MSE 598

Fall 2007 All Classes

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Special Topics in MatSE

Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Structured presentations of new and developing areas of knowledge in materials science and engineering offered by faculty to augment the formal courses available.

Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated in the same or separate terms. Prerequisite: As specified for each topic offering, see Schedule or departmental course information.

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MSE 598 class schedule data for fall 2007
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	49632	Lecture-Discussion	JW	10:30AM -11:50AM	TR	305 Materials Science & Eng Bld	Weaver, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/07-12/07/07 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Introduction to Hard Materials Section Info: Topic: Intro to the Science of Hard Matter. A survey of the materials science of hard matter intended for students whose background has been in other areas of science and engineering, including soft matter and biomaterials. Electronic properties of atoms, molecules, and solids including the Schrodinger equation, free and nearly-free electron gas model, electrons in periodic potentials, band structure, crystallography and structure of perfect solids, structure of imperfect solids, thermodynamics of nucleation and growth, binary phase diagrams, invariant reactions, kinetic processes and diffusion with simple boundary conditions, time-temperature-transformation analysis, electrical properties and simple devices. Credit is not given to students who have a BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering unless approved by the Department.
	49633	Lecture	RA	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	305 Materials Science & Eng Bld	Averback, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/07-12/07/07 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Phase Transformations Section Info: Topic: Phase Transformations. A graduate level kinetics course covering diffusion in metals, ionic crystals, and liquids and glasses; thermodynamics and kinetics of nanocrystalline materials; solidification - nucleation and growth; diffusional phase transformations; self-organization (spinodal effects) in quiescent and driven systems; irradiation effects in metals, semiconductors and ceramics; chemical rate theory and Martensitic phase transformations. There is no prerequisite.