Thermodynamics Lectures and Courses
Thermodynamics can be real trouble if you don’t know your basics well. Here are some Lectures That can help you understand Thermodynamics in-depth.
The courses can be used for Undergraduate as well as postgraduate students.
1. Walter Lewin
Walter Lewin’s MIT physics lectures are amazing. All the concepts are clearly explained. The practical demonstrations in the lectures are really going to make you fall in love with Physics.
2. MIT Thermodynamics from Statistical Mechanics
First four videos of this playlist are thermodynamics and they are the best videos for thermodynamics in the world.
3. Yale Physics
Yale Physics is one of the most high-level physics courses for Physics beginners. The content of this course is really good. The professor covers all the relevant topics that are required and he will cover a lot more interesting topics that will broaden your mind.
4. Intro to Thermodynamics, UCI
This is a complete Thermodynamics course by UCI. If you are interested in this or it is a part of your curriculum in engineering then you should do it.
5. SBCCPhysics
SBCC Physics is another college-level physics course that you can do to understand physics. The special thing about this one is that it is detailed, more like tuition than a lecture series. You will learn many things including problem-solving tricks
Video Number 6th to 15th is for Thermodynamics
6. Lecture Series on Basic Thermodynamics by Prof.S.K. Som, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
Here is a detailed Thermodynamics course for Engineering students. NPTEL courses are one of the most detailed and in-depth courses in the world. You can do this if it is a part of your curriculum.
Online Courses for Thermodynamics
This course provides an introduction to the most powerful engineering principles you will ever learn – Thermodynamics: the science of transferring energy from one place or form to another place or form. We will introduce the tools you need to analyze energy systems from solar panels, to engines, to insulated coffee mugs. More specifically, we will cover the topics of mass and energy conservation principles; first law analysis of control mass and control volume systems; properties and behavior of pure substances; and applications to thermodynamic systems operating at steady-state conditions.
Details of the course –
- University – University of Michigan
- Free option (without certificate) – Available
- Platform – Coursera
- Subtitles – Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
- Time – 16 hrs
- How cool is this course? – (4/5)
- Prerequisite – Basic Physics and Chemistry
This specialization was developed for the mechanical or aerospace engineering advanced undergraduate graduate or graduate student who already has a strong background in undergraduate engineering thermodynamics and is ready to tackle the underlying fundamentals of the subject. It is designed for those entering advanced fields such as combustion, high-temperature gas dynamics, environmental sciences, or materials processing, or who wish to build a background for understanding advanced experimental diagnostic techniques in these or similar fields. It covers the relationship between macroscopic and microscopic thermodynamics and derives properties for gases, liquids, and solids. It also covers non-equilibrium behavior as found in kinetic theory and chemical kinetics. The main innovation is the use of the postulatory approach to introducing fundamental concepts and the very clear connection between macroscopic and macroscopic thermodynamics. By introducing basic ideas using postulates, students are given a very straightforward way to think about important concepts, including entropy and temperature, ensembles and quantum mechanics.
Details of the course –
- University – University of Colorado Boulder
- Free option (without certificate) – Available
- Platform – Coursera
- Subtitles – English, Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, Spanish
- Time – 32-36 Hrs
- How cool is this course? – (4/5)
- Prerequisite – College level Physics and Quantum Mechanics
This introductory physical chemistry course examines the connections between molecular properties and the behavior of macroscopic chemical systems.
Details of the course –
- University – University of Minnesota
- Free option (without certificate) – Available
- Platform – Coursera
- Subtitles – Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
- Time – 25 Hrs
- How cool is this course? – (4/5)
- Prerequisite – College level Physics and Quantum Mechanics
This short course from the University of Hull offers a short introduction to the fundamentals of thermodynamics – the branch of physics that deals with heat and its relation to energy.
Both science and engineering revolve around the nature of energy and energy exchange.
Whether you’re working on a small or industrial scale, it’s important to know the effects of pressure, temperature, and heat, as well as be able to accurately predict what will happen when these states change.
On this course, you’ll get to grips with the ideal and non-ideal conditions for thermodynamics.
You’ll consider how these conditions inform what we know about energy and how they can help us predict whether a chemical reaction will happen.
Details of the course
- University – University of Hull
- Free option (without certificate) – Not Available
- Platform – Futurelearn
- Time – 10 Hrs
- How cool is this course? – (4/5)
- Prerequisite – N.A.
Life exists in a world constrained by the laws of physics and chemistry. Life is still distinct from the physical world, and this course explores why. The answer lies in the fundamentally biological phenomenon of adaptation. Physics of life thermodynamics is the first of a series of four courses that deal with this question. Physics of light thermodynamics considers such questions as the thermodynamic definition of life, how metabolism works, the thermodynamics of the origin of life, and the thermodynamics of ecology and community structure.
This is not your standard approach to physics. The course is not heavily mathematical and is geared towards how biology exploits physics in the service of adaptation.
Details of the course –
- Creator – Scott Turner
- Free option (without certificate) – Not Available
- Platform – Udemy
- Time – 4 Hr
- How cool is this course? – (4/5)
- Prerequisite – N.A.
The Creator of this course has mentioned –
” What sets this course apart from others is the number of worked examples. Being an instructor of Thermodynamics for many years, I understand the need for examples. So many instructors simply show a solution to a problem or only solve it halfway and just assume the student knows how to finish it.
This used to be one of my biggest frustrations as a student so I can relate when I hear today’s students complain about this. To prevent this frustration, this course has many, many fully-worked example problems in a range of difficulty levels. I also don’t assume you know more than you do. We start with the basics and work our way up to more complex material.
Now, what good is learning material if you can’t check your understanding, right? To assist with this, quiz problems are provided throughout the course. To check your work, video solutions of each quiz are provided.
In addition, the outline of the notes I use in the videos is provided as a downloadable file to help you follow along during the course. “
Details of the course –
- Creator – Cherish Qualls
- Free option (without certificate) – Not Available
- Platform – Udemy
- Time – 20 hrs approx.
- How cool is this course? – (4/5)
- Prerequisite – Mechanical Engineering