KB4044 - Thermodynamics

Active learning sessions will be used to present you with new material and assist you in exploring fundamental concepts and topics within the module. Sessions will involve a combination of content delivery and practical learning exercises to enable you to apply your learning to well-defined, authentic engineering problems. A problem-solving focused curriculum will allow you to explore and understand conventional solutions and provide an opportunity for innovative discovery of alternatives. Learning activities will enable students to work collaboratively through the development of teamwork and communication skills, and the encouragement of creative thinking to solve engineering problems.

During your active learning sessions, academic support will be available to facilitate your exploration of the problem-solving activities. Formative feedback will be provided by the module team, including answering student queries and providing guidance concerning the module such as assessments and your academic progress. The electronic learning platform (eLP) provides a comprehensive resource for integrated learning incorporating learning materials and reading lists that will facilitate directed and self-directed learning. Contact with academic tutors and your peers outside formal teaching hours is encouraged through dedicated ‘office hours’, discussion boards and messaging systems within the eLP. Professional support staff, such as Ask4Help, provide the first point of contact for a range of queries, including, for example, those concerning assessment submission, late submission/extensions, and other administrative issues.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. Online reading lists (provided after enrolment) give you access to your reading material for your modules. The Library works in partnership with your module tutors to ensure you have access to the material that you need.

Knowledge & Understanding:  

MLO1. Apply knowledge and understanding of scientific principles and methodology related to solving well-defined thermodynamic problems. 

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities: 

MLO2. Use appropriate computational and analytical techniques to model well-defined thermodynamics problems. 

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA): 

MLO3. Apply creativity and curiosity to analyse well-defined thermodynamics problems reaching substantiated conclusions.

Formative Assessment

Academic staff on the module will assess you in a formative manner to help build your confidence and highlight any misunderstandings you may have of the theoretical and professional concepts presented in the module. Your formative feedback will be given to you either verbally by academic staff on the module during formally scheduled teaching sessions or using the eLP. Your formative feedback aims to help you learn and prepare for the submission of your summative assessment.

Summative Assessment

Academic staff on the module will assess you in a summative manner by two pieces of assessment;

Component 1 to assess your knowledge and understanding of the application of computational and analytical techniques within well defined thermodynamics problems (MLOs 1 and 2) through completing an industry compatible written submission.

Component 2, a timed electronic exam (competency-based challenge task), is used to assess your ability to apply creativity through computational and analytical techniques in well defined thermodynamics problems and substantiate outcomes for well-defined engineering problems meeting module learning outcomes MLOs 2 & 3.

Feedback will be provided electronically through the eLP or student email within 20 working days of the date of submission.

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This module introduces you to the laws of thermodynamics. You will investigate relationships between quantities such as heat, temperature, energy, and entropy and apply this knowledge to investigate and solve well-defined problems. The module establishes the subject of fluids and energy and forms a baseline to develop fundamental skills. Active learning sessions will be used to present you with new material and assist you in exploring fundamental concepts and topics within the module. Sessions will involve a combination of content delivery and practical learning exercises to enable you to apply your learning to constrained, but authentic, engineering problems. The module utilises the electronic learning platform (eLP) to provide a comprehensive resource for integrated learning incorporating learning materials and reading lists that will facilitate directed and self-directed learning.