sign in sign up
<<
Home , Nanoengineering, Nanomechanics, Nanotechnology

and 1

programs//materials-science-nanoengineering/materials- MATERIALS SCIENCE AND science-nanoengineering-ba/) • Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and NanoEngineering NANOENGINEERING (BSMSNE) Degree (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments- programs/engineering/materials-science-nanoengineering/materials- Contact -nanoengineering-bsmsne/) Materials Science and NanoEngineering https://msne.rice.edu/ Master's Programs E200E George R. Brown Hall • Master of Materials Science and NanoEngineering (MMSNE) Degree 713-348-3698 (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/ engineering/materials-science-nanoengineering/materials-science- Pulickel M. Ajayan nanoengineering-mmsne/) Department Chair • Master of Science (MS) Degree in the field of Materials Science and [email protected] NanoEngineering (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments- programs/engineering/materials-science-nanoengineering/materials- science-nanoengineering-ms/) Materials science and engineering is about the processing, structure, properties, and performance of materials, such as and their alloys, Doctoral Program , ceramics, glass, , composites, , • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in the field of Materials and . Materials scientists and apply principles Science and NanoEngineering (https://ga.rice.edu/programs- of math, and to design, produce, characterize, and study/departments-programs/engineering/materials-science- utilize materials in all hardware that are essential to modern society. nanoengineering/materials-science-nanoengineering-phd/) Examples range in size and properties from the nanometer-thick atomic layers in CPU for data center and smart phones, the single- crystal superalloy blades in turbine engines, to the coated steels used Coordinated Programs in transcontinental pipelines and power lines. The Materials Science • Master of Materials Science and NanoEngineering (MMSNE) and NanoEngineering curriculum provides students with the requisite Degree / Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree (https:// skills and educational background to contribute to the solution of many ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/engineering/ materials and nanoengineering problems, allows graduates to work in a materials-science-nanoengineering/business-administration-mba- fascinating field, and makes it possible to become a leader in one of the materials-science-nanoengineering-mmsne/) most challenging areas of . Chair The department’s graduate degree programs include a non-thesis Pulickel M. Ajayan professional master’s degree as well as research degrees which include a thesis. These programs, in their comprehensive educational and research activities, collaborate with other departments at Rice and Associate Chair other institutions and industry in Houston, including those in the Texas Jun Lou Medical Center. Collaborations are also extended to universities in the United States, Europe, Asia, North and South America. International Professors collaborations include joint research activities as well as faculty and Enrique V. Barrera student visitor exchanges. Boris I. Yakobson Graduate studies in the department may lead to specialization in one of several areas, including Advanced Manufacturing, Biomaterials, Associate Professor Nanomaterial Composites, Computational Materials Science, Material Ming Tang Modeling and Theories, Electron Microscopy and in situ Methods, Conversion and Storage, Low Dimensional Materials, Mechanical Properties and , , Optical Materials, Assistant Professors and Nanoplasmonics, Quantum and Electronic Materials, Yimo Han Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films and Coatings, and Ultralight- Hanyu Zhu Weight Ultrahigh-Strength Multifunctional Materials. For details about these faculty research areas, please go to the MSNE website (https:// Research Professor msne.rice.edu/). Robert Vajtai

A coordinated MBA/MMSNE degrees program is also offered in conjunction with the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business. Associate Research Professors Wade Adams Bachelor's Programs Alberto Pimpinelli • Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with a Major in Materials Science and NanoEngineering (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments- Assistant Research Professors Evgeni Penev

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 2 Materials Science and NanoEngineering

Hua Guo Materials Science & NanoEng (MSNE) MSNE 201 - INTRODUCTION TO NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS Professor in the Practice Short Title: INTRO TO NANOTECH FOR ENGR Peter Loos Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Lecturers Course Type: Lecture Randy John Distribution Group: Distribution Group III Ahmad Kabbani Credit Hours: 3 Venkataraman Swaminathan Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Joint Appointments Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Description: Introduction to the properties of nanomaterials and their Pedro J.J. Alvarez applications in engineering, technology, chemistry, energy, , and Gang Bao medicine. General discussion of nanotechnology, from multidisciplinary Yildiz Bayazitoglu research to consumer products, suitable for all levels and specializations. Sibani Lisa Biswal Students will develop the understanding needed to separate the hype Naomi J. Halas form the real in one of the most dynamic and prolific areas of research in Matthew Jones the last ten years. Includes demonstrations, student-lead projects, and Junichiro Kono lab tours. Required for MSNE majors. Qilin Li Antonios G. Mikos MSNE 210 - WILD TOPICS IN CHEMISTRY AND NANOTECHNOLOGY Aditya D. Mohite Short Title: WILD TOPICS CHEM AND NANOTECH Satish Nagarajaiah Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Douglas Natelson Grade Mode: Standard Letter Peter Nordlander Course Type: Lecture Matteo Pasquali Credit Hour: 1 Gustavo E. Scuseria Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Pol D. Spanos Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. James M. Tour Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Rafael Verduzco Description: A variety of topics related to chemistry and nanotechnology R. Bruce Weisman will be discussed. Some topics are classical while others are current. Peter G. Wolynes Topics may include , molecular , how to form a start- Michael S. Wong up company. Grades will be based upon attendance and quizzes. Cross- list: CEVE 210, CHEM 210. Repeatable for Credit. Adjunct Professors MSNE 238 - SPECIAL TOPICS Short Title: SPECIAL TOPICS Sivaram Arepalli Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Jaime Bonilla-Rios Grade Mode: Standard Letter Peter Boul Course Type: Internship/Practicum, Laboratory, Lecture, Seminar, Lijie Ci Independent Study Zachary Cordero Credit Hours: 1-4 Feng Ding Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Eilaf Egap Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Sergio D. Kapusta Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Valery N. Khabashesku Description: Topics and credit hours may vary each semester. Contact Ajit Roy department for current semester’s topic(s). Repeatable for Credit. Glaura Goulart Silva Abhishek Kumar Singh Edwin L. Thomas Nikil Verghese

