• To highlight the relevance of thermo, 3 ‘themes’ have been added:  Energy & Environment, Bio…Connections, and  Horizons (emerging research areas)
• Each chapter includes at least one or more discussions in the theme areas. 
• New homework problems include problems related to the theme areas
• For example, in chapter 1 see Figs 1.2-1.4, Box p. 13 Big Hopes for Nanotechnology, end-of-chapter problems 1.3, 1.5D, 1.6D

Helps students quickly identify and learn key concepts

• Learning Objectives and related Skills Developed checklists track student understanding throughout a chapter
• Quick Quizzes following most examples require students to extend and apply recently acquired information
• Chapter Summary/Study Guide with table of key equations helps students identify important material

Improved focus on modeling and solving engineering problems

• Updates problem-solving methodology to emphasize the importance of modeling the problem (including drawing the control volume), before solving,   Sec 1.9
• Applies methodology to wind power example, Ex 1.1
• Quick Quiz, end of Ex 1.1 checks student understanding by altering problem and asking how answer might change
• Hundreds of new homework problems, many related to the high-interest themes covered in each chapter.