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  • 1.00 Credits

    3100. Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory II. 1 hour. Sequel laboratory designed to continue to introduce students to some of the most common materials testing and characterization methods. Topics will include differential scanning calorimetry, rheology, powder processing and sintering, density, scanning electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction. Prerequisite(s) : Materials Science and Engineering Lab I (MTSE 3090).
  • 3.00 Credits

    4010. Physical Metallurgy. 3 hours. Physical metallurgy principles with a focus on understanding structure-property relationships in metals and alloys. Topics include structure, dislocations, mechanical behavior, grain boundaries, annealing, recrystalization, grain growth, diffusion, phase diagrams, transformations, strengthening mechanisms, fatigue, creep and fracture. Emphasis on the basic structure-property-processing relationships in metals and how they differ from otehr material classes. Prerequisite(s) : Thermodynamics course (MTSE 3030), Bonding and Structure course (MTSE 3010), Transport Phenomena in Materials course (MTSE 3040) course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    4020. Materials in Medicine. 3 hours. The science and engineering of materials having medical applications. Provide students with an understanding of the challenges that materials (metals, polymers, and ceramics) face/create during short- and long-term contact with mammalian physiology. To develop the student's understanding of the relationships controlling acceptance or failure of a given material in the body. Expose students to strategies used in current in future biomaterials. Prerequisite(s) : Bonding and structure course (MTSE 3010), Mechanical Properties of Materials course (MTSE 3050).
  • 3.00 Credits

    4030. Ceramics Science and Engineering. 3 hours. Emphasis on structure-property relationships : chemical bonding, crystal structures, crystal chemistry, electrical properties, thermal behavior, defect chemistry. Processing topics : powder preparation, sol-gel synthesis, densification, toughening mechanisms. Materials topics : glasses, dielectrics, superconductors, aerogels. Prerequisite(s) : Bonding and Structure course (MTSE 3010), Microstructure and characterization of materials course (MTSE 3020), Transport and Phenomena in Materials course (MTSE 3040) course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    4040. Computational Materials Science. 3 hours. Introduction to the basic principles used to simulate, model and visualize the structure and properties of materials. Topics will include the various methods used at different length and time scales ranging from the atomistic to the macroscopic. Prerequisite(s) : Bonding and structure course (MTSE 3010), Thermodynamics course (MTSE 3030), Differential equations (MATH 3310).
  • 3.00 Credits

    4050. Polymer Science and Engineering. 3 hours. Chemical structures, polymerization, molar masses, chain conformations. Rubber elasticity, polymer solutions, glassy state and aging. Mechanical properties, fracture mechanics and viscoelasticity. Dielectric properties. Polymer liquid crystals. Semi-crystalline polymers, polymer melts, rheology and processing. Thermal analysis, microscopy, diffractometry and spectroscopy of polymers. Computer simulations of polymer-based materials. Prerequisite(s) : Engineering Materials (ENGR 3450).
  • 3.00 Credits

    4060. Materials Science and Performance. 3 hours. Integration of structure, properties, processing and performance principles to formulate and implement solutions to materials engineering problems. Prerequisite(s) : Thermodynamics course (MTSE 3030), Transport Phenomena in Materials course (MTSE 3040), Mechanical Properties of Materials course (MTSE 3050).
  • 3.00 Credits

    4070. Electronic Materials. 3 hours. Intensive study of electroconic, optical and magnetic properties of materials with an emphasis on the fundamental physics and chemistry associated with these materials systems. Prerequisite(s) : Engineering Materials (ENGR 3450), Differential equations (MATH 3310).
  • 2.00 Credits

    4090. Senior Research Project I. 2 hours. Designed to provide students with experience in research and development. Students will pick a faculty mentor for this class and will attend bi-weekly meetings with other students to discuss progress, strategies, outcomes, etc. This first semester is designed primarily for the students to do a literature survey on the selected topic and a research plan that they will initiate either late in the semester or follow-on course in the subsequent semester. Prerequisite(s) : Bonding and Structures (MTSE 3010), Thermodynamics and Phase Diagrams (MTSE 3030), Mechanical Properties (MTSE), Electrical, Optical, and, Magnetic Properties (MTSE 3070), Microstructure and Characterization (MTSE 3020), Transport Phenomena (MTSE 3040), Materials Processing (MTSE 3080).
  • 2.00 Credits

    4100. Senior Research Project II. 2 hours. Follow-on course from MTSE 4090 Senior Research Project I. Students will continue to work with the same faculty mentor for this class and will continue to attend bi-weekly meetings with the others students to discuss progress, strategies, outcomes, etc. This second semester is designed primarily for the students to perform the proposed research plan established in the previous semester (in MTSE 4090). Prerequisite(s) : Senior Research Project I (MTSE 4090).
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