For degree-granting programs: To view the list of official course offerings, please see Rice’s Course Catalog (https://courses.rice.edu/admweb/!SWKSCAT.cat? p_action=cata) To view the most recent semester’s course schedule, please see Rice's Course Schedule (https://courses.rice.edu/admweb/!SWKSCAT.cat)

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 Materials Science and NanoEngineering 3

MSNE 301 - MATERIALS SCIENCE FOR ENGINEERS MSNE 311 - MATERIALS SELECTION AND DESIGN Short Title: MATERIALS SCIENCE FOR ENGRS Short Title: MATERIALS SELECTION & DESIGN Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory Distribution Group: Distribution Group III Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Materials Science & NanoEng. Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Description: Introduction to the science of materials. Includes Prerequisite(s): MSNE 301 and MSNE 304 metals, ceramics, plastics, and semiconductors, as well as the properties Description: Diverse types of commercially available materials are of solid materials from atomic and macroscopic points of view. Required considered for applications of current economic importance based on for materials science and engineering majors. NOTE: Freshman can also their various useful properties. Student learning is primarily through a register for this course. hands-on team project and deconstruction of commercial products as MSNE 302 - MATERIALS PROCESSING AND NANOMANUFACTURING well as individual oral presentations. Instructor Permission Required. Short Title: MATERIALS PROCESSING MSNE 365 - NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Short Title: NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Course Type: Lecture Grade Mode: Standard Letter Credit Hours: 3 Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Credit Hours: 3 Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Prerequisite(s): MATH 211 and MATH 212 Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Description: An overview of mass, , and heat transport with Description: This course will introduce students to the fundamental applications in materials processing and nanomanufacturing. Emphasis science of nanomaterials. Many of the concepts will be explained by is on analytical modeling of processing techniques with a view towards drawing from applications in sustainability (photovoltaics, solar-to-fuel improving their efficiency and yield. conversion thermionic, thermoelectric, fuel cells). Students will design a MSNE 304 - MATERIALS SCIENCE JUNIOR LAB lab demo from scratch using amongst others the infrastructure provided Short Title: MATERIALS SCIENCE JUNIOR LAB by the photonics measurement lab. Cross-list: ELEC 365. Department: Materials Science & NanoEng MSNE 389 - ETHICS & SAFETY FOR MATERIALS ENGINEERS Grade Mode: Standard Letter Short Title: ETHICS & SAFETY FOR MATER ENG Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Credit Hours: 3 Grade Mode: Standard Letter Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Course Type: Seminar Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Credit Hour: 1 Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Prerequisite(s): MSNE 301 (may be taken concurrently) Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Description: Through this course, you will be able to independently Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level operate various types of common materials testing and metallography Description: Moral duty as well as legal and contractual obligations equipment. The labs provide a path of self-discovery about the depth of related to the practice of materials engineering. Issues of importance your knowledge and your intuitive insight into the quality of experimental include safety, conflicts of interest, noncompetition & nondisclosure data. You will learn, acquire and demonstrate Materials Laboratory agreements, as well as confidential and proprietary information. Several fundamentals. Open only to junior materials science and engineering examples of ethical lapses and various fraudulent activities will be majors. Required for materials science and engineering majors. Instructor reviewed, as well as “special processes” which pose the greatest risk for Permission Required. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for MSNE 304 if ethics violations. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 589. student has credit for MSNE 303.

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 4 Materials Science and NanoEngineering

