Graduate Faculty: Brostow, Pinizzotto.
Adjunct Faculty: Coffer, Hess, Krishnamurthy, Menard, Okabe.
Associate Members: Atkinson, Braterman, Conlin, Golden, Gross, Hu, Kallman, Kelber, Kozak, Marchand, Marshall, Matteson, Mauldin, McDaniel, McNeil, Morgan, Mueller, Neuberger, Ordonez, Perez, Pirtle, Watt, Weathers.
The Department of Materials Science addresses the education and technological challenges of creating, applying and characterizing new materials for manufacturing products for the 21st Century. The Department of Materials Science is committed to training students at the graduate level in all aspects of modern materials including metals, ceramics, polymers, electronic and optical materials, and materials characterization. Students have opportunities for hands-on research with modern equipment and facilities. The department has strong collaborative programs with other Metroplex universities and with industry throughout the world. Students have an opportunity to develop highly marketable skills and have readily obtained jobs with high-technology companies in electronics, chemical, electric power and environmental industries, and in academia.
The Electron Microscopy Laboratory is currently investigating a wide variety of materials including quantum-confined semiconductor nanoparticles, particulate contamination in semiconductor processing chemicals, dental amalgams, electronic solders, thin film ferroelectrics, integrated circuits, steels used in electric power generation plants, and aluminum alloys for aerospace applications. Equipment includes a Hitachi H-9000 high resolution transmission electron microscope capable of 0.17 nm resolution, a JEOL 200CX analytical electron microscope, a JEOL 100CX analytical electron microscope and several scanning electron microscopes.
Departmental forms for applying for financial aid and information concerning evaluation of credit in materials science may be obtained from the chair of the Department of Materials Science.
For admission, students must present a minimum combined score of 1000 (verbal and quantitative) on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) with a minimum score of 400 on each section. International applicants must also provide a minimum of 550 on the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) exam. Complete college transcripts and two letters of recommendation are also required. An entrance interview concerning fundamental preparation in materials science is required of all students. The interview is used as an aid in placement. Further details may be obtained from the departmental office.
1. Five of the following six materials science core courses (15 semester credit hours): MTSC 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5600.
2. Nine semester credit hours may be chosen from materials science or related fields, as approved by the major professor and the advisory committee.
3. Six semester credit hours of MTSC 5950 (Thesis). Work for the master's thesis is comprised of independent and original studies that may be experimental, computational, tutorial, bibliographic, pedagogic or a combination of these. As part of these requirements, the student must present a formal written report which must be approved by the major professor and the advisory committee and filed in the graduate dean's office. Reports for MTSC 5950 must be submitted in a form prescribed by one of the common referred materials science journals, for example, in the manuscript of the American Institute of Physics (see AIP style manual, current edition).
4. Seminar in Materials Science and Engineering, MTSC 5870. A minimum of 2 semester credit hours.
1. Five of the following six materials science core courses: MTSC 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5600.
2. Thirteen hours may be chosen from materials science or related fields, as approved by the major professor and the advisory committee.
3. Six semester credit hours of MTSC 5920 and 5930 (Problems in Lieu of Thesis). Research problems in lieu of thesis are independent, though not necessarily original studies that may be experimental, computational, tutorial, bibliographic, pedagogic or a combination of these. As part of the requirements for each problems course, the student must present a formal written report of the work done in the course, which must be approved by the major professor and the advisory committee and filed in the graduate dean's office. Reports for MTSC 5920-5930 must be submitted in a form prescribed by one of the common referred materials science journals, for example, in the manuscript form prescribed by the American Institute of Physics (see AIP style manual, current edition).
4. Seminar in Materials Science and Engineering, MTSC 5870. A minimum of 2 semester credit hours.
An oral presentation of the master's thesis is required. The thesis is accepted by the student's advisory committee after an oral examination is successfully completed. A written report concerning problems in lieu of thesis must be accepted by the student's advisory committee; oral presentation is optional.
Generally, the degree consists of 90 semester credit hours beyond the bachelor's degree or 60 semester credit hours beyond the master's degree, with 12 semester credit hours allocated for the dissertation.
It is expected that the candidate will have published at least one original research article in a referred journal prior to graduation.
2. The second part of the qualifying examination consists of the student's oral presentation to the graduate advisory committee. The presentation will detail a proposed dissertation topic and will demonstrate familiarity with both laboratory equip-ment and the theoretical basis of the phenomena to be studied. Upon acceptance of the proposal by the student's advisory committee, the applicant applies to the dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies for admission to candidacy and may begin research.
1. All six materials science core courses: MTSC 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500 and 5600.
2. Sixty hours may be chosen from materials science or related fields, as approved by the student's major professor and the advisory committee.
3. Twelve semester credit hours of MTSC 6950 (Doctoral Dissertation).
4. Seminar in Materials Science and Engineering, MTSC 5870. A minimum of 2 semester credit hours.