MSE 327: Transport Phenomena, Fall 2014, 3 Credits

MEETING TIMES:
9:05-9:55 MWF, Olin Hall, Room 200
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Konstantin (Kostya) Kornev
Phone: (864) 656-6541
Office: 295 Sirrine Hall
E-mail: kkornev@clemson.edu
Office Hours: M, 2pm 3pm, or by email appointment.
Specific goals for the course:
1. To provide students with an understanding of energy and mass transport related to materials and
processing operations.
2. To teach students how to perform simple transport calculations for basic materials processes such
diffusion of chemical and heat flow during chemical reactions.
3. To develop problem-solving skills.
Expected outcomes:
1. Given the data on geometry and diffusional/thermal characteristics students should be able to
calculate diffusion/heat flow.
2. Given the data on geometry, mass flow characteristics students should be able to calculate fluid
flow over an object, and diffusion characteristics.
3. Students should be able to produce elementary designs of absorbers and heat resistors.
4. Students should understand the three heat transport mechanisms, and know when and how to use
all three.
Criterion 3 outcomes:
This course addresses the following outcomes listed in Criterion 3:
(c)
An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic
constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,
manufacturability, and sustainability.
(h)
The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,
economic, environmental, and societal context.
TOPICS COVERED:
1. Mass diffusion.
2. Heat conduction
3. Advection/Convection
4. A brief introduction to fluid mechanics
5. A brief introduction to rheology
6.

RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 6th Edition
Frank P. Incropera, University of Notre Dame
David P. DeWitt, Purdue University
Theodore L. Bergman, University of Connecticut
Adrienne S. Lavine, University of California Los Angeles
ISBN: 978-0-471-45728-2
2007, 1024 pages
URL: http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle.rdr?productCd=0471457280
BENNY LAUTRUP
Physics of Continuous Matter: Exotic and Everyday Phenomena in the Macroscopic World
Publisher: Taylor & Francis; 1 edition (October 2004)
ISBN-13: 978-0750307529
URL: http://www.lautrup.nbi.dk/continuousmatter2/

RONALD L. FOURNIER
Basic Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering,
Publisher: CRC Press; 3 edition (August 26, 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-1439826706
URL: http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Transport-Phenomena-BiomedicalEngineering/dp/1439826706
GENERAL CLASS POLICY:
You are expected to attend every class.
If you miss an exam, you will take a zero unless you have a documented medical or other
extraordinary reason.
No food is allowed in the classroom. Bottled water is allowed in the classroom.
No cell phones (turned off or on vibrate is fine). Do not answer your phone.
During lecture, you are expected to give your complete attention to the lecturer. Any breach of
that will result in your dismissal from class.
GRADING POLICY:
Homework
Term paper
Two in-class exams
Final examination
Attendance

WEIGHTING FACTOR
10 %
OR
15 %
20 % 2
30 %
5%

25%
N/A
20 % 2
30 %
5%

HOMEWORK:
The homework will be assigned and collected at the beginning of the class on Fridays.
Late homework will not be credited.
Unclaimed or uncollected homework will be retained by the professor for one week after which
they may be destroyed.
TERM PAPER:
Both sections will be split onto groups of 3 or 4 students in each.
Each team will prepare a term paper, not less than 10 pages long.
The paper should cover the topics related to this course.

Students should pick the topic by themselves and consult with instructors to be sure that a broad
spectrum of problems will be covered by two sections.
Each team should submit the title and author names by October 31, just before the fall break.
The final paper should be submitted by Monday, November 24th.

EXAMS:
Two exams will cover heat and mass transfer with elements of radiation heat transfer. The final exam
will cover all topics. We hold open book policy. To make up the exam, you must submit the evidence
of extraordinary circumstances.
TEST APPEALS POLICY:
Each student has the right to appeal the grading of any of his/her test problems.
A written appeal on separate sheet(s) of paper should be submitted within 1 week from the
receipt of the scored test. NO marks are to be made on the original test.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Attendance is expected and required. Tardiness may be counted as absence unless corrected. Students
are responsible for any missing class info due to absence. Any in-class work missed due to absence
may not be made up.
If you miss three or more classes, which are unexcused, the instructor may drop you.
CLASS PARTICIPATION
Ask questions ANYTIME during class; we are all here to learn.
It is requested that general questions regarding course content be posed DURING class hours;
this is beneficial for all.
Special problems of personal, interpretive or argumentative nature should be addressed during
office hours.
PROTOCOL SPECIALS
Should the instructor be more than 15 minutes late, class is automatically dismissed.
Make-up arrangements will be made during the following class period.
In the event the instructor must be absent because of an emergency or travel, make-up or
substitute arrangements will be made.
REQUIRED STATEMENTS:
Academic Integrity
As members of the Clemson University community, we have inherited Thomas Green Clemsons vision
of this institution as a high seminary of learning. Fundamental to this vision is a mutual commitment to
truthfulness, honor, and responsibility, without which we cannot earn the trust and respect of others.
Furthermore, we recognize that academic dishonesty detracts from the value of a Clemson degree.
Therefore, we shall not tolerate lying, cheating, or stealing in any form.
When, in the opinion of a faculty member, there is evidence that a student has committed an act of
academic dishonesty, the faculty member shall make a formal written charge of academic dishonesty,
including a description of the misconduct, to the Associate Dean for Curriculum in the Office of

Undergraduate Studies. At the same time, the faculty member may, but is not required to, inform each
involved student privately of the nature of the alleged charge.
Examinations
"The standing of a student in his/her work at the end of a semester is based upon daily classwork, tests or
other work, and final examinations. "
Posting of Grades
"The United States Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibit the public distribution of grades
or graded work. This is commonly understood to include posting grades by student names, initials, or
student social security number. It is also understood to include placing of graded material in a public
place where students go through the material to find their own graded work."
Emergency procedures
"Emergency procedures have been posted in all buildings and on all elevators. Students should be
reminded to review these procedures for their own safety."
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
"Students with disabilities who need accommodations should make an appointment with Arlene Stewart,
Director of Student Disability Services, to discuss specific needs within the first month of classes.
Students should present a Faculty Accommodation Letter from Student Disabilities Services when they
meet. Student Disability Services is located in G-20 Redfern (telephone number: 656-6848; e-mail: sdsl@clemson.edu). Please be aware that accommodations are not retroactive and new Faculty
Accommodation Letters must be presented each semester."
Relationship of course to program objectives: Educational Objectives of the MSE Department: a and j.