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DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND and characterization equipment. The Undergraduate Teaching ENGINEERING Laboratory on the Innite Corridor includes facilities for biomaterials research, chemical synthesis, and physical and electronic properties measurement. The Laboratory for Advanced Materials contains Materials science and engineering (MSE) studies the ways in which thermal, electrical, optical, and magnetic characterization atoms and molecules can be built into solid materials and how equipment. The Laboratory for Engineering Materials has machining the structural arrangement of the atoms in a material governs its and 3D printing capabilities. The Nanomechanics Laboratory has properties. The department's research and academic programs a suit of equipment for probe microscopy and mechanical and address all classes of materials, used in every domain of human tribological measurements. Other departmental laboratories include endeavor, including energy, sustainability, nanotechnology, facilities for preparation of a variety of bulk and thin lm materials, healthcare, information technology, and manufacturing. Because and characterization by optical, electron (TEM, SEM), and scanning almost all technological advances are based upon materials probe (AFM, STM) microscopy, and electrical, optical, magnetic, advances, MSE is unique for its balance of basic science (examining and mechanical property measurements. DMSE faculty, students, the relationships and connections between processing, structure, and sta also access the materials characterization tools in the and properties of materials) and practical applications. The Materials Research Laboratory (http://catalog.mit.edu/mit/research/ department draws on scientic perspectives from chemistry, materials-research-laboratory) and the cleanroom facilities and physics, biology, computational, and mathematical approaches, and tools in MIT.nano (https://mitnano.mit.edu), including state of the art engineering, economics, and industrial design. electron microscopy.

Recent advances in materials have depended as much on advances in materials engineering as they have on materials science. When Undergraduate Study developing engineering processes for the production of materials and when designing materials for specic applications, the materials The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) oers scientist and engineer must understand both fundamental concepts several undergraduate degree programs: such as thermodynamics, kinetics, and atomic structure and economic, social, and environmental factors. Today's materials • Course 3, leading to the Bachelor of Science in Materials Science scientists and engineers address some of the key challenges facing and Engineering, is taken by the majority of undergraduates humanity, including sustainable energy generation and storage, in the department and is accredited by the Engineering the environmental impact of human activities, and advancements in Accreditation Commission of Accreditation Board for Engineering health and medicine. and Technology (ABET) (http://www.abet.org). • Course 3-A, leading to the Bachelor of Science as Recommended The fundamental concepts and applications of materials science by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and engineering are taught within core subjects and electives at provides students greater flexibility in designing their own self- the undergraduate and graduate levels. Undergraduate lectures guided program. The New Engineering Education Transformation are complemented by a variety of laboratory experiences. By (NEET) program (https://neet.mit.edu) oers a thread in Advanced selecting appropriate subjects, students can follow many dierent Materials Machines that meets the 3-A requirements. paths with emphasis on engineering, science, or a mixture of • Course 3-C leads to the Bachelor of Science in Archaeology and the two. In addition, students may pursue a path in archaeology Materials as Recommended by the Department of Materials and archaeological science within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Science and Engineering and the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology (CMRAE) (http://web.mit.edu/cmrae). The department also oers research and educational specialization This curriculum is unique within departments of anthropology, in a large number of industrially and scientically important areas archaeology, and engineering. leading to master's and doctoral degrees.

Materials engineers and materials scientists are continually in Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering high demand by industry and government for jobs in research, (Course 3) development, production, and management. They nd a diversity The undergraduate program (http://catalog.mit.edu/degree-charts/ of challenging opportunities in in industries related to energy, materials-science-engineering-course-3) serves the needs of the environment, electronics, aerospace, consumer products, students who intend to pursue employment in materials-related biomaterials, and medicine, as well as in national laboratories, industries immediately upon graduation, as well as those who will consulting, and entrepreneurship. A large number of DMSE alumni do graduate work in the engineering or science of materials. The are faculty at leading universities. program is designed to be started at the beginning of the sophomore The department has extensive undergraduate materials teaching year, although it can be started in the spring term of the sophomore laboratories containing a wide range of materials processing year or in the junior year with some loss of scheduling flexibility.

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The rst four academic terms of the program contain required MBA or law program. In these cases, the 3-A program may be of value core subjects that address the fundamental relations between as a more flexible curriculum in which a larger number of elective processing, microstructure, properties, and applications of modern choices is available. materials. The core subjects are followed by a sequence of restricted electives that provide more specialized coverage of the major classes The curriculum requirements for Course 3-A (http://catalog.mit.edu/ of modern materials: biomaterials, ceramics, electronic materials, degree-charts/materials-science-engineering-course-3-a) are similar metals, and polymers, as well as cross-cutting topics relevant to all to but more flexible than those for Course 3. types of materials. Course 3 students write either a senior thesis or A student considering the 3-A program (including NEET) should reports based on industrial internships. This provides an opportunity contact the department Academic Oce, who will counsel them for original research work beyond that which occurs elsewhere in the more fully on the academic considerations involved. The student program. will prepare a complete plan of study which must be approved by The required subjects can be completed in the sophomore and the departmental Undergraduate Committee. This approval must be junior years within a schedule that allows students to take a HASS obtained no later than the beginning of the student's junior year. The subject each term and a range of elective junior and senior subjects. student is then expected to adhere to this plan unless circumstances Departmental advisors assist students in selecting elective subjects. require a change, in which case a petition for a modied program While the program should satisfy the academic needs of most must be submitted to the Undergraduate Committee. The department students, petitions for variations or substitutions may be approved does not seek ABET accreditation for the 3-A program. by the departmental Undergraduate Committee; students should The NEET option allows students to pursue a project-centered contact their advisor for guidance in such cases. academic program across multiple departments and disciplines. Participation in laboratory work by undergraduates is an integral part of the curriculum. The departmental core subjects include Bachelor of Science in Archaeology and Materials as extensive laboratory exercises, which investigate materials Recommended by the Department of Materials Science and properties, structure, and processing and are complementary to the Engineering (Course 3-C) lecture subjects. The junior-year core includes a capstone laboratory Students who have a specic interest in archaeology and subject, 3.042 Materials Project Laboratory, that emphasizes design, archaeological science may choose Course 3-C. The 3-C program materials processing, teamwork, communication skills, and project (http://catalog.mit.edu/degree-charts/archaeology-materials- management. Undergraduate students also have access to extensive course-3-c) is designed to aord students broad exposure to facilities for research in materials as part of the Undergraduate elds that contribute fundamental theoretical and methodological Research Opportunities Program (UROP) (http://uaap.mit.edu/ approaches to the study of ancient and historic societies. The research-exploration/urop) and thesis projects. Engineering design primary elds include anthropological archaeology, geology, and gures prominently in a substantial portion of the laboratory materials science and engineering. The program enriches knowledge exercises. Students develop oral and written communication skills by of past and present-day nonindustrial societies by making the reporting data and analysis in a variety of ways. natural and engineering sciences part of the archaeological tool kit.

Students in Course 3 are required to complete an intensive research The program's special focus is on understanding prehistoric culture eld experience by participating in either the Internship Program through study of the structure and properties of materials associated or the Thesis Program. Both programs are conducted under the with human activities. Investigating peoples' interactions with supervision of faculty members and extend curricular topics to real- materials, the objects that such interactions produced, and the world contexts and applications. The internship program consists related environmental settings leads to a fuller analysis of the of completing two paid internships with a signicant materials physical, social, cultural, and ideological world in which people component, typically conducted in the summer aer the sophomore function. These are the goals of anthropological archaeology, (3.930 Internship Program) and junior (3.931 Internship Program) goals that are reached, in part, through science and engineering years. The thesis program (3.THU Undergraduate Thesis) consists of perspectives. a signicant materials research project in a faculty laboratory. Both Participation in laboratory work by undergraduates is an integral programs conclude with a formal presentation of ndings. part of the curriculum. The program requires that all students take a materials laboratory subject. Many of the archaeology subjects Bachelor of Science as Recommended by the Department of are designed with a laboratory component; such subjects meet Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3-A) in the Undergraduate Archaeology and Materials Laboratory. Some students may be attracted to the many opportunities available Undergraduate students also have access to the extensive CMRAE in the materials discipline but also have special interests that are not facilities for research in archaeological materials as part of UROP and satised by the Course 3 program. For instance, some students may thesis projects. Such projects may include archaeological eldwork wish to take more biology and chemistry subjects in preparation for during IAP or the summer months. medical school or more management subjects prior to entering an

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The HASS Concentration in Archaeology and Archaeological Science provides concentrators with a basic knowledge of the eld of Minor in Archaeology and Materials archaeology, the systematic study of the human past. Students The Minor in Archaeology and Materials (3-C) consists of six pursuing the SB in 3-C may not also concentrate in this area. The undergraduate subjects as described below. archaeology and archaeological science concentration consists of four subjects: Required Subjects 3.010 Structure of Materials 12 Required Subjects 3.020 Thermodynamics of Materials 12 3.986 The Human Past: Introduction to 12 3.030 Microstructural Evolution in Materials 12 Archaeology 3.985[J] Archaeological Science (HASS-S) 9 3.985[J] Archaeological Science 9 3.986 The Human Past: Introduction to 12 Select two other HASS electives from among the 18-21 Archaeology (HASS-S) following: Elective 3.094 Materials in Human Experience Select one of the following: 1 9-12 3.982 The Ancient Andean World 3.981 Communities of the Living and the 3.983 Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization Dead: the Archaeology of Ancient 3.987 Human Evolution: Data from Egypt Palaeontology, Archaeology, and 3.982 The Ancient Andean World Materials Science 3.983 Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization 3.993 Archaeology of the Middle East 3.987 Human Evolution: Data from Total Units 39-42 Palaeontology, Archaeology, and Materials Science The department does not seek ABET accreditation for the 3-C 3.990 Seminar in Archaeological Method program. Students may contact Dr. Max Price ([email protected]) and Theory for more information. 3.993 Archaeology of the Middle East Minor in Materials Science and Engineering Total Units 66-69 Required Subjects 1 All of these subjects, with the exception of 3.990, provide HASS-S credit. 3.010 Structure of Materials 12 3.020 Thermodynamics of Materials 12 With the approval of the minor advisor, students may substitute one Core Subjects (Select 2) 24 subject taken outside the Course 3 program, provided the coverage is 3.013 Mechanics of Materials equivalent. The 3-C minor advisor, Dr. Max Price, will ensure that the 3.023 Synthesis and Design of Materials minor program forms a coherent group of subjects. 3.030 Microstructural Evolution in Materials A general description of the minor program (http://catalog.mit.edu/ 3.033 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic mit/undergraduate-education/academic-programs/minors) may be Properties of Materials found under Undergraduate Education. 3.044 Materials Processing 3.042 Materials Project Laboratory Inquiries Additional information regarding undergraduate programs may be Restricted Electives (Select 2) 24 obtained from the DMSE Academic Oce, Room 6-107, 617-258-5816. Select 2 subjects from the list of Restricted Electives in Course 3/3-A. Total Units 72 Graduate Study

