Teaching
A list of courses taught.
Spring 2022, The City College of New York
Instructor: Prof. Ilona Kretzschmar
ChE 229 Thermodynamics I
Spring 2021, The City College of New York
Instructor: Prof. Ilona Kretzschmar
ChE 330 Thermodynamics II
Fall 2020, The City College of New York
Instructor: Prof. Ilona Kretzschmar
ChE 229 Thermodynamics I
Spring 2020, The City College of New York
Instructor: Prof. Alex Couzis
Basic concepts and definitions. Energy and the first law. Entropy and the second law. Pure component thermodynamics and the fundamental property relation. Thermodynamics of processes. Availability. Physical Equilibrium. Introduction to microscopic thermodynamics. The third law.
ChE 330 Thermodynamics II - CurriculumPartial molar quantities. Thermodynamics of solutions. Activities and fugacities. Modeling of thermodynamic parameters. Chemical reaction equilibrium. The free energy minimization procedure for complex chemical reactions.