MSNE 401 - THERMODYNAMICS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE MSNE 407 - CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT I Short Title: THERMODYNAMICS IN MAT SCIENCE Short Title: CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT I Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Laboratory Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 4 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Prerequisite(s): (CHEM 112 or CHEM 122) and MATH 212 Prerequisite(s): MSNE 303 and MSNE 311 Description: Unified presentation of the kinetics and thermodynamics Description: An interdisciplinary capstone design experience in materials of mass and energy transport. Includes heterogeneous equilibrium, science and nanoengineering. This course provides an opportunity for diffusion in , and heat transfer, as well as their application to students to apply knowledge and skills acquired in previous courses engineering design. Required for materials science and engineering to the solution of a realistic engineering problem. Teams of students majors. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 503. Mutually will specify, design, and build an engineering system/device to meet a Exclusive: Cannot register for MSNE 401 if student has credit for prescribed set of requirements. Must complete MSNE 408 to receive MSNE 503. credit for MSNE 407 and both courses must be taken the same academic MSNE 402 - MECH PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS year. Required for MSNE majors in B.S. program. Instructor Permission Short Title: MECH PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS Required. Department: Materials Science & NanoEng MSNE 408 - CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT II Grade Mode: Standard Letter Short Title: CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT II Course Type: Lecture Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Credit Hours: 3 Grade Mode: Standard Letter Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Course Type: Laboratory Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Credit Hours: 3 Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Prerequisite(s): MATH 211 and MSNE 301 Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Description: Survey of the mechanical properties of solid materials. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Includes basic mechanics, , plasticity, fracture, fatigue, creep, Description: An interdisciplinary capstone design experience in materials hardening mechanisms, mechanical testing, and structure-property science and nanoengineering. This course provides an opportunity for relationships. Required for materials science and engineering majors. students to apply knowledge and skills acquired in previous courses Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 502. Mutually Exclusive: to the solution of a realistic engineering problem. Teams of students Cannot register for MSNE 402 if student has credit for MSNE 502. will specify, design, and build an engineering system/device to meet a MSNE 406 - PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS prescribed set of requirements. Must complete MSNE 407 to receive Short Title: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS credit for MSNE 408 and both courses must be taken the same academic Department: Materials Science & NanoEng year. Required for MSNE majors in B.S. program. Instructor Permission Grade Mode: Standard Letter Required. Course Type: Lecture MSNE 411 - MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION FROM NANO TO MACRO Credit Hours: 3 Short Title: MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory Prerequisite(s): MATH 211 Credit Hours: 3 Description: Survey of the electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate metals, semiconductors, and dielectrics based upon elementary band Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. theory concepts. Required for materials science and engineering majors. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 506. Mutually Exclusive: Prerequisite(s): (MSCI 301 or MSNE 301) and MSNE 304 Cannot register for MSNE 406 if student has credit for MSNE 506. Description: Sample preparation, visible light microscopy, optical interferometry used for profilometry, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray spectroscopy and microanalysis, hardness testing, calorimetry, and thermo-gravimetric analysis. Applications include evaluation of composition, structure, properties, and defects as well as fractography and failure analysis. Structures of primary interest are those resulting from nonequilibrium processing. Required for the BS-MSNE. Graduate/ Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 511.

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 Materials Science and NanoEngineering 5

MSNE 413 - AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: THEORY MSNE 433 - COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS MODELING AND APPLICATIONS Short Title: COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS MODEL Short Title: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Description: Physico-chemical principles augmented by ever-advancing Description: Basic principles and applications of additive manufacturing computation technology have become a tool for explaining rich materials (AM), Various AM processes. Materials science such as polymers, metals, properties, designing nano-structures and their possible functionality. ceramics, composites, and bio-materials for AM. Selection of material This course overviews basic quantum principles of materials structure, and process for design applications such as structures, electronics, and a hierarchy of approximations broadly used in computational biomedical, and consumer products. Hands-on experience and models. This includes classical mutli-body potentials, tight-binding analysis from digital data to physical objects. Graduate/Undergraduate approximations, electronic density functional theory methods, etc. Equivalency: MSNE 513. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 533. Mutually Exclusive: MSNE 413 if student has credit for MSNE 513. Cannot register for MSNE 433 if student has credit for MSNE 533. MSNE 415 - CERAMICS AND GLASSES MSNE 435 - CRYSTALLOGRAPHY & DIFFRACTION Short Title: CERAMICS AND GLASSES Short Title: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY & DIFFRACTION Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Prerequisite(s): MSNE 301 or MSCI 301 Prerequisite(s): MSNE 301 or MSCI 301 Description: Fundamentals of ceramic and glassy materials, including Description: Study of crystals by diffraction techniques, focusing on phase relations, theoretical properties, structure, bonding, and design. x-ray, with an overview of electron and neutron diffraction as well as MSNE 417 - ELECTRONIC, OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF complementary techniques. Provides mathematical foundations and POLYMERS nomenclature for diffraction and related phenomena. Includes basics Short Title: ELECTRONICS of crystallographic analysis and surface/point/space group symmetry, Department: Materials Science & NanoEng experiment design (sources, geometry, detectors), and data analysis Grade Mode: Standard Letter and interpretation. Required for undergraduate MSNE major. Meets with Course Type: Lecture MSNE 535 (less course work for the undergraduate class). Graduate/ Credit Hours: 3 Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 535. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate register for MSNE 435 if student has credit for MSNE 535. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. MSNE 437 - CRYSTALLOGRAPHY & DIFFRAC LAB Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Short Title: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY & DIFFRAC LAB Prerequisite(s): CHEM 211 or MSNE 301 Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Description: Covers physical and material concepts and engineering Grade Mode: Standard Letter applications of electronic polymers. Examines the structural origins of Course Type: Laboratory the diverse electronic, optoelectronic, photonic and magnetic properties Credit Hour: 1 of conjugated polymers. Topics include synthesis, electronic structure, Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate physico-chemical characterization, applications in LEDs, solar cells, Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. transistors, , and bioelectronics. Graduate/Undergraduate Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Equivalency: MSNE 517. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for Prerequisite(s): MSNE 435 (may be taken concurrently) MSNE 417 if student has credit for MSNE 517. Description: Selected laboratory experiments in materials science, focusing on lattice symmetry, crystallography, phase identification, and . Required for undergraduate MSNE major. Prerequisite MSNE 435 may be take concurrently. Instructor Permission Required. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 537. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for MSNE 437 if student has credit for MSNE 537.