With the approval of the minor advisor, Prof. Juejun Hu, students may The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) oers substitute one subject taken outside the department for one of the the degrees of Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor core or restricted elective subjects, provided that the coverage of the of Science in Materials Science and Engineering. substituted subject is similar to one of those in the departmental program. Examples of minor programs in materials science and Admission Requirements for Graduate Study engineering can be obtained from the department. General admissions requirements (http://catalog.mit.edu/mit/ graduate-education/general-degree-requirements) are described under Graduate Education. Programs are arranged on an individual

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basis depending upon the preparation and interests of the student. Those who have not studied some thermodynamics and kinetics at Doctoral Degree the undergraduate level are expected to know the material covered All doctoral degree programs have the same foundation of required in 3.010 Structure of Materials, 3.020 Thermodynamics of Materials, subjects: and 3.030 Microstructural Evolution in Materials. Doctoral Program Core Requirements Requirements for Completion of Graduate Degrees 3.20 Materials at Equilibrium 15 The general requirements for completion of graduate degrees 3.201 Introduction to DMSE 3 are also described under the section on Graduate Education. 3.202 Essential Research Skills 3 Students completing a Master of Science degree are required to 3.21 Kinetic Processes in Materials 15 present a seminar summarizing the thesis. The department requires 3.22 Structure and Mechanics of Materials 12 that candidates for the doctoral degrees go through a qualifying procedure and pass Institute-mandated general written and oral 3.23 Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic 12 examinations before continuing with their programs of study and Properties of Materials research, and that they satisfy a minor requirement. Information on 3.995 First Year Thesis Research the qualifying procedure and on the subject areas covered by the general examinations is available in the DMSE Academic Oce. The completion of the core requirements is assessed via the results of the nal examinations in each core subject.

Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering In the thesis area examination (oral presentation and examination), The department oers a Master of Science degree in materials students are expected to learn the fundamentals of their chosen eld science and engineering. The general requirements for the master's and to develop a deep understanding of one or more of its signicant degree (http://catalog.mit.edu/mit/graduate-education/general- aspects. Students are required to take three further subjects from degree-requirements) are described under the section on Graduate an approved restricted electives list. A full range of advanced-level Education. The coherent program of subjects (34 units, though not subjects is oered in a variety of topics, and arrangements can be necessarily all DMSE subjects) must be approved by the Department made for individually planned study of any relevant topic. The thesis Committee on Graduate Students. Of the 66 total units required area examinations for the doctoral degree are designed accordingly. for the master's degree, 42 graduate degree credits are required In addition, students are required to take a two- or three-subject to be in DMSE subjects at the graduate level. The thesis must have minor program. signicant materials research content. An internal departmental thesis reader is required if the student's advisor is outside DMSE. Research is considered the central part of the educational process at the graduate level. Students choose research projects from the many The department may also recommend awarding a master's degree opportunities that exist within the department, and work closely without departmental specication; the general requirements under the supervision of an individual faculty member. The research (http://catalog.mit.edu/mit/graduate-education/general-degree- culminates in the writing of a thesis document. The results of the requirements) are described under Graduate Education. The thesis research must be of sucient signicance to warrant publication in must be materials-related. An internal departmental thesis reader is the scientic literature. required if the thesis advisor is outside DMSE. The department maintains a large number of well-equipped research Simultaneous Award of Two Master of Science Degrees for laboratories, and there is signicant interaction between them, Students from Other Departments including the sharing of experimental facilities and equipment. Graduate students may seek two Master of Science degrees Most department members have access to the Materials Research simultaneously or in sequence, one awarded by the student's Laboratory (http://catalog.mit.edu/mit/research), which provides home department and the other by the Department of Materials and maintains excellent central facilities and interdisciplinary Science and Engineering. The rules governing dual degrees research opportunities as described in the section on Research and (http://catalog.mit.edu/mit/graduate-education/general-degree- Study. requirements) are found in the section detailing degree requirements under Graduate Education. Additional information on requirements Interdisciplinary Programs that must also be met to obtain the Master of Science degree from the Materials Science and Engineering Department is available from Program in Archaeological Materials the department. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering oers an interdisciplinary doctoral program for individuals who wish to consider the study of archaeology and materials science and pursue research in the eld of archaeological materials. Admission to the program is through the department. The program requires four

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core subjects—half in materials science and engineering, half in For more information, see the program descriptions (http:// archaeology—and six additional subjects. Many of the subject catalog.mit.edu/interdisciplinary/graduate-programs/ requirements may be met with coursework in the Architecture; computational-science-engineering) under Interdisciplinary Civil and Environmental Engineering; Earth, Atmospheric, and Graduate Programs. Planetary Sciences; Mechanical Engineering; and Urban Studies and Planning departments; or in the Technology and Policy Program; the Financial Support Program in Science, Technology, and Society; and the Anthropology The Department of Materials Science and Engineering oers Department at Harvard University. Field research opportunities are assistantships and fellowships for graduate study. Research and available, most notably in Mesoamerica and South America. teaching assistantships are available in the elds in which the department is active. Polymers and So Matter The Program in Polymers and So Matter (PPSM) (http:// Inquiries polymerscience.mit.edu) oers students from participating Contact the Academic Oce ([email protected]), Room departments an interdisciplinary core curriculum in polymer science 6-107, for additional information regarding graduate programs, and engineering, exposure to the broader polymer community admissions, and nancial aid. through seminars, contact with visitors from industry and academia, and interdepartmental collaboration while working towards a PhD or ScD degree. Faculty and Teaching Sta

Research opportunities include functional polymers, controlled Jerey C. Grossman, PhD drug delivery, nanostructured polymers, polymers at interfaces, Morton and Claire Goulder and Family Professor in Environmental biomaterials, molecular modeling, polymer synthesis, biomimetic Systems materials, polymer mechanics and rheology, self-assembly, and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering polymers in energy. The program is described in more detail (http:// Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering catalog.mit.edu/interdisciplinary/graduate-programs/polymers-so- Caroline A. Ross, PhD matter) under Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs. Toyota Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Associate Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Technology and Policy Program The Master of Science in Technology and Policy is an engineering Professors research degree with a strong focus on the role of technology in Alfredo Alexander-Katz, PhD policy analysis and formulation. The Technology and Policy Program Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (TPP) curriculum provides a solid grounding in technology and policy by combining advanced subjects in the student's chosen technical Polina Olegovna Anikeeva, PhD eld with courses in economics, politics, and law. Many students Professor of Materials Science and Engineering combine TPP's curriculum with complementary subjects to obtain Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences dual degrees in and either a specialized branch of engineering or an applied social science such as political science or urban studies and Georey Stephen Beach, PhD planning. For additional information, see the program description Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (http://catalog.mit.edu/interdisciplinary/graduate-programs/ Angela M. Belcher, PhD technology-policy) under Interdisciplinary Programs or visit the James Mason Cras Professor program website (http://tpp.mit.edu). Professor of Biological Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Computational Science and Engineering Head, Department of Biological Engineering The Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) doctoral program (https://cse.mit.edu/programs/phd) allows students to specialize W. Craig Carter, PhD in a computation-related eld of their choice through focused POSCO Professor coursework and a doctoral thesis through a number of participating Professor of Materials Science and Engineering host departments. The CSE PhD program is administered jointly by (On leave) the Center for Computational Science and Engineering (CCSE) and the host departments, with the emphasis of thesis research activities Yet-Ming Chiang, ScD being the development of new computational methods and/or the Kyocera Professor innovative application of computational techniques to important Professor of Materials Science and Engineering problems in engineering and science. (On leave)

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Michael J. Cima, PhD Yang Shao-Horn, PhD David H. Koch Professor in Engineering JR East Professor of Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering Associate Dean, School of Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Thomas W. Eagar, ScD Carl V. Thompson, PhD Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Stavros Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (On leave) Harry L. Tuller, PhD Yoel Fink, PhD R.P. Simmons Professor in Ceramics and Electronic Materials Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Krystyn J. Van Vliet, PhD Eugene A. Fitzgerald, PhD Michael (1949) and Sonja Koerner Professor of Materials Science and Merton C. Flemings (1951) SMA Professor Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Biological Engineering Associate Provost Lorna Gibson, PhD Associate Vice President for Research Matoula S. Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering Bilge Yildiz, PhD Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering Dorothy Hosler, PhD Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Technology

Darrell J. Irvine, PhD Associate Professors Underwood-Prescott Professor Antoine Allanore, PhD Professor of Biological Engineering Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Materials Science Juejun Hu, PhD Klavs F. Jensen, PhD Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering (On leave) Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Rafael Jaramillo, PhD Lionel C. Kimerling, PhD Thomas Lord Associate Professor of Materials Science and Thomas Lord Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Engineering (On leave) Heather Nan Lechtman, MA Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Technology Jeehwan Kim, PhD Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ju Li, PhD Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Battelle Energy Alliance Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering James M. LeBeau, PhD Professor of Materials Science and Engineering John Chipman Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Christine Ortiz, PhD Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Robert Macfarlane, PhD Paul M. Cook Career Development Professor Frances M. Ross, PhD Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Ellen Swallow Richards Professor in Materials Science and (On leave) Engineering Elsa A. Olivetti, PhD Donald Robert Sadoway, PhD Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor in Materials John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry Science and Engineering

Christopher A. Schuh, PhD Jennifer L. M. Rupp, PhD Danae and Vasilis (1961) Salapatas Professor in Metallurgy Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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C. Cem Taşan, PhD Christopher J. Di Perna, MS Thomas B. King Associate Professor of Metallurgy Technical Instructor in Materials Science and Engineering

Assistant Professors William Gilstrap, PhD Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli, PhD Technical Instructor in Materials Science and Engineering Cheah Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering Shaymus W. Hudson, PhD Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Technical Instructor in Materials Science and Engineering

