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Worrell, Winey. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Undergraduate Curriculum Chair and Instructor. Review of fundamental thermodynamic laws and criteria for equilibrium. Reaction equilibria in multicomponent systems. Free energies of mixing solutions, liquids, solids, and polymers. Binary and ternary phase diagrams. Surfaces and interfaces.
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Faculty. Prerequisite(s): Freshman physics; MEAM 354 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Engineering is progressing to ever smaller scales, enabling new technologies, materials, devices, and applications. Mechanics enters a new regime where the role of surfaces, interfaces, defects, material property variations, and quantum effects play more dominant roles. This course will provide an introduction to nano-scale mechanics and tribology at interfaces, and the critical role these topics play in the developing area of nanoscience and nanotechnology. We will discuss how mechanics and tribology at interfaces become integrated with the fields of materials science, chemistry, physics, and biology at this scale. We will cover a variety of concepts and applications, drawing connections to both established and new approaches. We will discuss the limits of continuum mechanics and present newly developed theories and experiments tailored to describe micro- and nano-scale phenomena. We will emphasize specific applications throughout the course. Literature reviews, critical peer discussion, individual and team problem assignments, a laboratory project, and student presentations will be assigned as part of the course.
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3.00 Credits
Chen. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Undergraduate Curriculum Chair and Instructor. The atomic structure of condensed matter is dependent upon temperature, pressure, thermal history and other variables. In this course, the science of such structural transitions is treated. The topics discussed include introduction to statistical mechanics, theory of nucleation and growth kinetics, solidification, diffusionless solid state transformations, and microscopic theory of phase transition.
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3.00 Credits
Vitek. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Undergraduate Curriculum Chair and Instructor. Elastic and plastic behavior of materials. Stress, strain, anisotropic Hook's law, equations of elasticity; solution of selected stress distribution problems plane elasticity. Yield criteria. Fracture criteria. Microscopic mechanisms of plasticity and fracture, dislocation theory.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the corrosion principles and the engineering methods used to minimize and prevent corrosion. Metals and alloys are emphasized because these are the materials in which corrosion is the most prevalent. Aqueous environments are also emphasized these are the common corrosion conditions. In the first half of the course, the impact and electrochemical nature of corroare described, and then the corrosion fundamentals (electrochemical reactions, phase (pourbaix) diagrams, aqueous corrosion kinetics, passivity, and high-temperature oxidation) are emphasized. The forms of corrosion (galvanic, pitting and crevice, environmentally induced cracking) and corrosio in the human body (for example, surgical implants and prosthetic devices) and in other selective environments (concrete, seawater, and water solutions conta dissolved salts, sulfur, and bacteria) are also described in the second half
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3.00 Credits
Atom Mod in Mats Science
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3.00 Credits
Bonnell. Prerequisite(s): MSE 360 or MSE 560. This course will focus on the processing of inorganic materials used as ceramics. The physical interactions in processes specific to the formation of ceramics are examined; e.g., fractionation, disperison forces in compacts, sintering, etc. Structure and properties of amorphous oxides and devitrification to form glass ceramics will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): MSE 360 or MSE 560 and a good foundation in solid state physics are prerequisites for this class. This course will focus on the properties of inorganic compounds considered to be ceramics. Optical, dielectric and magnetic properties of oxides are treated in depth and illustrated with laboratory demonstrations and experiments. Strategies for mechanical property optimization are examined.
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3.00 Credits
Fischer. Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate physics and math thru modern physics and differential equations. Failures of classical physics and the historical basis for quantum theory. Postulates of wave mechanics; uncertainty principle, wave packets and wave-particle duality. Schrodinger equation and operators; eigenvalue problems in 1 and 3 dimensions (barriers, wells, hydrogen, atom). Perturbation theory; scattering of particles and light. Free electron theory of metals; Drude and Sommerfeld models, dispersion relations and optical properties of solids. Extensive use of computer-aided self-study will be made.
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3.00 Credits
Fischer. Prerequisite(s): MSE 570 or equivalent. Failures of free electron theory. Crystals and the reciprocal lattice wave propagation in periodic media; Bloch's theorem. One-electron band structure models: nearly free electrons, tight binding. Semiclassical dynamics and transport. Cohesive energy, lattic dynamic and phonons. Dielectric properties of insulators. Homeogenous semiconductors and p-n junctions. Experimental probes of solid state phenomena; photoemission, energy loss spectroscopy, neturon scattering. As time permits, special topics selected from the following: correlation effects, semiconductor alloys and heterostructures, amorphous semiconductors, electro-active polymers.
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