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 6 Materials Science and NanoEngineering

MSNE 450 - MATERIALS SCIENCE SEMINAR MSNE 499 - CURRENT TOPICS Short Title: MATERIALS SCIENCE SEMINAR Short Title: CURRENT TOPICS Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Seminar Course Type: Seminar Credit Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 1-9 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Description: A series of seminars on selected topics in Materials Science. Description: Designed for undergraduate materials science students. Recommended for Materials Science and NanoEngineering majors. Topics vary from term to term. Please consult with the department for MSNE 451 - MATERIALS SCIENCE SEMINAR additional information. Short Title: MATERIALS SCIENCE SEMINAR MSNE 500 - MATERIALS SCIENCE SEMINAR Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Short Title: MATERIALS SCIENCE SEMINAR Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Course Type: Seminar Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Credit Hour: 1 Course Type: Seminar Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Credit Hour: 1 Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Level: Graduate Description: A series of seminars on selected topics in Materials Science. Description: A series of seminars on selected topics in Materials Science. Recommended for Materials Science and NanoEngineering majors. Required for Materials Science and Engineering majors. Repeatable for MSNE 477 - SPECIAL TOPICS Credit. Short Title: SPECIAL TOPICS MSNE 501 - GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Short Title: GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Course Type: Seminar, Lecture, Laboratory, Internship/Practicum Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Credit Hours: 1-4 Course Type: Seminar Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Credit Hour: 1 Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Level: Graduate Description: Topics and credit hours may vary each semester. Contact Description: Two graduate students will present every week, except for department for current semester's topic(s). Repeatable for Credit. 1st year graduate students who will present 3 per class. Every week, MSNE 490 - MATERIALS SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJECTS students will be encouraged to fill out peer evaluation forms and include Short Title: MATERIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJ anonymous comments/suggestions for improving the presentation. The Department: Materials Science & NanoEng results of these comments will not be shared, but given to the presenter Grade Mode: Standard Letter for their reference. Repeatable for Credit. Course Type: Research MSNE 502 - MECH PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS Credit Hours: 1-3 Short Title: MECH PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Course Type: Lecture Description: Independent investigation of a specific topic or problem in Credit Hours: 3 materials science. Research under the direction of a selected faculty Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. member. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit. Course Level: Graduate MSNE 491 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH Description: Survey of the mechanical properties of solid materials. Short Title: SUPERVISED RESEARCH Includes basic mechanics, elasticity, plasticity, fracture, fatigue, creep, Department: Materials Science & NanoEng hardening mechanisms, mechanical testing, and structure-property Grade Mode: Standard Letter relationships. Required for Materials Science and Engineering majors. Course Type: Research Additional work required. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: Credit Hours: 1-3 MSNE 402. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for MSNE 502 if student Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate has credit for MSNE 402. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level Prerequisite(s): (MATH 101 or MATH 105) and (MATH 102 or MATH 106) Description: Supervised research, reports and/or final reports required. Sponsorship by faculty member required. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 Materials Science and NanoEngineering 7