Julia H. Ortony, PhD James Hunter, PhD Samuel A. Goldblith Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Technical Instructor in Materials Science and Engineering Engineering (On leave) Brian Neltner, PhD Technical Instructor in Materials Science and Engineering Professors of the Practice Gregory M. Olson, ScD Visiting Lecturers Thermo-Calc Professor of the Practice Arne Hessenbruch, PhD Professor of the Practice of Materials Science and Engineering Visiting Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering

Senior Lecturers Andreas Wankerl, PhD Geetha P. Berera, PhD Visiting Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering Senior Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering Research Sta Michael J. Tarkanian, SM Senior Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering Principal Research Scientists Meri Treska, PhD Ming Dao, PhD Senior Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering Principal Research Scientist of Materials Science and Engineering

Lecturers Research Scientists Tara J. Fadenrecht, MFA David C. Bono, PhD Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering Research Scientist of Materials Science and Engineering

Jennifer Meanwell, PhD Kevin Joon-Ming Huang, PhD Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering Research Scientist of Materials Science and Engineering

Joseph Parse, PhD Anna Jagielska, PhD Lecturer of Materials Science and Engineering Research Scientist of Materials Science and Engineering

Max D. Price, PhD Alan F. Schwartzman, MS Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering Research Scientist of Materials Science and Engineering

Jessica G. Sandland, PhD Erik Verlage, PhD Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering Research Scientist of Materials Science and Engineering

Ellan Spero, PhD Kazumi Wada, PhD Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering Research Scientist of Materials Science and Engineering

Instructors Professors Emeriti Peter B. Houk, MA Samuel Miller Allen, PhD Instructor in Materials Science and Engineering Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering

Technical Instructors Ronald G. Ballinger, ScD Whitney Cornforth, PhD Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering Technical Instructor in Materials Science and Engineering Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering

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Robert W. Ballu, ScD Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering 3.002 Materials for Energy Prereq: None Joel P. Clark, ScD U (Spring) Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering 2-0-1 units

Merton C. Flemings, PhD The relationship between cleaner and more sustainable means for Toyota Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering energy conversion, storage and conservation, and the materials that Linn W. Hobbs, DPhil enable them, is one of powerful history, growth, and hope. It is a Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering story of strengthening passion, but also fragility, with tremendous Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering future potential if the relationship is properly nurtured. It is, at its core, a love story. How did the relationship begin, where is it Ronald M. Latanision, PhD now, and how will it play out? Its solidly materialistic underpinning Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering may appear simple, but as we will see materialism can be highly Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering complicated as it relates to energy. Will this relationship between materials and energy continue burning, albeit passionately but Robert Michael Rose, ScD at great cost on a planetary scale? Or will it mature into a deeper, Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering more diverse, and more subtle connection that enables nothing less David Roylance, PhD than the continued thriving of all living species? Subject can count Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering toward 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for rst-year students. Preference to rst-year students. Michael F. Rubner, PhD J. Grossman TDK Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering 3.003 Principles of Engineering Practice Subra Suresh, ScD Subject meets with 3.004 Vannevar Bush Professor Emeritus of Engineering Prereq: Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR) Edwin L. Thomas, PhD U (Spring) Professor Emeritus of Materials Science 1-2-6 units

John B. Vander Sande, PhD Introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century Professor Emeritus of Materials Science engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem- Bernhardt Wuensch, PhD based learning. Students encounter the social, political, economic, Professor Emeritus of Ceramics and technological challenges of engineering practice by participating in actual engineering projects involving public transportation and Sidney Yip, PhD information infrastructure with faculty and industry. Student teams Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering create prototypes and mixed media reports with exercises in project Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering planning, analysis, design, optimization, demonstration, reporting and team building. Preference to rst-year students. 3.001 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering L. Kimerling Prereq: None U (Spring) 2-0-1 units

Provides a broad introduction to topics in materials science and the curricula in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering's core subjects. Lectures emphasize conceptual and visual examples of materials phenomena and engineering, interspersed with guest speakers from both inside and outside academia to show possible career paths. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for rst year students. Preference to rst-year students. F. M. Ross

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3.004 Principles of Engineering Practice 3.0061[J] Introduction to Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping Subject meets with 3.003 (New) Prereq: Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR) Same subject as 22.03[J] U (Spring) Prereq: None 3-3-6 units U (Fall) 2-2-2 units Introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical See description under subject 22.03[J]. Enrollment limited; toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem- preference to Course 22 Course 3 majors and minors, and NEET based learning. Students encounter the social, political, economic students. and technological challenges of engineering practice via case M. Short, E. Olivetti, A. Nasto studies and participation in engineering projects. Includes a six- stage term project in which student teams develop solutions through 3.010 Structure of Materials exercises in project planning, analysis, design, optimization, Prereq: Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or 18.032 demonstration, reporting, and team building. U (Fall) L. Kimerling 3-2-7 units. Institute LAB

3.005 Passion Projects: Living in a Material World Describes the fundamentals of bonding and structure that underpin Prereq: None materials science. Structure of noncrystalline, crystalline, and liquid- U (Spring) crystalline states across length scales including short and long Not oered regularly; consult department range ordering. Point, line, and surface imperfections in materials. 1-2-6 units Diraction and structure determination. Covers molecular geometry and levels of structure in biological materials. Includes experimental Project-based seminar in which students formulate and answer and computational exploration of the connections between structure, questions about a material or object that interests and inspires properties, processing, and performance of materials. Covers them. Uses cutting-edge equipment to characterize the materials' methodology of technical communication (written/oral) with a view structure in order to understand its role and functionality. Analyzes to integrate experimental design, execution, and analysis. the lifecycle of the material to better understand the full use case. Sta Culminates in the creation of a website, video, and nal presentation in which students share the results of their research. Preference to 3.013 Mechanics of Materials rst-year students; limited to 15. Prereq: Physics I (GIR) and Coreq: 18.03; or permission of instructor J. Grossman U (Fall) 3-2-7 units 3.006 NEET Seminar: Advanced Materials Machines Prereq: Permission of instructor Basic concepts of solid mechanics and mechanical behavior U (Fall, Spring) of materials: elasticity, stress-strain relationships, stress 1-0-2 units transformation, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fracture. Continuum Can be repeated for credit. behavior as well as atomistic explanations of the observed behavior are described. Examples from engineering as well as biomechanics. Seminar for students enrolled in the Advanced Materials Machines Lab experiments, computational exercises, and demonstrations give NEET thread. Focuses on topics around innovative materials hands-on experience of the physical concepts. manufacturing via guest lectures and research discussions. C. Tasan E. Olivetti

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3.017 Modelling, Problem Solving, Computing, and Visualization 3.021 Introduction to Modeling and Simulation Prereq: ((3.014, 3.030, or 3.033) and (6.0001, 12.010, 16.66, or Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. 3.016B)) or permission of instructor Oered under: 1.021, 3.021, 10.333, 22.00 U (Spring) Prereq: 18.03, 3.016B, or permission of instructor Not oered regularly; consult department U (Spring) 2-2-8 units 4-0-8 units. REST

Covers development and design of models for materials processes Basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science and structure-property relations. Emphasizes techniques for solving and engineering. Uses techniques and soware for simulation, data equations from models or simulating their behavior. Assesses analysis and visualization. Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and methods for visualizing solutions and aesthetics of the graphical quantum methods used to study fundamental and applied problems presentation of results. Topics include symmetry and structure, in physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, engineering, classical and statistical thermodynamics, solid state physics, and biology. Examples drawn from the disciplines above are used to mechanics, phase transformations and kinetics, statistics and understand or characterize complex structures and materials, and presentation of data. complement experimental observations. W. C. Carter M. Buehler, R. Freitas

3.019 Introduction to Symbolic and Mathematical Computing 3.023 Synthesis and Design of Materials Prereq: None Prereq: 3.010 U (Fall) U (Spring) 2-1-0 units 4-2-6 units

Introduces fundamental computational techniques and applications Provides understanding of transitions in materials, including of mathematics to prepare students for materials science and intermolecular forces, self-assembly, physical organic chemistry, engineering curriculum. Covers elementary programming concepts, surface chemistry and electrostatics, hierarchical structure, including data analysis and visualization. Students study and reactivity. Describes these fundamentals across classes of computation/visualization and math techniques and apply them materials, including solid-state synthesis, polymer synthesis, sol- in computational soware to gain familiarity with techniques used gel chemistry, and interactions with biological systems. Includes in subsequent subjects. Uses examples from material science and rsthand application of lecture topics through design-oriented engineering applications, particularly from structure and mechanics experiments. of materials, including linear algebra, tensor transformations, review Sta of calculus of several variables, numerical solutions to dierential questions, and random walks. 3.029 Mathematics and Computational Thinking for Materials W. C. Carter Scientists and Engineers I Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) and 3.019; Coreq: 3.020 3.020 Thermodynamics of Materials U (Spring) Prereq: Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or 18.032 3-0-6 units U (Spring) 4-2-6 units. REST Computational techniques and applications of mathematics to prepare students for a materials science and engineering curriculum. Introduces the competition between energetics and disorder Students study computation/visualization and math techniques and that underpins materials thermodynamics. Presents classical apply them with symbolic algebra soware (Mathematica). They thermodynamic concepts in the context of phase equilibria, code and visualize topics from symmetry and structure of materials including phase transformations, phase diagrams, and chemical and thermodynamics. Topics include symmetry and geometric reactions. Includes computerized thermodynamics and an transformations using linear algebra, review of calculus of several introduction to statistical thermodynamics. Includes experimental variables, numerical solutions to dierential equations, tensor and computational laboratories. Covers methodology of technical transformations, eigensystems, quadratic forms, and random walks. communication with the goal of presenting technical methods in Supports concurrent material in 3.020. broader contexts and for broad audiences. W. C. Carter Sta

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3.030 Microstructural Evolution in Materials 3.039 Mathematics and Computational Thinking for Materials Prereq: 3.010 and 3.020 Scientists and Engineers II U (Fall) Prereq: 3.029; Coreq: 3.030 4-2-6 units U (Fall) 3-0-6 units Covers microstructures, defects, and structural evolution in all classes of materials. Topics include solution kinetics, interface Continues 3.029 with applications to microstructural evolution, stability, dislocations and point defects, diusion, surface electronic optical and magnetic properties of materials. Emphasizes energetics, grains and grain boundaries, grain growth, nucleation and reinforces topics in 3.030 with visualization, computational, and and precipitation, and electrochemical reactions. Lectures illustrate mathematical techniques. Mathematics topics include symbolic and a range of examples and applications based on metals, ceramics, numerical solutions to partial dierential equations, Fourier analysis, electronic materials, polymers, and biomedical materials. Explores Bloch waves, and linear stability analysis. the evolution of microstructure through experiments involving W. C. Carter optical and electron microscopy, calorimetry, electrochemical characterization, surface roughness measurements, and other 3.041 Computational Materials Design characterization methods. Investigates structural transitions Subject meets with 3.321 and structure-property relationships through practical materials Prereq: 3.022 and 3.032 examples. U (Spring) J. Hu 3-2-7 units

