Metallurgical and Materials Engineering - (2021-2022 Catalog) 1 MTGN501 - MME 1.0 Metallurgical and GRADUATE SEMINAR** Materials Engineering MTGN700 - 3.0 - 5.0 GRADUATE Degrees Offered RESEARCH CREDIT: • Master of Engineering (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) MASTER OF • Master of Science (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) ENGINEERING • Doctor of Philosophy (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) or DESIGNATED DESIGN Program Description COURSE*** The program of study for the Master or Doctor of Philosophy degrees * 18 of the 26 credit hours must be taken from the Metallurgy or in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering is selected by the student in Materials Science courses. All other course credits can be taken in consultation with her or his advisor, and with the approval of the Thesis any department. Committee. The program can be tailored within the framework of the ** Students are expected to enroll in this seminar every semester, but a regulations of the Graduate School to match the student’s interests while maximum of 1 credit hour may apply toward the degree. maintaining the main theme of materials engineering and processing. *** There are three areas of specialization within the Department: Students can choose to fulfill the NT masters degree requirements by either taking 30 course credits, including 3 hours of a “design” • Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy; course, or take 25 hours of course credits and have 5 hours devoted • Physicochemical Processing of Materials; and, to a project; in that case, students will have to defend an engineering report to a 3 person committee. • Ceramic Engineering. The Department is home to five research centers: Designated Design courses include: • Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center MTGN414 ADVANCED PROCESSING AND SINTERING OF 3.0 (ASPPRC); CERAMICS • Center for Advanced Non Ferrous Structural Alloys (CANFSA) MTGN445 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 3.0 • Center for Welding Joining, and Coatings Research (CWJCR); MTGN450 STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL AND 3.0 DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS • Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics (CCAC); and, MTGN461 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA AND REACTOR 3.0 • Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy (KIEM). DESIGN FOR METALLURGICAL AND The Nuclear Science and Engineering Center (NuSEC) also operates MATERIALS ENGINEERS closely with the Department. MTGN464 FORGING AND FORMING 2.0 MTGN466 MATERIALS DESIGN: SYNTHESIS, 3.0 A Graduate Certificate is offered by each Department Center – the CHARACTERIZATION AND SELECTION requirements for the Graduate Certificate are: MTGN475 METALLURGY OF WELDING 2.0 1. Be admitted to MME Graduate Certificate Program upon the MTGN549 CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FERROUS 3.0 recommendation of the MME Department. ALLOYS 2. Complete a total of 12 hours of course credits of which only 3 credit MTGN564 ADVANCED FORGING AND FORMING 3.0 hours can be at the 400 level. MTGN560 ANALYSIS OF METALLURGICAL FAILURES 3.0 The specific courses to be taken are determined by the Graduate Advisor Alternative courses can be substituted with approval from the advisor in the Department Center selected by the candidate. A cumulative grade and department head point average of B or better must be maintained while completing these Restrictions: requirements. 1. Only three (3) credit hours of independent coursework, e.g. Degree Program Requirements MTGN599, may be applied toward the degree. The program requirements for the three graduate degrees offered by the 2. A maximum of nine (9) credit hours of approved 400-level coursework Department are listed below: may be applied toward the degree. 3. Courses taken to remove deficiencies may not be applied toward the Master of Engineering Degree degree. Requirements: A minimum total of 30.0 credit hours consisting of: The Master of Engineering Degree can also be obtained as part of the Coursework Credits combined undergraduate/graduate degree program. Approved 18.0 - 26.0 Coursework* Master of Science Degree Requirements: A minimum total of 30.0 credit hours consisting of: 2 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering - (2021-2022 Catalog) Coursework Credits * A minimum of 36.0 credit hours of approved coursework, 24 of Approved 18.0 - 23.0 which must be in MTGN or MLGN. Credit hours previously earned Coursework* for a Master's degree may be applied, subject to approval, toward the Doctoral degree provided that the Master's degree was in MTGN501 - MME 1.0 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering or a similar field. At least GRADUATE 21.0 credit hours of approved course work must be taken at the SEMINAR** Colorado School of Mines. MTGN707 - 6.0 - 11.0 All courses and any applicable Master's degree credit-hours must GRADUATE be approved by the Thesis Committee and the Department Head THESIS / (Thesis Committee consisting of: 4 or more members, including the DISSERTATION advisor, at least 2 additional members from the Metallurgical and RESEARCH Materials Engineering Department, and at least 1 member from CREDIT*** outside the Department.) * Minimum of 18 credit hours of approved coursework is required. 