MSE Graduate Courses

Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. Repeatability: May be repeated.

Comment(s): Admission to graduate program required.

511 Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering I (3)

Chemical bonding, structures, defects, scattering, thermodynamics, diffusion, phase diagrams, microstructures, and phase transformations.

512 Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering II (3)

Physical properties: electrical and thermal conduction, elementary quantum physics, band theory, dielectric materials, magnetic and optical properties. Mechanical behavior: stress and strain at a point, elastic constitutive equations, phenomenological bulk behavior, and deformation mechanisms.

515 Physical Metallurgy – Diffusion and Phase Transformations (3)

Applications of diffusion to material processing. Diffusion in dilute and concentrated alloys. Thermo- and electro-transport in solids. Grain boundaries and interfaces. Grain boundary diffusion. Recovery, recrystallization, and grain growth. Thermally activated phase transformations. Diffusionless transformations.

(DE) Prerequisite(s): 511

516 Mechanical Metallurgy (3)

Deformation and fracture of metals and alloys: dislocation theory, strengthening mechanisms, macro-scale descriptions of plasticity, fracture mechanics, fatigue, and time-dependent behavior.

(DE) Prerequisite(s): 512

576 Special Topics in Materials Science and Engineering (3)

Topics of current significance and interest.

Repeatability: May be repeated.

Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

580 Technical Review and Assessment (3)

Preparation of critical review of literature in area related to materials science and engineering.

Must be taken by students in the non-thesis option.

Registration Permission: Consent of faculty committee.

600 Doctoral Research and Dissertation (3-15)

Grading Restriction: P/NP only.

Repeatability: May be repeated.

676 Advanced Topics in Materials Science and Engineering (3)

Latest developments and/or advanced special topics. Repeatability: May be repeated.

Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.