3.032 Mechanical Behavior of Materials Systems approach to analysis and control of multilevel materials Prereq: Physics I (GIR) and (18.03 or 3.016B) microstructures employing genomic fundamental databases. U (Fall) Applies quantitative process-structure-property-performance Not oered regularly; consult department relations in computational parametric design of materials 4-1-7 units composition under processability constraints to achieve predicted microstructures meeting multiple property objectives established Basic concepts of solid mechanics and mechanical behavior by industry performance requirements. Covers integration of of materials: elasticity, stress-strain relationships, stress macroscopic process models with microstructural simulation transformation, viscoelasticity, plasticity and fracture. Continuum to accelerate materials qualication through component-level behavior as well as atomistic explanations of the observed behavior process optimization and forecasting of manufacturing variation are described. Examples from engineering as well as biomechanics. to eciently dene minimum property design allowables. Case Lab experiments and demonstrations give hands-on experience of studies of interdisciplinary multiphysics collaborative modeling with the physical concepts. Oers a combination of online and in-person applications across materials classes. Students taking graduate instruction. version complete additional assignments. L. Gibson G. Olson

3.033 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials Prereq: 3.010 and 3.020 U (Fall) 4-2-6 units

Uses fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, solid state physics, electricity and magnetism to describe how the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of materials originate. Illustrates how these properties can be designed for particular applications, such as diodes, solar cells, optical bers, and magnetic data storage. Involves experimentation using spectroscopy, resistivity, impedance and magnetometry measurements, behavior of light in waveguides, and other characterization methods. Uses practical examples to investigate structure-property relationships. P. Anikeeva

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3.042 Materials Project Laboratory 3.052 Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials Prereq: 3.014, 3.032, or 3.044 Prereq: 3.032 or permission of instructor U (Fall, Spring) U (Spring) 1-6-5 units 3-0-9 units

Student project teams design and fabricate a working prototype Latest scientic developments and discoveries in the eld of using materials processing technologies (e.g. solid works 3-D nanomechanics, i.e. the deformation of extremely tiny (10-9 meters) design soware, computer numerical controlled mill, injection areas of synthetic and biological materials. Lectures include a molding, thermoforming, investment casting, powder processing, description of normal and lateral forces at the atomic scale, atomistic three-dimensional printing, physical vapor deposition) appropriate aspects of adhesion, nanoindentation, molecular details of fracture, for the materials and device of interest. Goals include using MSE chemical force microscopy, elasticity of individual macromolecular fundamentals in a practical application; understanding trade- chains, intermolecular interactions in polymers, dynamic force os between design, processing, and performance and cost; and spectroscopy, biomolecular bond strength measurements, and fabrication of a deliverable prototype. Emphasis on teamwork, molecular motors. project management, communications and computer skills, with C. Ortiz extensive hands-on work using student and MIT laboratory shops. Teams document their progress and nal results by means of written 3.053[J] Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics and oral communication. Limited to 25. Same subject as 2.797[J], 6.024[J], 20.310[J] M. Tarkanian Prereq: Biology (GIR), (2.370 or 20.110[J]), and (3.016B or 18.03) U (Spring) 3.044 Materials Processing 4-0-8 units Prereq: 3.012 and 3.022 U (Spring) See description under subject 20.310[J]. 4-0-8 units M. Bathe, A. Grodzinsky

Introduction to materials processing science, with emphasis on heat 3.054 Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties, Applications transfer, chemical diusion, and fluid flow. Uses an engineering Subject meets with 3.36 approach to analyze industrial-scale processes, with the goal of Prereq: 3.032 identifying and understanding physical limitations on scale and U (Fall) speed. Covers materials of all classes, including metals, polymers, Not oered regularly; consult department electronic materials, and ceramics. Considers specic processes, 3-0-9 units such as melt-processing of metals and polymers, deposition technologies (liquid, vapor, and vacuum), colloid and slurry Discusses processing and structure of cellular solids as they are processing, viscous shape forming, and powder consolidation. created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites; E. Olivetti derivation of models for the mechanical properties of honeycombs and foams; and how unique properties of honeycombs and 3.046 Advanced Thermodynamics of Materials foams are exploited in applications such as lightweight structural Prereq: 3.020 or permission of instructor panels, energy absorption devices, and thermal insulation. Covers U (Spring) applications of cellular solids in medicine, such as increased fracture Not oered regularly; consult department risk due to trabecular bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, the 3-0-9 units. REST development of metal foam coatings for orthopedic implants, and designing porous scaolds for tissue engineering that mimic the Explores equilibrium thermodynamics through its application to extracellular matrix. Includes modelling of cellular materials applied topics in materials science and engineering. Begins with a fast-paced to natural materials and biomimicking. Oers a combination of review of introductory classical and statistical thermodynamics. online and in-person instruction. Students taking graduate version Students select additional topics to cover; examples include complete additional assignments. batteries and fuel cells, solar photovoltaics, magnetic information L. Gibson storage, extractive metallurgy, corrosion, thin solid lms, and computerized thermodynamics. R. Jaramillo

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3.055[J] Biomaterials Science and Engineering 3.064 Polymer Engineering Same subject as 20.363[J] Prereq: 3.032 and 3.044 Subject meets with 3.963[J], 20.463[J] U (Fall) Prereq: 20.110[J] or permission of instructor Not oered regularly; consult department U (Fall) 3-0-9 units 3-0-9 units Overview of polymer material science and engineering. Treatment See description under subject 20.363[J]. of physical and chemical properties, mechanical characterization, D. Irvine, K. Ribbeck processing, and their control through inspired polymer material design. 3.056[J] Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces N. Holten-Andersen Same subject as 9.67[J] Subject meets with 3.64 3.07 Introduction to Ceramics Prereq: 3.033 or permission of instructor Prereq: (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor U (Spring) Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered 3-0-9 units Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) 3-0-9 units Builds a foundation of physical principles underlying electrical, optical, and magnetic approaches to neural recording and Discusses structure-property relationships in ceramic materials. stimulation. Discusses neural recording probes and materials Includes hierarchy of structures from the atomic to microstructural considerations that influence the quality of the signals and levels. Defects and transport, solid-state electrochemical processes, longevity of the probes in the brain. Students then consider physical phase equilibria, fracture and phase transformations are discussed foundations for optical recording and modulation. Introduces in the context of controlling properties for various applications of magnetism in the context of biological systems. Focuses on magnetic ceramics. Numerous examples from current technology. neuromodulation methods and touches upon magnetoreception in Y. Chiang nature and its physical limits. Includes team projects that focus on designing electrical, optical, or magnetic neural interface platforms 3.071 Amorphous Materials for neuroscience. Concludes with an oral nal exam consisting of a Prereq: (3.030 and 3.033) or permission of instructor design component and a conversation with the instructor. Students U (Spring) taking graduate version complete additional assignments. 3-0-9 units P. Anikeeva Discusses the fundamental material science behind amorphous 3.063 Polymer Physics solids (non-crystalline materials). Covers formation of amorphous Prereq: 3.012 solids; amorphous structures and their electrical and optical U (Spring) properties; and characterization methods and technical 4-0-8 units applications. Credit cannot also be received for 3.942 J. Hu

The mechanical, optical, electrical, and transport properties of polymers and other types of "so matter" are presented with respect to the underlying physics and physical chemistry of polymers and colloids in solution, and solid states. Topics include how enthalpy and entropy determine conformation, molecular dimensions and packing of polymer chains and colloids and supramolecular materials. Examination of the structure of glassy, crystalline, and rubbery elastic states of polymers; thermodynamics of solutions, blends, crystallization; liquid crystallinity, microphase separation, and self-assembled organic-inorganic nanocomposites. Case studies of relationships between structure and function in technologically important polymeric systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. A. Alexander-Katz

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3.074 Imaging of Materials 3.085[J] Venture Engineering Subject meets with 3.34 Same subject as 2.912[J], 15.373[J] Prereq: 3.033 Prereq: None U (Spring) U (Spring) 3-0-9 units 3-0-9 units

Principles and applications of (scanning) transmission electron See description under subject 15.373[J]. microscopy. Topics include electron optics and aberration correction S. Stern, E. Fitzgerald theory; modeling and simulating the interactions of electrons with the specimen; electron diraction; image formation in transmission 3.086 Innovation and Commercialization of Materials and scanning transmission electron microscopy; diraction and Technology phase contrast; imaging of crystals and crystal imperfections; review Subject meets with 3.207 of the most recent advances in electron microscopy for bio- and Prereq: None nanosciences; analysis of chemical composition and electronic U (Spring) structure at the atomic scale. Lectures complemented by real-case 4-0-8 units studies and computer simulations/data analysis. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Introduces the fundamental process of innovating and its role in J. LeBeau, F. Ross promoting growth and prosperity. Exposes students to innovation through team projects as a structured process, while developing 3.080 Strategic Materials Selection skills to handle multiple uncertainties simultaneously. Provides Prereq: 3.012, 3.014, or permission of instructor training to address these uncertainties through research methods Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered in the contexts of materials technology development, market Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) applications, industry structure, intellectual property, and other 3-0-9 units factors. Case studies place the project in a context of historical innovations with worldwide impact. Combination of projects and Provides a survey of methods for evaluating choice of material real-world cases help students identify how they can impact the and explores the implications of that choice. Topics include world through innovation. manufacturing economics and utility analysis. Students carry out E. Fitzgerald a group project selecting materials technology options based on economic characteristics. 3.087 Materials, Societal Impact, and Social Innovation R. Kirchain Prereq: 1.050, 2.001, 10.467, (3.010 and 3.020), or permission of instructor 3.081 Industrial Ecology of Materials Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Subject meets with 3.560 Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) Prereq: (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor 3-0-9 units Acad Year 2021-2022: U (Fall) Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered Students work on exciting, team-based projects at the 3-0-9 units interdisciplinary frontiers of materials research within a societal and humanistic context. Includes topics such as frontier research Covers quantitative techniques to address principles of substitution, and inquiry, social innovation, human-centered design thinking, dematerialization, and waste mining implementation in materials computational design, and additive manufacturing. systems. Includes life-cycle and materials flow analysis of the C. Ortiz, E. Spero impacts of materials extraction; processing; use; and recycling for materials, products, and services. Student teams undertake a case study regarding materials and technology selection using the latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials process. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. E. Olivetti

