ChEn/MEEn 522 Schedule 2026

(Subject to change)


Class Day Date Topic Reading HW due
1 W 7-Jan Syllabus, introduction Chp 1
2 F 9-Jan Combustion basics, flames Chp 1
3 M 12-Jan Energy, pollutants Chp 2
4 W 14-Jan Thermochemistry, stoichiometry Chp 2
5 F 16-Jan Mixture fraction Chp 2 1
M 19-Jan Holiday
6 W 21-Jan Adiabatic flame temperatures Chp 2
7 F 23-Jan Equilibrium Chp 2
8 M 26-Jan Equilibrium Chp 2
9 W 28-Jan Engines and fuels Chp 17
10 F 30-Jan Engines and fuels Chp 17
11 M 2-Feb Mass transfer Chp 3,7
12 W 4-Feb Mass transfer Chp 3,7
13 F 6-Feb Kinetics Chp 4
14 M 9-Feb Kinetic mechanisms Chp 5
15 W 11-Feb NOx Chp 5,15
16 F 13-Feb Review
17 T 17-Feb Exam 1
18 W 18-Feb Pollutant emissions Chp 15
19 F 20-Feb Canonical reactors Chp 6
20 M 23-Feb Cantera, applications Chp 6
21 W 25-Feb Conservation equations Chp 7
22 F 27-Feb Conservation equations Chp 7
23 M 2-Mar Conserved scalar Chp 7
24 W 4-Mar WSSCI
25 F 6-Mar Premixed flames Chp 8
26 M 9-Mar Premixed flames, flame speed Chp 8
27 W 11-Mar Flammability, ignition Chp 8
28 F 13-Mar Diffusion flames Chp 9
29 M 16-Mar Review
30 W 18-Mar Exam 2
F 20-Mar Spring Break
31 M 23-Mar Soot formation Chp 9
32 W 25-Mar Soot formation Chp 9
33 F 27-Mar Turbulence Chp 11
34 M 30-Mar Turbulence Chp 11
35 W 1-Apr Turbulent premixed flames Chp 12
36 F 3-Apr Turbulent diffusion flames, demonstration Chp 13
37 M 6-Apr Radiation
38 W 8-Apr Radiation
39 F 10-Apr Detonation Chp 16
40 M 13-Apr Droplets and sprays Chp 10
41 W 15-Apr Review
Final