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So does statistical mechanics (SM in your post); it is not restricted to computing partition functions and what can be deduced from it.Andy Resnick said:SM is currently able to only generate results for time-independent (equilibrium) systems. The partition function, in particular, does not depend on time. Thermo*dynamics* is not thermo*statics*. Thermodynamics does allow for time-dependent non-equilibrium systems
See the later chapters of Reichl's Modern Course in Statistical Mechanics, where, for example, the Boltzmann equation (and from that, the Navier-Stokes equations) are derived from statistical mechanics. At least the Navier-Stokes equation counts as nonequilibrium thermodynamics, as it relates thermodynamic quantities varying in space and time.