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3.091 Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry 3.096 Architectural Ironwork (New) Prereq: None Prereq: None U (Fall, Spring) U (Fall) 5-0-7 units. CHEMISTRY 2-3-4 units. HASS-A Credit cannot also be received for 5.111, 5.112, CC.5111, ES.5111, ES.5112 Explores the use of iron in the built environment throughout history and the world, with an emphasis on traditional European and Basic principles of chemistry and their application to engineering American design and connections to contemporary movements in systems. The relationship between electronic structure, art and architecture. Discusses influence of technology on design chemical bonding, and atomic order. Characterization of atomic and fabrication, spanning both ancient and modern developments. arrangements in crystalline and amorphous solids: metals, Cultivates the ability to design iron in architecture and criticize ceramics, semiconductors, and polymers. Topical coverage of ironwork as art. Includes laboratory exercises that teach a variety of organic chemistry, solution chemistry, acid-base equilibria, basic and advanced iron-working techniques such as hand forging electrochemistry, biochemistry, chemical kinetics, diusion, and and CNC machining. The project-based curriculum begins with phase diagrams. Examples from industrial practice (including art criticism of Cambridge-area ironwork, progresses to practical the environmental impact of chemical processes), from energy studies of iron architectural elements, and nishes with creation of generation and storage (e.g., batteries and fuel cells), and from an architectural object of the student's design. Associated writing emerging technologies (e.g., photonic and biomedical devices). assignments for in-lab projects hone criticism and analysis skills. D. Sadoway, P. Anikeeva Limited to 6. J. Hunter 3.094 Materials in Human Experience Prereq: None 3.100[J] Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering U (Spring) Same subject as 10.402[J], 20.301[J] 2-3-4 units. HASS-S Subject meets with 3.322[J], 10.602[J], 20.401[J] Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) and 6.0001; Coreq: 6.402 Examines the ways in which people in ancient and contemporary U (Spring) societies have selected, evaluated, and used materials of nature, 2-0-4 units transforming them to objects of material culture. Some examples: Credit cannot also be received for 1.024, 1.224, 2.161, 2.169, Maya use of lime plaster for frescoes, books and architectural 3.322[J], 10.602[J], 20.401[J], 22.042, 22.42 sculpture; sounds and colors of powerful metals in Mesoamerica; cloth and ber technologies in the Inca empire. Explores ideological Building on core material in 6.402, provides an introduction to the and aesthetic criteria oen influential in materials development. use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and Laboratory/workshop sessions provide hands-on experience with engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to materials discussed in class. Subject complements 3.091. Enrollment design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges may be limited. such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, H. N. Lechtman, D. Hosler etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, 3.095 Introduction to Metalsmithing alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version Prereq: None complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit U (Spring) without simultaneous completion of 6.402. 2-3-4 units. HASS-A R. Gomez-Bombarelli, C. Coley, E. Fraenkel

Centers around art history, design principles, sculptural concepts, and metallurgical processes. Covers metalsmithing techniques of enameling, casting, and hollowware. Students create artworks that interpret lecture material and utilize metalsmithing techniques and metal as means of expression. Also covers topics of art patronage, colonial influence upon arts production, and gender and class issues in making. Lectures and lab sessions supplemented by a visiting artist lecture and art museum eld trip. Limited to 12. T. Fadenrecht

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3.14 Physical Metallurgy 3.154[J] Materials Performance in Extreme Environments Subject meets with 3.40[J], 22.71[J] Same subject as 22.054[J] Prereq: 3.030 and 3.032 Prereq: 3.032 and 3.044 U (Spring) U (Spring) 3-0-9 units 3-2-7 units

Focuses on the links between the processing, structure, and Studies the behavior of materials in extreme environments typical of properties of metals and alloys. First, the physical bases for those in which advanced energy systems (including fossil, nuclear, strength, stiness, and ductility are discussed with reference solar, fuel cells, and battery) operate. Takes both a science and to crystallography, defects, and microstructure. Second, phase engineering approach to understanding how current materials transformations and microstructural evolution are studied in the interact with their environment under extreme conditions. Explores context of alloy thermodynamics and kinetics. Together, these the role of modeling and simulation in understanding material components comprise the modern paradigm for designing metallic behavior and the design of new materials. Focuses on energy and microstructures for optimized properties. Concludes with a focus transportation related systems. on processing/microstructure/property relationships in structural Sta engineering alloys, particularly steels and aluminum alloys. Students taking the graduate version explore the subject in greater 3.155[J] Micro/Nano Processing Technology depth. Same subject as 6.152[J] C. Tasan Prereq: Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), Physics II (GIR), or permission of instructor 3.15 Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Materials and Devices U (Spring) Prereq: 3.024 3-4-5 units U (Spring) Not oered regularly; consult department See description under subject 6.152[J]. Enrollment limited. 3-0-9 units J. del Alamo, J. Michel, J. Scholvin

Explores the relationships between the performance of electrical, 3.156 Photonic Materials and Devices optical, and magnetic devices and the microstructural and defect Subject meets with 3.46 characteristics of the materials from which they are constructed. Prereq: 3.033 and (18.03 or 3.016B) Features a device-motivated approach that places strong emphasis Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered on the design of functional materials for emerging technologies. Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) Applications center around diodes, transistors, memristors, 3-0-9 units batteries, photodetectors, solar cells (photovoltaics) and solar- to-fuel converters, displays, light emitting diodes, lasers, optical Optical materials design for semiconductors, dielectrics, organic bers and optical communications, photonic devices, magnetic data and nanostructured materials. Ray optics, electromagnetic optics storage and spintronics. and guided wave optics. Physics of light-matter interactions. J. L.M. Rupp Device design principles: LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, solar cells, modulators, ber and waveguide interconnects, optical lters, and 3.152 Magnetic Materials photonic crystals. Device processing: crystal growth, substrate Subject meets with 3.45 engineering, thin lm deposition, etching and process integration Prereq: 3.024 for dielectric, silicon and compound semiconductor materials. Micro- U (Spring) and nanophotonic systems. Organic, nanostructured and biological 3-0-9 units optoelectronics. Assignments include three design projects that emphasize materials, devices and systems applications. Students Topics include origin of magnetism in materials, magnetic domains taking graduate version complete additional assignments. and domain walls, magnetostatics, magnetic anisotropy, antiferro- J. Hu and ferrimagnetism, magnetism in thin lms and nanoparticles, magnetotransport phenomena, and magnetic characterization. Discusses a range of applications, including magnetic recording, spin-valves, and tunnel-junction sensors. Assignments include problem sets and a term paper on a magnetic device or technology. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. C. Ross

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3.16 Industrial Challenges in Metallic Materials Selection 3.171 Structural Materials and Manufacturing Subject meets with 3.39 Prereq: (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor Prereq: (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor U (Fall, Spring; partial term) Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered 2-0-10 units Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) Can be repeated for credit. Credit cannot also be received for 3-0-9 units 2.821[J], 3.371[J]

Advanced metals and alloy design with emphasis in advanced steels Combines online and in-person lectures to discuss structural and non-ferrous alloys. Applies physical metallurgy concepts to materials selection, design and processing using examples solve specic problems targeting sustainable, ecient and safer from deformation processes, casting, welding and joining, non- engineered solutions. Discusses industrial challenges involving destructive evaluation, failure and structural life assessment, and metallic materials selection and manufacturing for dierent codes and standards. Emphasizes the underlying science of a value chains and industrial segments. Includes applications in given process rather than a detailed description of the technique essential segments of modern life, such as transportation, energy or equipment. Presented in modules to be selected by student. and structural applications. Recognizing steel as an essential Students taking graduate version must submit additional work. engineering material, subject covers manufacturing and end-uses of Meets with 3.371[J] when oered concurrently. advanced steels ranging from microalloyed steels to highly alloyed T. Eagar steels. Also covers materials for very low temperature applications such as superconducting materials and for higher temperature 3.18 Materials Science and Engineering of Clean Energy applications such as superalloys. Students taking graduate version Subject meets with 3.70 complete additional assignments. Prereq: 3.030 and 3.033 T. Carneiro U (Spring) 3-0-9 units 3.17 Principles of Manufacturing (New) Subject meets with 3.37 Develops the materials principles, limitations, and challenges Prereq: 3.010 and 3.020 of clean energy technologies, including solar, energy storage, U (Fall) thermoelectrics, fuel cells, and novel fuels. Draws correlations 2-1-9 units between the limitations and challenges related to key gures of merit and the basic underlying thermodynamic, structural, transport, Teaches the methodology to achieve Six Sigma materials yield: and physical principles, as well as to the means for fabricating 99.99966% of end products perform within the required tolerance devices exhibiting optimum operating eciencies and extended limits. Six Sigma methodology employs ve stages for continuous life at reasonable cost. Students taking graduate version complete improvement — problem denition, quantication, root cause additional assignments. analysis, solution implementation, and process control to help D. Sadoway engineers evaluate eciency and assess complex systems. Through case studies, explores classic examples of materials processing 3.19 Sustainable Chemical Metallurgy problems and the solutions that achieved Six Sigma manufacturing Subject meets with 3.50 yield throughout the manufacturing system: extraction, design, Prereq: 3.022 unit processes, process flow, in-line control, test, performance/ Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered qualication, reliability, environmental impact, product life cycle, Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) cost, and workforce. Students taking graduate version complete 3-0-9 units additional assignments. L. C. Kimerling Covers principles of metal extraction processes. Provides a direct application of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics to the industrial production of metals from their ores, e.g., iron, aluminum, or reactive metals and silicon. Discusses the corresponding economics and global challenges. Addresses advanced techniques for sustainable metal extraction, particularly with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. A. Allanore

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3.20 Materials at Equilibrium 3.207 Innovation and Commercialization Prereq: (3.010, 3.013, 3.020, 3.023, 3.030, 3.033, and 3.042) or Subject meets with 3.086 permission of instructor Prereq: None G (Fall) G (Spring) 5-0-10 units 4-0-8 units

