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and toughness. Macroscopic and microstructural
aspects of brittle and ductile fracture mechanics,
creep and fatigue phenomena. Case studies used
throughout, including flow and fracture of structural
alloys, polymers, hybrid materials, composite
materials, ceramics, and electronic materials
devices. Materials reliability and fracture prevention
emphasized.
MSAE E4250x Ceramics and composites
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisites or corequisites: MSAE E3142 and
E3104, or instructor’s permission. The course
will cover some of the fundamental processes of
atomic diffusion, sintering and microstructural evolution,
defect chemistry, ionic transport, and electrical
properties of ceramic materials. Following this,
we will examine applications of ceramic materials,
specifically, ceramic thick and thin film materials in
the areas of sensors and energy conversion/storage
devices such as fuel cells, and batteries. The
course work level assumes that the student has
already taken basic courses in the thermodynamics
of materials, diffusion in materials, and crystal
structures of materials.
MSAE E4301x and y Materials science
laboratory
1–3 pts. Members of the faculty.
Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission. Materials
science laboratory work so conducted as to fulfill
particular needs of special students.
MSAE E4990x and y Special topics in
materials science and engineering
1–3 pts. Instructor to be announced.
Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission. This course
may be repeated for credit. Topics and instructors
change from year to year. For advanced undergraduate
students and graduate students in engineering,
physical sciences, and other fields.
MSAE E4999x or y–S4999 Curricular
practical training
1 pt. Members of the faculty.
Prerequisite: Internship and approval from
adviser must be obtained in advance. Only for
master’s students in the Department of Applied
Physics and Applied Mathematics who may need
relevant work experience as part of their program
of study. Final report required. This course may not
be taken for pass/fail or audited.
MSAE E6020y Electronic ceramics
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Structure and bonding of ceramics and glasses.
Point defects and diffusion. Electronic and ionic
conduction. Dielectric, ferroelectric, magnetic, and
optical ceramics.
MSAE E6081x Solid state physics, I
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Pinczuk.
Prerequisite: APPH E3100 or equivalent. Knowledge
of statistical physics on the level of MSAE E3111 or
PHYS G4023 strongly recommended. Crystal structure;
reciprocal lattices; classification of solids; lattice
dynamics; anharmonic effects in crystals; stress and
strain; classical electron models of metals; and periodic,
nearly periodic, and more advanced analysis of
electron band structure.
MSAE E6082y Solid state physics, II
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Kim.
Prerequisite: MSAE E6081 or instructor’s permission.
Semiclassical and quantum mechanical electron
dynamics and conduction; dielectric properties
of insulators; semiconductors; defects; magnetism;
superconductivity; low-dimensional structures; and
soft matter.
MSAE E6085x Computing the electronic
structure of complex materials
3 pts. Lect: 3. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisite: APPH E3100 or equivalent. Basics
of density functional theory (DFT) and its application
to complex materials. Computation of
electronics and mechanical properties of materials.
Group theory, numerical methods, basis
sets, computing, and running open source DFT
codes. Problem sets and a small project.
MSAE E6091y Magnetism and magnetic
materials
3 pts. Lect. 3. Professor Bailey.
Prerequisite: MSAE E4206, APPH E6081, or
equivalent. Types of magnetism. Band theory of ferromagnetism.
Magnetic metals, insulators, and semiconductors.
Magnetic nanostructures: ultrathin films,
superlattices, and particles. Surface magnetism and
spectroscopies. High speed magnetization dynamics.
Spin electronics. Offered in alternate years.
MSAE E6120x Grain boundaries and interfaces
3 pts. Lect: 2. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisites: the instructor’s permission.
Suggested background: basic knowledge of
materials science, dislocations and point defects.
The course gives an overview of the classic
approaches in studying grain boundaries. Topics
include boundary geometry and structure, boundary
interactions with crystal defects, boundaries
as short-circuit diffusion paths, applications of
boundary concepts to interfaces, and roles of grain
boundaries in material properties and in kinetic
phenomena in polycrystalline materials.
MSAE E6220x Crystal physics
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisite: MSAE E4206 or instructor’s permission.
The course develops the idea of a tensor and
applies it to stress and, together with considerations
of crystal symmetry, to the study of the physical
constants of crystals, such as diamagnetic and
paramagnetic susceptibility, dielectric constants,
thermal expansivity, piezoelectric constants, and
others. The physical properties are also studied
against the background material of MSAE E4206.
MSAE E6221x Introduction to dislocation
theory
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisite: MSAE E4215 or course in theory of
elasticity, or instructor’s permission. Point and line
imperfections. Theory of dislocations. Relation
between imperfections and structure-sensitive
properties.
MSAE E6225y Techniques in X-ray and
neutron diffraction
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisite: MSAE E4101. Crystal symmetry,
diffraction, reciprocal space and Ewald sphere construction,
radiation sources, analytical representation
of diffraction peaks, diffraction line broadening,
Fourier analysis of peak shape, texture analysis,
diffraction analysis of stress and strain, diffraction
analysis of order-disorder thermal diffuse scattering,
small angle scattering, instrumentation in
diffraction experiments, error analysis.
MSAE E6229x Energy and particle beam
processing of materials
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisites: MSAE E4202 or instructor’s permission.
Laser-, electron-, and ion-beam modification
of materials to achieve unique microstructures and
metastable phases for electronic and structural
applications. Fundamentals of energy deposition
and heat flow during laser- and electron-beam
irradiation. Atomic displacement processes in ionirradiated
materials. Beam-induced microstructural
evolution, crystallization, surface alloying, rapid
solidification, and metastable phase formation.
Review of current industrial applications.
MSAE E6230y Kinetics of phase transformations
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Im.
Prerequisite: MSAE E4202 or instructor’s permission.
Principles of nonequilibrium thermodynamics;
stochastic equations; nucleation, growth, and
coarsening reactions in solids; spinodal decomposition;
eutectic and eutectoid transformations.
MSAE E6251y Thin films and layers
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Chan.
Vacuum basics, deposition methods, nucleation
and growth, epitaxy, critical thickness, defects
properties, effect of deposition procedure,
mechanical properties, adhesion, interconnects,
and electromigration.
MSAE E6273x and y–S6273x Materials
science reports
0 to 6 pts. Members of the faculty.
Formal written reports and conferences with the
appropriate member of the faculty on a subject of
special interest to the student but not covered in
the other course offerings.
MSAE E8235x and y Selected topics in
materials science
3 pts. Lect: 3. x: Professor Marianetti.
This course may be repeated for credit. Selected
topics in materials science. Topics and instructors
change from year to year. For students in
engineering, physical sciences, biological sciences,
and related fields.
MSAE E8236y Anelastic relaxations in
crystals
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission. Formal theory
of anelastic relaxation phenomena. Detailed study of
the mechanisms of anelasticity and internal friction
in crystals, including the role of point defects, dislo-
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