Development Of Software Applications For Thermodynamics Related Courses: The Thermoview Project

The College of New Jersey and the University of Missouri are collaborating on a NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement proof-of-concept grant to develop educational software for use in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and thermal systems courses. The THERMOVIEW software is being designed within the LabVIEW programming environment. It is hoped that by making use of the visual environment of THERMOVIEW and LabVIEW that students will gain greater insights into the processes involved and the flavor, if not the actual feel, of how systems behave in the real world. The purpose of this paper and presentation will be to provide an overview of the project to date and a description of current evaluation results.