Laws of thermodynamics: general formulation and applications Explores in depth projects on a particular materials-based to mechanical, electromagnetic and electrochemical systems, technology. Investigates the science and technology of materials solutions, and phase diagrams. Computation of phase diagrams. advances and their strategic value, explore potential applications Statistical thermodynamics and relation between microscopic and for fundamental advances, and determine intellectual property macroscopic properties, including ensembles, gases, crystal lattices, related to the materials technology and applications. Students map phase transitions. Applications to phase stability and properties of progress with presentations, and are expected to create an end- mixtures. Representations of chemical equilibria. Interfaces. of-term document enveloping technology, intellectual property, A. Allanore applications, and potential commercialization. Lectures cover aspects of technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, intellectual 3.201 Introduction to DMSE (New) property, and commercialization of fundamental technologies. Prereq: Permission of instructor E. Fitzgerald G (Fall) 2-0-1 units 3.21 Kinetic Processes in Materials Prereq: 3.030, 3.044, (3.010 and 3.020), or permission of instructor Introduces new DMSE graduate students to DMSE research groups G (Spring) and the departmental spaces available for research. Guides students 5-0-10 units in joining a research group. Registration limited to students enrolled in DMSE graduate programs. Unied treatment of phenomenological and atomistic kinetic Sta processes in materials. Provides the foundation for the advanced understanding of processing, microstructural evolution, and 3.202 Essential Research Skills (New) behavior for a broad spectrum of materials. Topics include Prereq: Permission of instructor irreversible thermodynamics; rate and transition state theory, G (Spring) diusion; nucleation and phase transitions; continuous phase 2-0-1 units transitions; grain growth and coarsening; capillarity driven morphological evolution; and interface stability during phase Provides instruction in the planning, writing, literature review, transitions. presentation, and communication of advanced graduate research C. Thompson, M. Cima work. Registration limited to students enrolled in DMSE graduate programs. 3.22 Structure and Mechanics of Materials Sta Prereq: 3.013 or permission of instructor G (Fall) 4-0-8 units

Explores structural characteristics of materials focusing on bonding types, crystalline and non-crystalline states, molecular and polymeric materials, and nano-structured materials. Discusses how the macroscale mechanical response of materials, and micro- mechanisms of elasticity, plasticity, and fracture, originate from these structural characteristics. Case studies and examples are drawn from a variety of material classes: metals, ceramics, polymers, thin lms, composites, and cellular materials. C. Tasan, F. M. Ross

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3.23 Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials 3.31[J] Radiation Damage and Eects in Nuclear Materials Prereq: 8.03 and 18.03 Same subject as 22.74[J] G (Spring) Subject meets with 22.074 4-0-8 units Prereq: 3.21, 22.14, or permission of instructor Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Origin of electrical, magnetic and optical properties of materials. Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Focus on the acquisition of quantum mechanical tools. Analysis 3-0-9 units of the properties of materials. Presentation of the postulates of quantum mechanics. Examination of the hydrogen atom, simple See description under subject 22.74[J]. molecules and bonds, and the behavior of electrons in solids M. Short, B. Yildiz and energy bands. Introduction of the variation principle as a method for the calculation of wavefunctions. Investigation of how 3.320 Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials and why materials respond to dierent electrical, magnetic and Prereq: 3.030, 3.20, 3.23, or permission of instructor electromagnetic elds and probes. Study of the conductivity, G (Fall) dielectric function, and magnetic permeability in metals, 3-0-9 units semiconductors, and insulators. Survey of common devices such as transistors, magnetic storage media, optical bers. Theory and application of atomistic computer simulations to G. Beach model, understand, and predict the properties of real materials. Energy models: from classical potentials to rst-principles 3.24 Structure of Materials approaches. Density-functional theory and the total-energy Prereq: Permission of instructor pseudopotential method. Errors and accuracy of quantitative Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered predictions. Thermodynamic ensembles: Monte Carlo sampling Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) and molecular dynamics simulations. Free energies and phase 3-0-9 units transitions. Fluctations and transport properties. Coarse-graining approaches and mesoscale models. Studies the underlying structure of materials in order to deepen Sta understanding of structure-property relationships. For crystalline materials, fundamentals of structural description includes lattices, 3.321 Computational Materials Design point and space groups, symmetry and tensor properties. Concepts Subject meets with 3.041 of structure will then be discussed for other types of material: so Prereq: 3.20 matter, amorphous solids, liquid crystals, two-dimensional materials G (Spring) and nanostructured materials. Includes structural descriptions of 3-2-7 units interfaces and defects. Also introduces some of the key techniques for structure determination. Systems approach to analysis and control of multilevel materials F. M. Ross, J. LeBeau, S. Gradecak microstructures employing genomic fundamental databases. Applies quantitative process-structure-property-performance 3.30[J] Properties of Solid Surfaces relations in computational parametric design of materials Same subject as 22.75[J] composition under processability constraints to achieve predicted Prereq: 3.20, 3.21, or permission of instructor microstructures meeting multiple property objectives established Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) by industry performance requirements. Covers integration of Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered macroscopic process models with microstructural simulation 3-0-9 units to accelerate materials qualication through component-level process optimization and forecasting of manufacturing variation See description under subject 22.75[J]. to eciently dene minimum property design allowables. Case B. Yildiz studies of interdisciplinary multiphysics collaborative modeling with applications across materials classes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. G. Olson

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3.322[J] Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering 3.34 Imaging of Materials Same subject as 10.602[J], 20.401[J] Subject meets with 3.074 Subject meets with 3.100[J], 10.402[J], 20.301[J] Prereq: 3.033, 3.23, or permission of instructor Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) and 6.0001; Coreq: 6.482 G (Spring) G (Spring) 3-0-9 units 2-0-4 units Credit cannot also be received for 1.024, 1.224, 2.161, 2.169, 3.100[J], Principles and applications of (scanning) transmission electron 10.402[J], 20.301[J], 22.042, 22.42 microscopy. Topics include electron optics and aberration correction theory; modeling and simulating the interactions of electrons with Building on core material in 6.482, provides an introduction to the the specimen; electron diraction; image formation in transmission use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and and scanning transmission electron microscopy; diraction and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to phase contrast; imaging of crystals and crystal imperfections; review design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges of the most recent advances in electron microscopy for bio- and such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, nanosciences; analysis of chemical composition and electronic etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design structure at the atomic scale. Lectures complemented by real-case of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, studies and computer simulations/data analysis. Students taking alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version graduate version complete additional assignments. complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit J. LeBeau, F. Ross without simultaneous completion of 6.482. R. Gomez-Bombarelli, C. Coley, E. Fraenkel 3.35 Fracture and Fatigue Prereq: 3.22 or permission of instructor 3.33[J] Defects in Materials Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) Same subject as 22.73[J] Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered Prereq: 3.21 and 3.22 3-0-9 units Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Advanced study of material failure in response to mechanical 3-0-9 units stresses. Damage mechanisms include microstructural changes, crack initiation, and crack propagation under monotonic and cyclic Examines point, line, and planar defects in structural and functional loads. Covers a wide range of materials: metals, ceramics, polymers, materials. Relates their properties to transport, radiation response, thin lms, biological materials, composites. Describes toughening phase transformations, semiconductor device performance and mechanisms and the eect of material microstructures. Includes quantum information processing. Focuses on atomic and electronic stress-life, strain-life, and damage-tolerant approaches. Emphasizes structures of defects in crystals, with special attention to optical fracture mechanics concepts and latest applications for structural properties, dislocation dynamics, fracture, and charged defects materials, biomaterials, microelectronic components as well as population and diusion. Examples also drawn from other systems, nanostructured materials. Limited to 10. e.g., disclinations in liquid crystals, domain walls in ferromagnets, M. Dao shear bands in metallic glass, etc. J. Li

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3.36 Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties, Applications 3.371[J] Structural Materials Subject meets with 3.054 Same subject as 2.821[J] Prereq: 3.032 or permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring) G (Fall, Spring, Summer; partial term) 3-0-9 units 2-0-10 units Can be repeated for credit. Credit cannot also be received for 3.171 Discusses processing and structure of cellular solids as they are created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites; Combines online and in-person lectures to discuss structural derivation of models for the mechanical properties of honeycombs materials selection, design and processing using examples and foams; and how unique properties of honeycombs and from deformation processes, casting, welding and joining, non- foams are exploited in applications such as lightweight structural destructive evaluation, failure and structural life assessment, and panels, energy absorption devices, and thermal insulation. Covers codes and standards. Emphasizes the underlying science of a applications of cellular solids in medicine, such as increased fracture given process rather than a detailed description of the technique risk due to trabecular bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, the or equipment. Presented in modules to be selected by student. development of metal foam coatings for orthopedic implants, and Students taking graduate version must submit additional work. designing porous scaolds for tissue engineering that mimic the Meets with 3.171 when oered concurrently. extracellular matrix. Includes modelling of cellular materials applied T. Eagar, A. Slocum to natural materials and biomimicking. Oers a combination of online and in-person instruction. Students taking graduate version 3.38 Ceramics: Processing, Properties and Functional Devices complete additional assignments. Prereq: None L. Gibson G (Fall) Not oered regularly; consult department 3.37 Principles of Manufacturing (New) 3-0-9 units Subject meets with 3.17 Prereq: None Explores modern ceramic processing - ranging from large-scale G (Fall) synthesis, 3D manufacturing and printing to nanoscale-thin lm 2-1-9 units structures integrated for microelectronics useful for material, chemical, electronic or mechanical engineers. Examples of devices Teaches the methodology to achieve Six Sigma materials yield: studied include opto-electronic materials, sensors, memories, 99.99966% of end products perform within the required tolerance batteries, solar-to-fuel convertors, and solid oxide fuel cells. limits. Six Sigma methodology employs ve stages for continuous Provides the skills and guidance to design ceramic and glassy improvement — problem denition, quantication, root cause materials for large-scale components as energy storage or analysis, solution implementation, and process control to help convertors, or for nano-scale electronic applications in information engineers evaluate eciency and assess complex systems. Through storage devices. case studies, explores classic examples of materials processing J. L. M. Rupp problems and the solutions that achieved Six Sigma manufacturing yield throughout the manufacturing system: extraction, design, unit processes, process flow, in-line control, test, performance/ qualication, reliability, environmental impact, product life cycle, cost, and workforce. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. L. C. Kimerling

