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ME 598 ECO - Electronics Cooling
Fall 2022
| Title | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Cooling | ECO | 32264 | ONL | 4 | - | L. Winston Zhang |
Course Description
This course covers:
- Introduction to microelectronics packaging from chip to system levels and the challenging thermal issues. Introducing concepts such as junction temperature, heat flux density and Moore’s Law.
- Fundamentals of various heat transfer modes and fluid mechanics with applications to microelectronics cooling systems.
- Thermal design of microelectronics systems:
- Air cooling
- Liquid cooling
- Two-phase cooling
- Other advanced cooling systems
- Thermal design of microelectronics systems with heat pipe technology:
- Heat pipe theory & design
- Heat pipe manufacturing
- Heat pipe applications in microelectronics cooling systems
- Other advanced electronics cooling technologies:
- Loop heat pipe
- Loop thermosyphon
- Pulsating heat pipe
Credit Hours
4 hours
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree as well as ME310 and ME320.
Subject Area
- Mechanical Science and Engineering