12 ** Students are expected to enroll in this seminar every semester, but a credit hours must be taken from the Metallurgy or Materials Science maximum of 1 credit hour may apply toward the degree. courses. All other course credits can be taken in any department. *** A minimum of 24.0 research credit hours, to include MTGN707. ** Students are expected to enroll in this seminar every semester, but a Restrictions: maximum of 1 credit hour may apply toward the degree. *** 6.0 to 11.0 research credit hours, to include MTGN707. 1. Only six (6) credit hours of independent coursework, e.g. MTGN599, may be applied toward the degree. Restrictions: 2. A maximum of nine (9) credit hours of approved 400-level coursework 1. Only three (3) credit hours of independent coursework, e.g. may be applied toward the degree. MTGN599, may be applied toward the degree. 3. Courses taken to remove deficiencies may not be applied toward the 2. A maximum of nine (9) credit hours of approved 400-level coursework degree. may be applied toward the degree. Additional Degree Requirements: 3. Courses taken to remove deficiencies may not be applied toward the degree. 1. Presentation of a Proposal on the Thesis-Research Project to the Thesis Committee. Additional Degree Requirements: 2. A passing grade on the written and oral Qualifying-Process (Q.P.) 1. Approval of all courses by the Thesis Committee and the Department Examinations. Head. (Thesis Committee: consisting of 3 or more members, 3. Presentation of a Progress Report on their Research Project to the including the advisor and at least 1 additional member from the Thesis Committee is strongly recommended; this presentation is Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department.) usually 6 months after successfully completing the Q.P. Examinations 2. Submittal and successful oral defense of a thesis before a Thesis and no fewer than 6 weeks before the Defense of Thesis. Committee. The thesis must present the results of original scientific 4. Submittal and successful oral defense of a thesis before the Thesis research or development. Committee. The thesis must present the results of original scientific research or development. The Master of Science Degree can also be obtained as part of the combined undergraduate/graduate degree program. Prerequisites Doctor of Philosophy Degree The entering graduate student in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering must have completed an undergraduate Requirements: A minimum total of 72.0 credit hours consisting of: program equivalent to that required for the BS degree in: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Materials Science or a related field. This Coursework Credits undergraduate program should have included a background in science Approved 36.0 - 48.0 fundamentals and engineering principles. A student, who possesses Coursework* this background but has not taken specific undergraduate courses in MTGN501 - MME 1.0 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, will be allowed to rectify these GRADUATE course deficiencies at the beginning of their program of study. SEMINAR** MTGN707 - 24.0 - 36.0 Mines' Combined Undergraduate / Graduate GRADUATE Degree Program for Non-Thesis MS THESIS / Students with continuous registration at Mines from the undergraduate DISSERTATION to the graduate degree may fulfill part of the degree requirements by RESEARCH double counting six credit hours, which were also used in fulfilling the CREDIT*** requirements of their undergraduate degree at Mines. These courses must have been passed with a “B” or better and meet all other University and Department requirements for graduate credit, but their grades are not included in calculating the graduate GPA. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering - (2021-2022 Catalog) 3 Fields of Research Steel Research Ceramic Research • Advanced high strength steels • Advanced steel coatings • Ceramic processing • Carburized steels • Ceramic-metal composites • Deformation behavior of steels • Functional materials • Fatigue behavior of steels • Ion implantation • Microalloyed steels • Modeling of ceramic processing • Nickel-based steels • Solid oxide fuel cell materials and membranes • Quench and partitioned steels • Transparent conducting oxides • Plate steels Coatings Research • Sheet steels • Chemical vapor deposition Welding and Joining Research • Coating materials, films and applications • Brazing of ultra wide gaps • Epitaxial growth • Explosive processing of