MSNE 503 - THERMODYNAMICS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE MSNE 511 - MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION FROM NANO TO MACRO Short Title: THERMODYNAMICS IN MAT SCIENCE Short Title: MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Course Level: Graduate Description: Unified presentation of the kinetics and thermodynamics Description: Sample preparation, visible light microscopy, optical of mass and energy transport. Includes heterogeneous equilibrium, interferometry used for profilometry, scanning electron microscopy, diffusion in solids, and heat transfer, as well as their application to x-ray spectroscopy and microanalysis, hardness testing, calorimetry, engineering design. Required for Materials Science and Engineering and thermo-gravimetric analysis. Applications include evaluation of majors. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 401. Mutually composition, structure, properties, and defects as well as fractography Exclusive: Cannot register for MSNE 503 if student has credit for and failure analysis. Structures of primary interest are those resulting MSNE 401. from nonequilibrium processing. Instructor Permission Required. MSNE 505 - MICROSTRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 411. Short Title: MICRO/NANO-STRUCTURE EVOLUTION MSNE 512 - QUANTUM MATERIALS ENGINEERING Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Short Title: QUANTUM MATERIALS ENGINEERING Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Course Type: Lecture Grade Mode: Standard Letter Credit Hours: 3 Course Type: Lecture Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Credit Hours: 3 Course Level: Graduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Description: Study of the thermodynamic and kinetic principles Course Level: Graduate underlying structural evolution in materials at micro- and nanoscales. Description: Introduction to the fundamentals of quantum materials Includes atomic diffusion, phase transformations and morphological and the experimental techniques to solid-state quantum evolution of surfaces and interfaces under capillary and mechanical phenomena. Students must have completed . Elucidation of atomistic mechanisms and mathematical and physical properties of solids (or equivalent) before enrollment. treatment are emphasized. Undergraduates may register with instructor Recommended Prerequisite(s): Quantum Mechanics and Physical permission. Recommended Prerequisite(s): MSNE 503. properties of solids (or solid state physics) MSNE 506 - PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS MSNE 513 - 3D PRINTING AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: THEORY Short Title: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS AND APPLICATIONS Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Short Title: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Course Type: Lecture Grade Mode: Standard Letter Credit Hours: 3 Course Type: Lecture Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Credit Hours: 3 Course Level: Graduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Description: Survey of the electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of Course Level: Graduate metals, semiconductors, and dielectrics based upon elementary band Description: Basic principles and applications of additive manufacturing theory concepts. Required for Materials Science and Engineering majors. (AM), Various AM processes. Materials science such as polymers, metals, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 406. Mutually Exclusive: ceramics, composites, and bio-materials for AM. Selection of material Cannot register for MSNE 506 if student has credit for MSNE 406. and process for design applications such as structures, electronics, MSNE 510 - SCALING CONCEPTS IN 2D MATERIALS AND POLYMER biomedical, and consumer products. Hands-on experience and PHYSICS analysis from digital data to physical objects. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 413. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for Short Title: SCALING CONCEPTS IN MATERIALS Department: Materials Science & NanoEng MSNE 513 if student has credit for MSNE 413. Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Description: The course is an introduction to symmetry breaking, scaling and universality in low dimensional materials and polymers. Using simple models as examples, the course addresses 2D crystals and melting, surface roughening, scaling properties of polymers, phase transitions and the mean field approach. It then goes over to explain how renormalization works in condensed matter, and how it gives rise to universality. Recommended Prerequisite(s): MSNE 401

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 8 Materials Science and NanoEngineering

MSNE 517 - ELECTRONIC, OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MSNE 534 - NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY I POLYMERS Short Title: NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY Short Title: POLYMER ELECTRONICS Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Course Level: Graduate Description: Enrollment is open to all students. Undergraduate enrollment Description: Covers physical and material concepts and engineering requires instructor permission via special registration form. An applications of electronic polymers. Examines the structural origins of introduction to the basic principles of nanoscience and nanotechnology. the diverse electronic, optoelectronic, photonic and magnetic properties Size dependent physical properties of nanoscopic solids will be described of conjugated polymers. Topics include synthesis, electronic structure, using solid state physics and molecular orbital theory as a foundation. physico-chemical characterization, applications in LEDs, solar cells, Wet chemical techniques that produce nanoscale materials (e.g. carbon transistors, spintronics, and bioelectronics. Graduate/Undergraduate nanotubes, and metallic , dendrimers...) will Equivalency: MSNE 417. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for be introduced in the second half of the semester. Expected to be taught MSNE 517 if student has credit for MSNE 417. Spring 2019. Cross-list: CEVE 533, CHEM 533. MSNE 523 - PROPERTIES, SYNTHESIS AND DESIGN OF COMPOSITE MSNE 535 - CRYSTALLOGRAPHY & DIFFRACTION MATERIALS Short Title: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY & DIFFRACTION Short Title: DESIGN OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Course Level: Graduate Description: Study of crystals by diffraction techniques, focusing on Description: Study of the science of interfaces and the properties that x-ray, with an overview of electron and neutron diffraction as well as govern their use in composite materials. Not offered every year. The study complementary techniques. Provides mathematical foundations and of composite processing and methods for synthesis polymer, and nomenclature for diffraction and related phenomena. Includes basics ceramic matrix composition. of crystallographic analysis and surface/point/space group symmetry, MSNE 533 - COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS MODELING experiment design (sources, geometry, detectors), and data analysis Short Title: COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS MODEL and interpretation. Required for undergraduate MSNE major. Meets Department: Materials Science & NanoEng with MSNE 435 (additional work for the graduate version). Cross-list: Grade Mode: Standard Letter PHYS 535. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 435. Mutually Course Type: Lecture Exclusive: Cannot register for MSNE 535 if student has credit for Credit Hours: 3 MSNE 435. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. MSNE 537 - CRYSTALLOGRAPHY & DIFFRAC LAB Course Level: Graduate Short Title: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY & DIFFRAC LAB Description: Physico-chemical principles augmented by ever-advancing Department: Materials Science & NanoEng computation technology have become a tool for explaining rich materials Grade Mode: Standard Letter properties, designing nano-structures and their possible functionality. Course Type: Laboratory This course overviews basic quantum principles of materials structure, Credit Hour: 1 and a hierarchy of approximations broadly used in computational Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. models. This includes classical mutli-body potentials, tight-binding Course Level: Graduate approximations, electronic density functional theory methods, Description: Selected laboratory experiments in materials science, etc. MSNE 533 requires additional work. Graduate/Undergraduate focusing on lattice symmetry, crystallography, phase identification, and Equivalency: MSNE 433. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for metallurgy. Required for undergraduate MSNE major. Credit may be given MSNE 533 if student has credit for MSNE 433. for only one, MSNE 537 or MSNE 437. Instructor Permission Required. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 437. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for MSNE 537 if student has credit for MSNE 437.

