Sessional Instructor: ENGG 311 - Engineering Thermodynamics (Calgary)

Job Overview

The Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary invites applications for a Sessional Instructor to teach ENGG 311 (Engineering Thermodynamics) in the Summer 2026 term. The course is scheduled to be delivered in-person.

Course Description

Energy, thermodynamic systems, properties and state, temperature and the zeroth law, equilibrium, properties of the pure substance, equations of state. Work, reversibility, heat, first law, specific heats, enthalpy, ideal gas, flow systems. Entropy and the second law, Carnot cycle, thermodynamic temperature scale, process efficiencies, cycles, calculation of entropy change, exergy analysis.

Course Schedule

• Lecture: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12:00 – 01:55 pm
• Lab B01: Tuesdays, 12:00 – 2:45 pm
• Lab B02: Thursdays, 12:00 – 2:45 pm
• Tutorial: Monday, Wednesday, 02:00 – 03:25 pm

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