Materials Science, MTSC = 0149

4500. Internship in Materials Science. 3 hours.
A supervised industrial internship requiring a minimum of 150 hours of work experience. Prerequisite(s): consent of department.

4920. Cooperative Education in Materials Science.
3 hours. Supervised work in a job directly related to the student's major, professional field of study or career objectives. Prerequisite(s): 12 hours of credit in materials science; student must meet employer's requirements and have consent of department. May be repeated for credit.

5100. Fundamental Concepts of Materials Science.
3 hours. Physics of materials; molecular structure and chemical reactivity; materials processing, macroscopic properties. Crystals, amorphous solids, liquids, gases, liquid crystals, polymer. Mechanical, thermophysical, electrical, magnetic and surface properties. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 4110 or consent of department.

5200. Advanced Concepts of Metallurgical Science.
3 hours. Phase transformations; phase diagrams; principles
of metals processing; mechanical processing; joining; surface treatments.

5300. Science and Technology of Modern Ceramics.
3 hours. Steps in production of fired ceramics; methods of powder preparation and characterization; casting, extrusion, and injection molding; firing; chemical and physical changes during liquid phase and solid-state sintering.

5400. Advanced Polymer Physics and Chemistry. 3 hours. The structure, configuration, conformation and thermodynamics of polymer solutions, gels, and solids; mechanical, optical, and rheological properties of plastics and rubbers.

5420. Scientific Concepts of Advanced Composite Materials. 3 hours. Fibers; matrix materials; interfaces; polymer matrix composites; metal matrix composites; ceramic matrix composites; carbon fiber composites; micromechanics, fracture and fatigue; design.

5460. Thermal Analysis. 3 hours. Differential scanning calorimetry; thermogranvimetric metric analysis; melting transition; glass transition; reflexation in the solid state; phase changes in polymer liquid crystals.

5500. Electronic and Optical Materials. 3 hours. Semiconductor purification and crystal growth; impurity doping by diffusion and ion implantation; contact formation; mechanical and chemical processing; semiconductor analysis; oxidation; lithography; pattern generation; process simulation and integration.

5510. Physical and Chemical Basis of Integrated Circuit Fabrication. 3 hours. Processing technology for very large scale integrated circuits and related applications. Lithography, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, film deposition, wet and dry etching, multilevel metal interconnect, process integration, manufacturing yield, and integrated circuit reliability.

5600. Materials Characterization. 3 hours. Survey of atomic and structural analysis techniques as applied to surface and bulk materials. Physical processes involved in the interaction of ions, electrons and photons with solids; characteristics of the emergent radiation in relation to the structure and composition.

5610. Fundamentals of Surface and Thin Film Analysis.
3 hours. Survey of materials characterization techniques; optical microscopy; Rutherford backscattering; secondary ion mass spectroscopy; ion channeling; scanning tunneling and transmission microscopy; x-ray spectroscopy; surface properties. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 5450.

5750. Advanced Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 3 hours. Stress, strain and the basics of concepts in deformation and fracture for metals, polymers, and ceramics. Analysis of important mechanical properties such as plastic flow, creep, fatigue, fracture toughness, and rupture. Application of these principles to the design of improved materials and engineering structures.

5800-5810. Special Studies in Materials Science. 3 hours each. Organized classes specifically designed to accommodate the needs of students and the demands of program development that are not met by regular offerings. Short courses and workshops on specific topics, organized on a limited-offering basis, to be repeated only upon demand. May be repeated for credit.

5820. Internship in Materials Science. 3 hours. A supervised industrial internship requiring a minimum of 150 clock hours of work experience. Prerequisite(s): consent of department.

5830. Cooperative Education in Materials Science.
3 hours. Supervised work in a job directly related to the student's major, professional field of study or career objective.

5870. Seminar in Materials Science and Engineering.
1-3 hours. Current topics in materials science and
engineering.

5900-5910. Special Problems in Materials Research. 1-6 hours each. Special problems in advanced materials science for graduate
students. Problems chosen by the student with approval of the supervising professor and the department chair.

5920-5930. Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis. 3 hours each. An introduction to research; may consist of an experimental, theoretical or review topic.

5940. Seminar in Current Materials Science Literature.
1-3 hours. Reports and discussion of current materials science research published in journals and other means of dissemination of research.

5950. Master's Thesis. 3 or 6 hours. To be scheduled only with consent of department, 6 hours of credit required. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with the graduate dean. Continuous enrollment required once work on thesis has begun. May be repeated for credit.

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