Radiative Transfer

Calendar

Lec #	Topics	Key Dates
Week 1
1	Review of Basic Thermal Radiation Concepts, Blackbody Radiation
2	View Factor, Simple Radiative Transfer
Week 2
3	Radiative Transfer in Enclosures
4	Radiative Transfer in Enclosures (cont.)
Week 3
5	EM Waves	Problem set 1 due
Week 4
6	EM Wave Modeling of Surfaces
7	EM Wave Modeling of Thin Films
Week 5
8	EM Wave Modeling of Particles	Problem set 2 due
9	Scattering Properties of Particulates
Week 6
10	Dielectric Properties of Solid, Drude Model
11	Lorentz Model
Week 7
12	Radiative Properties of Gases	Problem set 3 due
13	Radiative Properties of Gases (cont.)
Week 8
14	First Mid-term (In-class, Open Book)
15	Equation of Radiative Transfer in Participating Media
Week 9
16	Solution of ERT for One-dimensional Gray Media	Problem set 4 due
17	Discrete Ordinate Method
Week 10
18	Spherical Harmonics Method
Week 11
19	Approximate Solutions	Problem set 5 due
20	Monte Carlo Simulation
Week 12
21	Presentation and Discussion on Global Warming
22	Near Field Thermal Radiation, Fluctuation-dissipation Theory
Week 13
23	Near Field Thermal Radiation	Problem set 6 due
24	Solar Cells	Take-home mid-term 2 out
Week 14
25	Coherent Radiation Source, Lasers	Take-home mid-term 2 due
26	Laser Materials Interactions