Materials Science & Engineering

• ENG MS 582: Mechanical Behavior of Materials
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (ENGME309 & ENGME400) or equivalent - Fundamental concepts of modern materials behavior and materials engineering. Emphasis on analytical and numerical methods for predicting material properties and behavior, as well as some discussion of the relationships between solid structure and material properties. Topics include: constitutive relations, fracture, fatigue, plasticity, creep, damping, impact, and deformation. Elastic, plastic, and viscous behavior. Some discussion of the effects of processing--thermodynamics, kinetics--may be addressed. Specific examples from ceramics, metals, polymers, and composites is given, with the emphasis changing for each offering. Same as ENG ME 582. Students may not receive credits for both.
• ENG MS 700: Advanced Special Topics
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. - Advanced study of a specific research topic in materials science and engineering. Intended primarily for advanced graduate students.
• ENG MS 726: Fundamentals of Biomaterials
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (ENGEK301 & ENGEK424 & CASCH101 & CASCH102 & ENGBE209) - Provides the chemistry and engineering skills needed to solve challenges in the biomaterials and tissue engineering area, concentrating on the fundamental principles in biomedical engineering, material science, and chemistry. Covers the structure and properties of hard materials (ceramics and metals) and soft materials (polymers and hydro-gels). Same as ENG BE 526, ENG BE 726, ME 726. Students may not receive credit for both.
• ENG MS 727: Principles and Applications of Tissue Engineering
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (ENGEK301 & ENGEK424 & CASCH101 & CASCH102 & ENGBE209) - Provides the chemistry and engineering skills needed to solve challenges in the biomaterials and tissue engineering area, concentrating on cell-biomaterial interactions, soft tissue mechanics and specific research topics. Students will write a NIH-style grant proposal on a specific research topic. Note that the laboratory portion is not offered in MS 727. Same as ENG BE 527, ENG BE 727, ENG ME 727. Students may not receive credit for both.
• ENG MS 736: Biomedical Transport Phenomena
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (ENGBE436) - Students are introduced to the analysis and characterization of physiological systems and biomedical devices in which chemical reaction and the transport of mass and momentum play predominant roles. Fundamental scientific issues and analytical techniques are introduced and applied to case studies of specific engineering problems. Some knowledge of a high-level computer programming language is essential. A two-hour computer lab is required.
• ENG MS 774: Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Photonic Devices
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (ENGEK500) or equivalent, knowledge of stochastic processes, or consent of the in structor. - Optical properties of semiconductors: interband optical transitions; excitons. Low-dimensional structures: quantum wells, superlattices, quantum wires, quantum dots, and their optical properties; intersubband transitions. Lasers: double-heterojunction, quantum-well, quantum-dot, and quantum-cascade lasers; high-speed laser dynamics. Electro-optical properties of bulk and low-dimensional semiconductors; electroabsorption modulators. Detectors: photoconductors and photodiodes; quantum-well infrared photodetectors. Same as ENG EC 774. Students may not receive credit for both.
• ENG MS 781: Electroceramics
  This course will explore the structure property relationships and phenomena in ceramic materials used in electronic, dielectric, ferroelectric, magnetic, and electrochemical applications. In particular we will discover how to functionalize a component for a particular application- a capacitor, a thermistor, actuator, or a fuel cell. Such a discovery process demands an in-depth understanding of the roles and interrelationships between the crystal structure, defect chemistry, microstructure, and texture in such materials. Statistical thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and solid mechanics principles will be used as and when necessary in the course. The course is intended to fit in the space and act as a bridge between solid state theory where the emphasis is largely on theory and a ceramic materials course where the emphasis is largely on processing. Same as ENG ME 781. Students may not receive credits for both.
• ENG MS 782: Advanced Materials Characterization
  This course will discuss the characterization of materials' atomic and electronic structure. Atomic structure evaluation by x-ray diffraction, selected area- and convergent-beam electron diffraction; microstructure evaluation by transmission electron microscopy, principles of bright-field, dark-field and weak-beam imaging; principles of analytical electron microscopy using EDS, WDS, AES; study of chemical and bonding states by EELS, Raman spectroscopy and XPS/ESCA; laser-based non-destructive evaluation of mechanical properties of materials. Characterization methods for semiconductors include the study of point defects by electron paramagnetic resonance, of transport properties by magnetoresistance and Hall effect, of recombination phenomena by photoluminescennce and of junction properties by capacitance-voltage methods.
• ENG MS 810: PhD Internship in Material Science & Engineering
  Graduate Prerequisites: Permission of advisor and an approved internship offer; at least two c omplete semesters in the SE PhD program. - This course provides MSE PhD students the opportunity to include a paid internship as part of their professional training. The internship must be related to the student's are of study. International students require CPT authorization. Written summary required. Graded P/F. Prerequisite: Permission of advisor and an approved internship offer; at least two complete semesters in the MSE PhD program. Full-time (30-40 hours/week for at least 12 weeks) = 4 credits; part-time (15-20 hours/week for at least 12 weeks) = 2 credits.
• ENG MS 900: PhD Research
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Graduate standing. - Graduate Prerequisites: Restricted to pre-prospectus PhD students. - Participation in a research project under the direction of a faculty advisor leading to the preparation and defense of a PhD prospectus.
• ENG MS 925: No Longer Offered
  No longer offered
• ENG MS 951: Independent Study
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: By petition only - Graduate students may study, under a faculty member's supervision, subjects not covered in a regularly offered course. Final report and/or written examination normally required.
• ENG MS 952: MS Mentored Project
  Students who are pursuing a project to satisfy their practicum requirement for the MS without Thesis and MEng degrees will register for up to 4 credits of this course. The course may be taken more than once up to four credits (ex. two credits in Fall, two credits in Spring). Students will select a suitable project, with a mentor, that can be completed in 4 credits. The Graduate Committee must approve all proposed projects. Each student must write a project report at the end of the course that will be graded P/F by their project mentor.
• ENG MS 954: MS Thesis
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Graduate standing. - Graduate Prerequisites: Restricted to MS students by petition only. - Participation in a research project under the direction of a faculty advisor leading to the preparation of an original MS thesis. For students pursuing an MS thesis to satisfy the practicum requirement for the MS degree.
• ENG MS 991: PhD Dissertation
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Graduate standing. - Graduate Prerequisites: MS 900; restricted to post-prospectus PhD students. - Participation in a research project under the direction of a faculty advisor leading to the preparation and defense of an original PhD dissertation.