一、課程說明(Course Description)
<br>Fundamental aspects: heat carriers (photons, electrons, phonons, and molecules) and their energy characteristics; statistical properties of heat carriers; scattering and propagation of heat carriers; Boltzmann transport equation; derivation of classical laws from Boltzmann transport equation; deviation from classical laws at small scale. Topics will be covered as follows.
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<br> 二、指定用書(Text Books)
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<br>“Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion”, G. Chen, Oxford, 2005.
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<br> 三、參考書籍(References)
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<br>1."Fundamentals and applications of microfluidics", Nam-Trung Nguyen and Steven T. Wereley, Artech House, 2002. 
<br>2.“Microscale Energy Transport”, C.L. Tien, A. Majumdar, and F. Gerner, Taylor and Francis, 1997. 
<br>3.“The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 3”, R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, and M. Sands, Addison-Wesley, 1965.
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<br> 四、教學方式(Teaching Method)
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<br>Leture: 3 hours per week (every Tuesday 9-12 AM)
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<br> 五、教學進度(Syllabus)
<br>1.Introduction to microfluidics
<br>2.Microscale and nanoscale heat transfer phenomena 
<br>3.Material waves and energy quantization 
<br>4.Energy states in solids 
<br>5.Statistical thermodynamics and thermal energy storage 
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<br>6.Energy transfer by waves 
<br>7.Particle description of transport process 
<br>8.Classical size effects 
<br>9.Energy conversion and coupled transport processes (might not be covered)
<br>10.Liquid and their interface (might not be covered)
<br>11.Molecular dynamics simulation (might not be covered)
<br>Final exam 
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<br> 六、成績考核(Evaluation)
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<br>Homework 30%, Midterm 25%, Term project 15%, Final 30%
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<br> 七、可連結之網頁位址
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<br>http://djao.pme.nthu.edu.tw/mems5400
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