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3.39 Industrial Challenges in Metallic Materials Selection 3.41 Colloids, Surfaces, Absorption, Capillarity, and Wetting Subject meets with 3.16 Phenomena Prereq: 3.20 or permission of instructor Prereq: 3.20 and 3.21 Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered G (Fall) Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Not oered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units 3-0-9 units

Advanced metals and alloy design with emphasis in advanced Integrates elements of physics and chemistry toward the study of steels and non-ferrous alloys. Applies physical metallurgy concepts material surfaces. Begins with classical colloid phenomena and to solve specic problems aiming at sustainable, ecient and the interaction between surfaces in dierent media. Discusses the safer engineered solutions. Discusses industrial challenges mechanisms of surface charge generation as well as how dispersion involving metallic materials selection and manufacturing for dierent forces are created and controlled. Continues with exploration of value chains and industrial segments. Includes applications in chemical absorption processes and surface design of inorganic and essential segments of modern life such as transportation, energy organic materials. Includes examples in which such surface design and strutuctural applications. Recognizing steel as an essential can be used to control critical properties of materials in applications. engineering material, the course will cover manufacturing and end- Addresses lastly how liquids interact with solids as viewed by uses of advanced steels ranging from microalloyed steels to highly capillarity and wetting phenomena. Studies how materials are used alloyed steels. Materials for very low temperature applications in processes and applications that are intended to control liquids, such as superconducting materials and for higher temperature and how the surface chemistry and structure of those materials applications such as superalloys will also be covered. Students makes such applications possible. taking graduate version complete additional assignments. M. Cima T. Carneiro 3.42 Electronic Materials Design 3.40[J] Modern Physical Metallurgy Prereq: 3.23 Same subject as 22.71[J] G (Fall) Subject meets with 3.14 3-0-9 units Prereq: 3.030 and 3.032 G (Spring) Extensive and intensive examination of structure-processing- 3-0-9 units property correlations for a wide range of materials including metals, semiconductors, dielectrics, and optical materials. Topics covered Examines how the presence of 1-, 2- and 3-D defects and second include defect equilibria; junction characteristics; photodiodes, light phases control the mechanical, electromagnetic and chemical sources and displays; bipolar and eld eect transistors; chemical, behavior of metals and alloys. Considers point, line and interfacial thermal and mechanical transducers; data storage. Emphasis on defects in the context of structural transformations including materials design in relation to device performance. annealing, spinodal decomposition, nucleation, growth, and particle H. L. Tuller coarsening. Concentrates on structure-function relationships, and in particular how grain size, interstitial and substitutional solid 3.43[J] Integrated Microelectronic Devices solutions, and second-phase particles impact mechanical and Same subject as 6.720[J] other properties Industrially relevant case studies illustrate lecture Prereq: 3.42 or 6.012 concepts. Students taking the graduate version explore the subject G (Fall) in greater depth. 4-0-8 units C. Tasan See description under subject 6.720[J]. J. A. del Alamo, H. L. Tuller

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3.44 Materials Processing for Micro- and Nano-Systems 3.46 Photonic Materials and Devices Prereq: 3.20 and 3.21 Subject meets with 3.156 G (Fall) Prereq: 3.23 3-0-9 units Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) Processing of bulk, thin lm, and nanoscale materials for 3-0-9 units applications in electronic, magnetic, electromechanical, and photonic devices and microsystems. Topics include growth of Optical materials design for semiconductors, dielectrics and bulk, thin-lm, nanoscale single crystals via vapor and liquid polymers. Ray optics, electromagnetic optics and guided wave phase processes; formation, patterning and processing of thin optics. Physics of light-matter interactions. Device design principles: lms, with an emphasis on relationships among processing, LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, modulators, ber and waveguide structure, and properties; and processing of systems of nanoscale interconnects, optical lters, and photonic crystals. Device materials. Examples from materials processing for applications processing: crystal growth, substrate engineering, thin lm in high-performance integrated electronic circuits, micro-/nano- deposition, etching and process integration for dielectric, silicon electromechanical devices and systems and integrated sensors. and compound semiconductor materials. Microphotonic integrated C. V. Thompson circuits. Telecom/datacom systems. Assignments include three design projects that emphasize materials, devices and systems 3.45 Magnetic Materials applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional Subject meets with 3.152 assignments. Prereq: 3.23 J. Hu G (Spring) 3-0-9 units 3.50 Sustainable Chemical Metallurgy Subject meets with 3.19 Topics include origin of magnetism in materials, magnetic domains Prereq: 3.022 or permission of instructor and domain walls, magnetostatics, anisotropy, antiferro- and Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered ferrimagnetism, magnetization dynamics, spintronics, magnetism Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) in thin lms and nanoparticles, magnetotransport phenomena, 3-0-9 units and magnetic characterization. Discusses a range of applications, including magnetic recording, spintronic memory, magnetoopical Covers principles of metal extraction processes. Provides a devices, and multiferroics. Assignments include problem sets and direct application of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and a term paper on a magnetic device or technology. Students taking kinetics to the industrial production of metals from their ores, graduate version complete additional assignments. e.g. iron, aluminum, or reactive metals and silicon. Discusses C. Ross the corresponding economics and global challenges. Addresses advanced techniques for sustainable metal extraction, particularly with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. A. Allanore

3.53 Electrochemical Processing of Materials Prereq: 3.044 G (Spring) 3-0-6 units

Thermodynamic and transport properties of aqueous and nonaqueous electrolytes. The electrode/electrolyte interface. Kinetics of electrode processes. Electrochemical characterization: d.c. techniques (controlled potential, controlled current), a.c. techniques (voltametry and impedance spectroscopy). Applications: electrowinning, electrorening, electroplating, and electrosynthesis, as well as electrochemical power sources (batteries and fuel cells). D. R. Sadoway

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3.560 Industrial Ecology of Materials 3.65 So Matter Characterization Subject meets with 3.081 Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: 3.20 or permission of instructor Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Fall) Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 1-2-9 units 3-0-9 units Focuses on the design and execution of advanced experiments to Covers quantitative techniques to address principles of substitution, characterize so materials, such as synthetic and natural polymers, dematerialization, and waste mining implementation in materials biological composites, and supramolecular nanomaterials. Each systems. Includes life-cycle and materials flow analysis of the week focuses on a new characterization technique explored through impacts of materials extraction; processing; use; and recycling interactive lectures, demonstrations, and lab practicum sessions for materials, products, and services. Student teams undertake a in which students gain experience in key experimental aspects of case study regarding materials and technology selection using the so matter sample preparation and characterization. Among others, latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials topics include chemical characterization, rheology and viscometry, process. Students taking graduate version complete additional microscopy, and spectroscopic analyses. Limited to 15. assignments. J. Ortony E. Olivetti 3.69 Teaching Fellows Seminar 3.57 Materials Selection, Design, and Economics Prereq: None Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall) G (Fall) Not oered regularly; consult department 3-0-6 units 2-0-1 units Can be repeated for credit. A survey of techniques for analyzing how the choice of materials, processes, and design determine properties, performance, and Provides instruction to help prepare students for teaching at an cost. Topics include production and cost functions, mathematical advanced level and for industry or academic career paths. Topics optimization, evaluation of single and multi-attribute utility, decision include preparing a syllabus, selecting a textbook, scheduling analysis, materials property charts, and performance indices. assignments and examinations, lecture preparation, "chalk and Students use analytical techniques to develop a plan for starting a talk" vs. electronic presentations, academic honesty and discipline, new materials-related business. preparation of examinations, grading practices, working with Sta teaching assistants, working with colleagues, mentoring outside the classroom, pursuing academic positions, teaching through technical 3.64 Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces talks, and successful grant writing strategies. Subject meets with 3.056[J], 9.67[J] C. Schuh Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring) 3.691 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering 3-0-9 units Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall, Spring) Builds a foundation of physical principles underlying electrical, 0-1-0 units optical, and magnetic approaches to neural recording and Can be repeated for credit. stimulation. Discusses neural recording probes and materials considerations that influence the quality of the signals and Provides classroom or laboratory teaching experience under longevity of the probes in the brain. Students then consider physical the supervision of faculty member(s). Students assist faculty by foundations for optical recording and modulation. Introduces preparing instructional materials, leading discussion groups, and magnetism in the context of biological systems. Focuses on magnetic monitoring students' progress. Limited to Course 3 undergraduates neuromodulation methods and touches upon magnetoreception in selected by Teaching Assignments Committee. nature and its physical limits. Includes team projects that focus on J. Hu designing electrical, optical, or magnetic neural interface platforms for neuroscience. Concludes with an oral nal exam consisting of a design component and a conversation with the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. P. Anikeeva

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3.692 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering 3.903[J] Seminar in Polymers and So Matter Prereq: Permission of instructor Same subject as 10.960[J] U (Fall, Spring) Prereq: None Units arranged G (Fall, Spring) Can be repeated for credit. 2-0-0 units Can be repeated for credit. Provides classroom or laboratory teaching experience under the supervision of faculty member(s). Students assist faculty by See description under subject 10.960[J]. preparing instructional materials, leading discussion groups, A. Alexander-Katz, R. E. Cohen, D. Irvine and monitoring students' progress. Credit arranged on a case-by- case basis and reviewed by the department. Limited to Course 3 3.930 Internship Program undergraduates selected by Teaching Assignments Committee. Prereq: None J. Hu U (Fall, Spring, Summer) 0-6-0 units 3.694 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: None Provides academic credit for rst approved materials science G (Spring) and engineering internship. For reporting requirements, consult Not oered regularly; consult department the faculty internship program coordinator. Limited to Course 3 Units arranged internship track majors. Can be repeated for credit. T. Eagar

