught virtually.
MEMS 0051 students play with drinking bird and Stirling cycle during office hours in Spring 2021.
MEMS 0051 students say “Thank you” on the last day of lecture in Spring 2021, when the course was taught virtually.
MEMS 1042: Mechanical Measurements 2
This 3-credit course for MEMS undergraduate students is lab-based and trains them to perform experiments in thermal sciences, mechanics of materials, and dynamics/controls. Students learn how to account for experimental uncertainty, filter signals, and perform statistical analysis on experimental data.
Terms taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
A student performs a motor experiment in the MEMS 1042 lab in Fall 2020.
A student performs a motor experiment in the MEMS 1042 lab in Fall 2020.
ME 2053: Heat & Mass Transfer
This 3-credit graduate course in ME builds on students’ knowledge from undergraduate heat transfer and delves into topics such as phase change, 2D conduction, mass transfer and radiation. This course is taught in a traditional lecture format with skeleton slides for students to fill in during lectures. Videos of real-world heat transfer applications are shown and students are taught how to work problems using numerical methods in addition to analytical methods.
Terms taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2023
Dr. Hornbostel gives a virtual lecture on conduction heat transfer while out of town for a work conference.
Dr. Hornbostel gives a virtual lecture on conduction heat transfer while out of town for a work conference.
ME 2091: Introduction to Engineering Communication
Dr. Hornbostel designed this 1-credit seminar course for 1st-semester MEMS graduate students to equip them with the soft skills needed to succeed in grad school. Topics range from literature review to plagiarism to powerpoint presentations. Guest speakers come from inside and outside the department to provide crash courses on various topics. The course was a 3-credit course called ME/MSE 2052 in Fall 2018 & 2019.
Terms taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
Some of the students from Dr. Hornbostel’s first cohort of ENGR 2052 (now ME 2091) after giving their final presentations.