Wiki assignments

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One part of your contribution to this course will be the development of a set of wiki pages related to heat transfer physics. You will have a small task to do every week or two.

If you don't know what a wiki is, check out the granddaddy of them all, Wikipedia. A wiki draws upon the knowledge of many people to create a web of informative documents. The novel aspect of the wiki is that it's internet base allows many people to edit the same document. Prof. Michalek is currently developing a wiki related to his research interests.

The best way to learn how to make a wiki page is to make one. There are lots of examples to be found online of how to make equations, figures, tables, etc.

[edit] Task 1: First Page

Due: March 27, 2007, Value: 10 points

In the first class we discussed the concepts of

1. Miller: Conduction

2. Lerner: Convection

3. Thomas: Radiation

4. Turney: Solid

5. Karanjgaokar: Liquid

6. Ryan: Gas

7. Landry: Vapor

8. Zink: Phonon

9. Photon

10. Nitin: Fluid Particle

McGaughey: Electron

There are 10 terms, and 10 students in the class. You have a number assigned to you in class. You are responsible for making a wiki page on that topic by the due date (start by clicking on the link above). Add your name to the number above, as I have done for electron. Include introductory information using what we discussed in class, things you learned in other classes, reference books, the internet, etc. Be sure to reference all your sources. The content should be appropriate for an undergraduate mechanical engineering student with some exposure to heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics. Try to include a few equations, some figures, etc. and make links to the other NTPwiki pages. Your grade will be based on both the content and visual appearance of the wiki page.

[edit] Task 2: Page Editing

Due: April 5, 2007, Value: 10 points

Revise/modify/add to the wiki page corresponding to the second number given to you in class. Include some more advanced information. Make links around words/terms that you feel deserve their own page. Add figures. You should consult with the original author. The final grade for each wiki page will given to both people who worked on it. Also feel free to look at the other pages and offer suggestions on what should be included. McGaughey has already done this, and left comments on the pages.