. 3.931 Internship Program D. Sadoway Prereq: 3.930 U (Fall, Spring, Summer) 3.693-3.699 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering 0-6-0 units Prereq: None G (Spring) Provides academic credit for second approved materials science and Units arranged engineering internship in the year following completion of 3.930. Can be repeated for credit. For reporting requirements consult the faculty internship program coordinator. Limited to Course 3 internship track majors. Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under the supervision of T. Eagar a faculty member. Students selected by interview. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments. 3.932 Industrial Practice D. Sadoway Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Summer) 3.70 Materials Science and Engineering of Clean Energy Units arranged Subject meets with 3.18 Can be repeated for credit. Prereq: 3.20, 3.23, or permission of instructor G (Spring) Provides academic credit to graduate students for approved 3-0-9 units internship assignments at companies/national laboratories. Restricted to DMSE SM or PhD/ScD students. Develops the materials principles, limitations and challenges D. Sadoway in clean energy technologies, including solar, energy storage, thermoelectrics, fuel cells, and novel fuels. Draws correlations 3.941[J] Statistical Mechanics of Polymers between the limitations and challenges related to key gures of Same subject as 10.668[J] merit and the basic underlying thermodynamic, structural, transport, Prereq: 10.568 or permission of instructor and physical principles, as well as to the means for fabricating Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Fall) devices exhibiting optimum operating eciencies and extended Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered life at reasonable cost. Students taking graduate version complete 3-0-9 units additional assignments. D. Sadoway See description under subject 10.668[J]. G. C. Rutledge, A. Alexander-Katz

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3.942 Polymer Physics Archaeology and Archaeological Science Prereq: 3.032 or permission of instructor G (Fall, Spring) 3.981 Communities of the Living and the Dead: the Archaeology 4-0-8 units of Ancient Egypt Credit cannot also be received for 3.063 Prereq: None The mechanical, optical, electrical, and transport properties of U (Spring) polymers and other types of "so matter" are presented with respect 3-0-9 units. HASS-S to the underlying physics and physical chemistry of polymers and Examines the development of complex societies in Egypt over a colloids in solution, and solid states. Topics include how enthalpy 3000-year period. Uses archaeological and historical sources to and entropy determine conformation, molecular dimensions determine how and why prehistoric communities coalesced into and packing of polymer chains and colloids and supramolecular a long-lived and powerful state. Studies the remains of ancient materials. Examination of the structure of glassy, crystalline, and settlements, tombs, and temples, exploring their relationships to rubbery elastic states of polymers; thermodynamics of solutions, one another and to the geopolitical landscape of Egypt and the blends, crystallization; liquid crystallinity, microphase separation, Mediterranean world. Considers the development of advanced and self-assembled organic-inorganic nanocomposites. Case studies technologies, rise of social hierarchy, expansion of empire, role of of relationships between structure and function in technologically writing, and growth of a complex economy. important polymeric systems. Students taking graduate version Sta complete additional assignments. A. Alexander-Katz 3.982 The Ancient Andean World Prereq: None 3.963[J] Biomaterials Science and Engineering U (Fall) Same subject as 20.463[J] Not oered regularly; consult department Subject meets with 3.055[J], 20.363[J] 3-0-6 units. HASS-S Prereq: 20.110[J] or permission of instructor G (Fall) Examines development of Andean civilization which culminated in 3-0-9 units the extraordinary empire established by the Inka. Archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistorical approaches. Particular attention See description under subject 20.463[J]. to the unusual topography of the Andean area, its influence D. Irvine, K. Ribbeck upon local ecology, and the characteristic social, political, and technological responses of Andean people to life in a topographically 3.971[J] Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics "vertical" world. Characteristic cultural styles of prehistoric Andean Same subject as 2.798[J], 6.524[J], 10.537[J], 20.410[J] life. Prereq: Biology (GIR) and (2.002, 2.006, 6.013, 10.301, or 10.302) D. Hosler Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall, Spring) 3.983 Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization 3-0-9 units Prereq: None See description under subject 20.410[J]. U (Spring) R. D. Kamm, K. J. Van Vliet 3-0-6 units. HASS-S Examines origins, florescence and collapse of selected civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica using archaeological and ethnohistoric evidence. Focuses on the Maya, including their hieroglyphic writing. Themes include development of art and architecture, urbanism, religious and political institutions, human-environment interactions, and socio-political collapse. Representations of Maya society in contemporary lm and media. Limited to 10. F. Rossi

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3.984 Materials in Ancient Societies: Ceramics 3.987 Human Evolution: Data from Palaeontology, Archaeology, Prereq: Permission of instructor and Materials Science G (Fall) Prereq: None 3-6-3 units U (Spring) 3-2-7 units. HASS-S Seminars and labs provide in-depth study of the technologies ancient societies used to produce objects from ceramic materials, Examines human physical and cultural evolution over the past ve including clays and mortars. Seminars cover basic ceramic materials million years via lectures and labs that incorporate data from human science and engineering and relate materials selection and palaeontology, archaeology, and materials science. Topics include processing to environment, exchange, political power, and cultural the evolution of hominin morphology and adaptations; the nature values. and structure of bone and its importance in human evolution; and H. N. Lechtman, J. Meanwell the fossil and archaeological evidence for human behavioral and cultural evolution, from earliest times through the Pleistocene. 3.985[J] Archaeological Science Laboratory sessions include study of stone technology, artifacts, and Same subject as 5.24[J], 12.011[J] fossil specimens. Prereq: Chemistry (GIR) or Physics I (GIR) M. Price U (Spring) 3-1-5 units. HASS-S 3.989 Materials in Ancient Societies: Ceramics Laboratory Prereq: Permission of instructor Pressing issues in archaeology as an anthropological science. G (Spring) Stresses the natural science and engineering methods 3-6-3 units archaeologists use to address these issues. Reconstructing time, space, and human ecologies provides one focus; materials Laboratory analysis of archaeological artifacts of ceramics. Follows technologies that transform natural materials to material on 3.984. culture provide another. Topics include 14C dating, ice core and J. Meanwell palynological analysis, GIS and other remote sensing techniques for site location, organic residue analysis, comparisons between 3.990 Seminar in Archaeological Method and Theory Old World and New World bronze production, invention of rubber Prereq: 3.985[J], 3.986, and 21A.00 by Mesoamerican societies, analysis and conservation of Dead Sea U (Fall, Spring) Scrolls. 3-0-6 units D. Hosler, H. N. Lechtman Designed for undergraduate seniors majoring in Archaeology and 3.986 The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology Materials. Critical analysis of major intellectual and methodological Prereq: None developments in American archaeology, including evolutionary U (Fall) theory, the "New Archaeology," Marxism, formal and ideological 3-0-9 units. HASS-S; CI-H approaches. Explores the use of science and engineering methods to reconstruct cultural patterns from archaeological data. Seminar From an archaeological perspective, examines ancient human format, with formal presentations by all students. Non-majors activities and the forces that shaped them. Draws on case studies fullling all prerequisites may enroll by permission of instructors. from the Old and/or New World. Exposes students to various classes Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. of archaeological data, such as stone, bone, and ceramics, that help D. Hosler, H. Lechtman reconstruct the past. M. Price

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3.993 Archaeology of the Middle East 3.EPE UPOP Engineering Practice Experience Prereq: None Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. U (Spring) Oered under: 1.EPE, 2.EPE, 3.EPE, 6.EPE, 8.EPE, 10.EPE, 15.EPE, 3-0-6 units. HASS-S 16.EPE, 20.EPE, 22.EPE Prereq: 2.EPW or permission of instructor Explores the long history of the Middle East and its role as an U (Fall, Spring) enduring center of civilization and human thought. Beginning over 0-0-1 units 100,000 years ago and ending up in the present day, tackles major issues in the human career through examination of archaeological See description under subject 2.EPE. and written materials. Students track the course of human Sta development in the Middle East, from hunting and gathering to cities and empires. 3.EPW UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop M. Price Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. Oered under: 1.EPW, 2.EPW, 3.EPW, 6.EPW, 10.EPW, 16.EPW, 3.995 First Year Thesis Research (New) 20.EPW, 22.EPW Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: None G (Spring) U (Fall, IAP) Units arranged [P/D/F] 1-0-0 units

Preparation for program of research leading to the writing of an See description under subject 2.EPW. Enrollment limited. SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an Sta appropriate MIT faculty member. Includes research and departmental presentation. 3.S01 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering F. M. Ross Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall) 3.997 Graduate Fieldwork in Materials Science and Engineering Units arranged Prereq: Permission of instructor Can be repeated for credit. G (Fall, Spring, Summer) Units arranged Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered Can be repeated for credit. in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely dierent subject matter. Program of eld research in materials science and engineering Sta leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. 3.S02 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering D. Hosler, H. Lechtman Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall) 3.998 Doctoral Thesis Update Meeting Units arranged Prereq: None Can be repeated for credit. G (Fall, Spring) 0-1-0 units Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for Thesis research update presentation to the thesis committee. Held completely dierent subject matter. the rst or second academic term aer successfully passing the Sta Thesis Area Examination. Sta 3.S03 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall) Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.

Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely dierent subject matter. Sta

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3.S04 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering 3.S09 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Spring) U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Units arranged Not oered regularly; consult department Can be repeated for credit. Units arranged [P/D/F]

Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely dierent subject matter. completely dierent subject matter. Sta Sta

3.S05 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering 3.S70 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall) G (Fall) Units arranged Not oered regularly; consult department Units arranged Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that completely dierent subject matter. are not included in the permanent curriculum. Sta Sta

3.S06 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering 3.S71 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall, Spring) G (Fall, IAP) Units arranged Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered in are not included in the permanent curriculum. regularly scheduled subjects. A. Allanore, T. Carneiro Sta 3.S72 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering 3.S07 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall) U (Fall) Not oered regularly; consult department Units arranged Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered are not included in the permanent curriculum. in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for Sta completely dierent subject matter. Sta 3.S74 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor 3.S08 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering G (Spring) Prereq: Permission of instructor Not oered regularly; consult department U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Units arranged Not oered regularly; consult department Units arranged [P/D/F] Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum. Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered Sta in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely dierent subject matter. Sta

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3.S75 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering 3.URG Undergraduate Research Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: None G (Fall) U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Units arranged Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum. Extended participation in work of a research group. Independent Sta study of literature, direct involvement in group's research (commensurate with student skills), and project work under an 3.S76-3.S79 Special Subject in Materials Science and individual faculty member. See UROP coordinator for registration Engineering procedures. Prereq: Permission of instructor Information: DMSE Academic Oce G (IAP) Units arranged [P/D/F]

Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum. Sta

3.THG Graduate Thesis Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.

Program of research leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. D. Sadoway

3.THU Undergraduate Thesis Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.

Program of research leading to the writing of an SB thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Information: DMSE Academic Oce

3.UR Undergraduate Research Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Units arranged [P/D/F] Can be repeated for credit.

Extended participation in work of a research group. Independent study of literature, direct involvement in group's research (commensurate with student skills), and project work under an individual faculty member. See UROP coordinator for registration procedures. Information: DMSE Academic Oce

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