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 Materials Science and NanoEngineering 9

MSNE 538 - COMPUATIONAL NANOSCIENCE FOR GREEN MSNE 569 - SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF CORROSION SCIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENGINEERING Short Title: COMPUTATIONAL NANOSCIENCE Short Title: CORROSION SCIENCE& ENGINEERING Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Seminar Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Course Level: Graduate Description: Computational methods such as first principles, kinetic Prerequisite(s): MSCI 301 or MSNE 301 Monte Carlo (KMC), classical MC (in Canonical, Grand Canonical, and Description: Students will learn basics of corrosion science of metals isobaric-isothermal ensembles), and classic MD in predicting materials and alloys exposed to different classes of conditions, prevalent forms formation and properties. Case studies include cementitious materials, of corrosion, consequences of corrosion and corrosion mitigation metals, and thermoelectric materials. Other case studies are possible approaches in a range of industries. Discussion of nano science aspects depending on the student's background and instructor's approval. Cross- related to corrosion control in industry will be included. list: CEVE 538. MSNE 570 - SENIOR DESIGN THESIS PROJECT MSNE 555 - MATERIALS IN NATURE AND BIO-MIMETIC STRATEGIES Short Title: SENIOR DESIGN THESIS PROJECT Short Title: BIO-MIMETIC STRATEGIES Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Independent Study Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Course Level: Graduate Description: A design project in the materials science field will be Description: This graduate level course will discuss the origin of several undertaken by the student in close collaboration with at least one materials that exists in nature from a technology perspective and materials science faculty member. strategies to replicate them using synthetic materials processing MSNE 571 - SENIOR DESIGN THESIS PROJECT protocols. Silicates, carbon based materials, abalone shell, bone etc. will Short Title: SENIOR DESIGN THESIS PROJECT be used to discuss the fascinating architecture developed by nature. Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Similarly several functional structures designed by nature such as Gecko Grade Mode: Standard Letter tape and IR sensors will be discussed for designing bio-medic structure Course Type: Independent Study and devices.NOTE: Not offered every year. Credit Hours: 2 MSNE 560 - COLLOIDAL AND INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Short Title: COLLOIDAL & INTERFACIAL PHENOM Course Level: Graduate Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Description: A design project in the materials science field will be Grade Mode: Standard Letter undertaken by the student in close collaboration with at least one Course Type: Lecture materials science faculty member. Instructor Permission Required. Credit Hours: 3 MSNE 580 - MICROSCOPY METHODS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Short Title: MICROSCOPY METHODS Course Level: Graduate Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Description: The course will provide knowledge into the fundamentals Grade Mode: Standard Letter of colloidal interactions (e.g., stabilisation, adsorption, self-assembly) Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory and the techniques currently applied for their assessment. Apart from Credit Hours: 3 the theoretical background, the course will also provide applicable Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. knowledge by covering current and emerging applications involving these Course Level: Graduate phenomena. Interfacial tension, wetting and spreading, contact angle Description: This course covers theory and applications of electron hysteresis, interaction between colloid particles, stability of interfaces, microscopy techniques with an emphasis on transmission and scanning flow and transport near interfaces will be covered. NOTE: Offered in transmission electron microscopy (TEM, STEM). Topics include modern alternative year with MSNE 594/CHBE 594. Cross-list: CHBE 560. instrumentation and hardware, electron diffraction, imaging modes, tomography, and spectroscopy (energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), electron-energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), cathodoluminescence (CL)). Previous experience with electron recommended. Can be taken alone or concurrently with lab course MSNE 582. Instructor Permission Required. Cross-list: CHEM 580.

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 10 Materials Science and NanoEngineering

