Undergraduate Laboratory for Teaching Heat Transfer via Thermal Behavior of Electronics

这个项目建立了一个本科实验室，在这个实验室里，电子学的热行为被用作教授热传递基础知识的一种手段。使用模拟或模拟电子元件和系统的实际热特性的设备来教授基本的传热原理。本实验室为该校机械工程技术专业的传热课程提供支持。辅助用途的实验室在热力学，流体力学，和电子课程也支持。由于对更多计算能力和实时通信的需求驱动了电子封装密度的急剧增加，电子产品的热控制已成为一项关键技术。这种技术引起的传热教育的程度和特殊性对今天的技术毕业生提出了独特的要求。本项目通过向工程技术学生介绍电子设备的热控制技术来满足这些需求。由于电子热工程已被确定为美国经济竞争力的关键技术，因此该项目具有产生重大影响的潜力。

This project establishes an undergraduate laboratory in which the thermal behavior of electronics is used as a means of teaching the fundamentals of heat transfer. Essential heat transfer principles are taught using apparatuses that model or simulate actual thermal characteristics of electronic components and systems. This laboratory supports a heat transfer course required of Mechanical Engineering Technology majors at the university. Ancillary uses of the laboratory in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and electronics courses are also supported. As a result of the dramatic increase of electronic packaging densities driven by requirements for more computing power and real-time communications, thermal control of electronics has become a critical technology. The degree and specificity of heat transfer education invoked by this technology pose unique demands on today's technology graduates. This project helps satisfy those demands by introducing engineering technology students to thermal control techniques for electronic equipment. Because thermal engineering of electronics has been identified as a critical technology for the economic competitiveness of the United States, this project has the potential of having a significant impact.