MSNE 581 - MICRO AND NANO HEAT TRANSPORT METHODOLOGIES MSNE 593 - INTRODUCTION TO POLYMER PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING AND DESIGN Short Title: POLYMER PHYSICS Short Title: MICRO & NANO HEAT TRANSPORT Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Mechanical Course Level: Graduate Engineering or Materials Science & NanoEng. Enrollment is limited to Prerequisite(s): CHEM 211 and CHEM 212 Graduate level students. Description: The course focuses on demonstrating how the physical Course Level: Graduate properties of polymers can be understood from simple models. Students Prerequisite(s): MECH 481 will be introduced to the terminology and mathematics involved in the Description: A thorough explanation of the methodologies used for physical understanding of polymer systems. The course is intended for solving conduction, convection and radiation heat transport problems in students who would like to gain an understanding of modern approaches macro, micro and nanosystems. Phonon, photon and electron transfer to polymer physics. NOTE: Not offered every year. Cross-list: CHBE 593. fundamentals. Equilibrium Statistics. Basic kinetic theory and transport MSNE 594 - PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS properties of ideal gases. Microchannel heat transfer. Nanofluid heat Short Title: PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS transfer. Non-Fourier heat Conduction. Boltzmann transport equation. Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Molecular and lattice dynamics numeric methods. Applications Grade Mode: Standard Letter and design problems in contemporary . To be taught Course Type: Lecture alternating years for MECH and MSNE Seniors and Graduate students. Credit Hours: 3 Cross-list: MECH 581. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. MSNE 582 - ELECTRON MICROSOPY CENTER LAB Course Level: Graduate Short Title: ELECTRON MICROSOPY CENTER LAB Prerequisite(s): (CHEM 211 or CHEM 251) and (MATH 211 or MATH 221) Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Description: The course will introduce basic concepts in polymer science Grade Mode: Standard Letter including the synthesis and chemical modification of polymers as well as Course Type: Laboratory physical properties of polymers. Topics include approaches to polymer Credit Hour: 1 synthesis, processing and characterization of polymer materials, and an Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. introduction to mathematical models applied to describe the structure Course Level: Graduate and dynamics of polymeric materials. NOTE: Offered in alternative year Corequisite: MSNE 580 with MSNE 560/CHBE 560. Cross-list: CHBE 594. Repeatable for Credit. Description: Hands-on laboratory using the instruments in the electron MSNE 599 - LAB ROTATIONS AND ADVISOR SELECTION microscopy center. The students will gain the knowledge necessary to Short Title: LAB ROTATION ADVISOR SELECTION operate the instruments and analyze data independently. Must be taken Department: Materials Science & NanoEng concurrently with MSNE 580. Instructor Permission Required. Cross-list: Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory CHEM 582. Course Type: Laboratory MSNE 589 - ETHICS & SAFETY FOR MATERIALS ENGINEERS Credit Hour: 1 Short Title: ETHICS & SAFETY FOR MATER ENG Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Course Level: Graduate Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Description: Open to first year doctoral students. Students will rotate Course Type: Seminar through three research groups to familiarize themselves with the Credit Hour: 1 research projects and environment offered by each group, and complete Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. the advisor selection form at the end of the rotations. Department Course Level: Graduate Permission Required. Description: Moral duty as well as legal and contractual obligations MSNE 609 - RISK ASSESSMENT AND ASSET INTEGRITY IN OIL AND GAS related to the practice of materials engineering. Issues of importance PRODUCTION AND REFINING OPERATIONS I include safety, conflicts of interest, noncompetition & nondisclosure Short Title: OIL AND GAS ASSET INTEGRITY I agreements, as well as confidential and proprietary information. Several Department: Materials Science & NanoEng examples of ethical lapses and various fraudulent activities will be Grade Mode: Standard Letter reviewed, as well as “special processes” which pose the greatest risk for Course Type: Lecture ethics violations. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 389. Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Description: The course integrates risk assessment and mitigation, asset integrity management, corrosion control and materials selection across the oil and gas value chain, from production to refining and retail. The full course covers 2 semesters. Session "I,” to be delivered in the Spring 2017 semester. Session "II" will be delivered in the Fall 2017 semester. Instructor Permission Required. Cross-list: CHBE 609.

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 Materials Science and NanoEngineering 11

MSNE 613 - SPECIAL TOPICS I MSNE 616 - : MATERIALS AND DYNAMICS Short Title: SPECIAL TOPICS I Short Title: AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 1-9 Credit Hours: 1-3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Course Level: Graduate Description: Electrochemical materials, energy, and methods The Description: Discussion of the engineering and materials technology that course emphasizes the principles of electrochemical devices including is involved in modern automotive design. Topics include: chassis design batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, and electrochemical sensors. and construction; composite design and fabrication; aerodynamics and Topics will emphasize the latest trends and challenges in the chemistry, ground effects; suspension dynamics; performance technology. External materials, and physics involved in the materials design, electrochemical expert speakers will provide a real-world perspective. Course will only measurements, and characterization of these devices as well as the be offered with sufficient demand. Check with the instructor. Instructor thermodynamics and kinetics related to different electrode processes at Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit. the macroscopic and microscopic levels. This will be a three-credit hour MSNE 617 - AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING: LAB course. Repeatable for Credit. Repeatable for Credit. Short Title: AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING: LAB MSNE 614 - SPECIAL TOPICS II Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Short Title: SPECIAL TOPICS II Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Course Type: Laboratory Grade Mode: Standard Letter Credit Hours: 1-3 Course Type: Lecture Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Credit Hours: 1-9 Course Level: Graduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Description: Laboratory application of engineering skills towards the Course Level: Graduate materials technology and dynamics of chassis design, composite Description: 2-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM MATERIAL, this course offers design, and fabrication, aerodynamics, and performance technology. the exciting promise of new applications such as dissipationless Not offered every year. Instructor Permission Required. Recommended electronics using topological currents and quantum spins, secure Prerequisite(s): MSCI 616 or MSNE 616. Repeatable for Credit. quantum computing and communication, and of different realms in MSNE 618 - RISK ASSESSMENT AND ASSET INTEGRITY IN OIL AND GAS energy harvesting using photovoltaics and thermoelectric. In this course, PRODUCTION AND REFINING OPERATIONS II the emergence of 2-dimensional Quantum materials and their properties Short Title: OIL AND GAS ASSET INTEGRITY II will be discussed. This will be a 3-credit hour course. Repeatable for Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Credit. Repeatable for Credit. Grade Mode: Standard Letter MSNE 615 - SPECIAL TOPICS III Course Type: Lecture Short Title: SPECIAL TOPICS III Credit Hours: 3 Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Level: Graduate Course Type: Lecture Description: The course integrates risk assessment and mitigation, asset Credit Hours: 1-9 integrity management, corrosion control and materials selection across Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. the oil and gas value chain, from production to refining and retail. The Course Level: Graduate full course covers 2 semesters. Session "I,” to be delivered in the Spring Description: INDUSTRIAL NANOTECHNOLOGY. The course will provide 2017 semester. Session "II" will be delivered in the Fall 2017 semester. knowledge of industrial applications of nanotechnology enabled by Instructor Permission Required. Cross-list: CHBE 618. research advances in different areas of nanoscience and engineering, MSNE 621 - M.M.S. RESEARCH PROJECT I including materials science, chemistry, physics, energy, environment, and Short Title: M.M.S. RESEARCH PROJECT I aerospace. Overview of synthesis of nanomaterials through bottom-up Department: Materials Science & NanoEng and top-down strategies. Characterization of nanomaterials, particle size, Grade Mode: Standard Letter shape and surface properties relationships, surface modification tailored Course Type: Research to specific industrial applications. Safety related to nanomaterials Credit Hours: 3 and in the environment and industrial nanotechnology Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. development projects. Discussion of selected application case Course Level: Graduate studies originating from nanotechnology invention and commercial Description: This is the first part of the M.M.E. research project course. implementation. At the end of the course, student will be able to explain The faculty advisor, taking into account the background and research the advantages of nanotechnology, give examples of current industrial interests of the student as well as the research interests of the faculty applications of nanotechnology, and forecast the technological advisor, will determine the contents. Course requirements will include a advancements and increasing role of nanotechnology in each industry. final report. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit. This will be a 3 credit hour course. Repeatable for Credit Repeatable for Credit.

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 12 Materials Science and NanoEngineering

MSNE 622 - M.M.S. RESEARCH PROJECT II MSNE 800 - RESEARCH AND THESIS Short Title: M.M.S. RESEARCH PROJECT II Short Title: RESEARCH AND THESIS Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Course Type: Research Course Type: Research Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 1-12 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Materials Course Level: Graduate Science & NanoEng. Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Description: This is the second part of the M.M.E. research project and Course Level: Graduate continuation of MSNE 621. Course requirements will include a final Description: Thesis research Repeatable for Credit. report. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit. MSNE 650 - NANOMATERIALS AND NANOMECHANICS Description and Code Legend Short Title: NANOMATERIALS & NANOMECHANICS Note: Internally, the university uses the following descriptions, codes, and Department: Materials Science & NanoEng abbreviations for this academic program. The following is a quick reference: Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Catalog/Schedule Credit Hours: 3 • Course offerings/subject code: MSNE Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Department Description and Code Description: The primary goal of this course is to introduce important • Materials Science and NanoEngineering: MSNE current developments in the field of nanomaterials and nanomechanics. The course will discuss synthesis and characteration of nanomaterials, Undergraduate Degree Descriptions and Codes the behaviors especially mechanical behaviors in the broad sense of such • Bachelor of Arts degree: BA materials, and their technological applications. The basic physics and • Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and NanoEngineering fundamental mechanisms responsible for nanoscale induced changes in degree: BSMSNE properties will be stressed. MSNE 677 - SPECIAL TOPICS Undergraduate Major Code and Description Short Title: SPECIAL TOPICS • Major in Materials Science and NanoEngineering: MSNE Department: Materials Science & NanoEng Grade Mode: Standard Letter Graduate Degree Descriptions and Codes Course Type: Internship/Practicum, Laboratory, Lecture, Seminar, • Master of Materials Science and NanoEngineering degree: MMSNE Independent Study • Master of Science degree: MS Credit Hours: 1-4 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Visiting Graduate level • Doctor of Philosophy degree: PhD students. Course Level: Graduate Graduate Degree Program Description and Code Description: Topics and credit hours vary each semester. Contact • Degree Program in Materials Science and NanoEngineering: MSNE department for current semester's topic(s). Repeatable for Credit. CIP Code and Description 1 MSNE 700 - TEACHING PRACTICUM • MSNE Major/Program: CIP Code/Title: 15.1601 - Nanotechnology Short Title: TEACHING PRACTICUM Department: Materials Science & NanoEng 1 Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2020 Codes Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory and Descriptions from the National Center for Education Course Type: Internship/Practicum Statistics: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/ Credit Hour: 1 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Description: Students who serve as teaching assistants are required to register this course. Students will hold recitations or office hours and assist instructors in lectures. Open to graduate students in Materials Science and NanoEngineering and only in exceptional circumstances to undergraduates. Repeatable for Credit.

2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21