Graduate Catalog 1993-1994
College of Engineering
Program in Materials Science
Course Descriptions
MASC 601 Structure and Properties of Polymer Materials 3
Measurement and control of the microstructure and properties of
solid polymers. Structure generation, structure-property models
and effects of processing on properties.
May be cross-listed with CHEG601.
PREREQ: MASC302.
MASC 602 Structure of Materials 3
Fundamentals of crystallography. Crystal structure analysis by X-
ray and electron diffraction. Characterization of materials by
optical microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
Simplified approach to image theory and diffraction theory.
PREREQ: MASC302.
MASC 603 Analytical Techniques in Materials Science 3
Laboratory course in optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction,
scanning and transmission electron microscopy, electron
diffraction. X-ray fluorescense and microanalysis. Auger analysis
and other spectroscopic techniques.
PREREQ: MASC302 and MASC602.
COREQ: MASC602.
MASC 604 Phase Transformations 3
Introduction to thermodynamic functions: enthalpy, entropy and
free energy. Fick's first and second laws of diffusion.
Liquid/solid and solid/solid phase equilibria and transformations.
Nucleation and growth. Massive and martensitic transformations.
Phase transformations in polymers, ceramics and electronic
materials.
PREREQ: MASC302.
MASC 606 Corrosion and Protection 3
Degradation of structural materials through interaction with their
environment. High temperature oxidation and sulfidation.
Electrochemical attack on alloys and its relation to metallurgical
structure. Stress corrosion cracking. Testing and control methods.
Localized corrosion. Deterioration of advanced materials.
PREREQ: MASC302.
MASC 614 Fracture of Materials 3
Fracture mechanics, micromechanisms, nucleation and propagation of
cracks, fracture toughness, ductile-brittle transitions, fatigue,
stress, corrosion, irradiation effects and nonmetallic materials.
May be cross-listed with MEEG614.
PREREQ: MASC302.
RESTRICTIONS: Graduate standing acceptable in lieu of
Prerequisite.
MASC 615 Mechanical Properties of Materials 3
Stress, strain, tensor notation and elementary elasticity.
Plasticity and ductility based upon continuum mechanics. Ideal
strength of crystalline, polymer and amorphous materials. Real
materials: amorphous, polymers, ceramics, metals and composites.
Dislocations, strengthening of solids. Mechanisms of fracture,
fracture mechanics, fatigue, creep and stress rupture.
May be cross-listed with MEEG615.
RESTRICTIONS: Requires graduate status.
MASC 616 Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces and Interfaces 3
See CHEG616 for course description.
MASC 623 Electrical Properties of Matter I 3
See ELEG623 for course description.
MASC 624 Carrier Transport in Solids 3
Quasi-equilibrium behavior of carriers in homogeneous
semiconductors; relaxation, trapping and scattering mechanisms;
and regimes of transport. Generation and recombination of excess
carriers; equations of continuity and their solutions; and high-
field effects. Metal-semiconductor contacts; symmetric and
asymmetric semiconductor homojunctions; and heterojunctions.
PREREQ: ELEG623.
MASC 803 Equilibria in Material Systems 3
Classical thermodynamics of condensed systems (macroscopic
description). Fundamental laws. Functions and equations of state.
Equilibrium and stability criteria. Single component phase
equilibrium, multi-component mixtures. Partialmolar properties,
non-ideal mixtures. Equilibrium in multi-phase, multi-component
systems. Phase Rule.
PREREQ: MASC302.
MASC 804 Kinetics in Material Systems 3
Theory of reaction kinetics. Transport mechanisms in solids.
Nucleation and spinodal decomposition. Interfacial attachment and
migration. Transition state theory applied to diffusion and phase
transformation. Elementary non-equilibrium thermodynamics and
phenomenological equations in material transport and phase
transformation.
PREREQ: MASC302.
MASC 805 Field Concepts in Mechanics and Materials 3
Introduction to field methods applicable to continuum mechanics,
solid state physics, electromagnetic theory, etc. Coverage of
classical mechanics, transition to continuous systems, elastic,
acoustic and electromagnetic fields. Emphasis on applications to
mechanics and materials science.
MASC 806 Physical Properties of Solids 3
Bonding, structure and growth of crystalline solids, glasses and
superlattices. Phonons. Energy bands and band gaps. Photons and
photonic properties of solids. Defects in solids and their effects
on electrical and optical properties. Carrier generation,
transport and recombination. Solids in magnetic fields.
MASC 811 Advanced Topics in Materials 1-3
Discussion of a topic of current interest in the science or
engineering of materials.
MASC 821 Diffraction of Radiation by Matter 3
Theory and analysis of diffraction from ideal and imperfect
crystals, gases and liquids, and other atomic aggregations.
MASC 823 Transmission Electron Microscopy in Materials Science 3
Transmission electron microscope, lens defects and resolution.
Diffraction and Kikuchi pattern formation and analysis. Image
formation: kinematical and dynamical theories of electron
diffraction. Burgers' vector and other fault analysis. Convergent
beam and microdiffraction techniques. High resolution electron
microscopy.
MASC 824 Advanced Carrier Transport in Solids 3
Selected topics of advanced electronic properties of
semiconductors, electronic structure of bands and defects,
anisotropy, semiconducting glasses, photon and phonon-induced
transitions, quasi-particles, defect spectroscopy, advanced
scattering of electrons, phonons, photons, multi-particle theory,
nonlinear effects, high-field effects, photoconductivity and
luminescence. Recent developments.
MASC 868 Research 1-9
MASC 869 Master's Thesis 1-6
MASC 969 Doctoral Dissertation 1-12 PF
UNIV 899 Master's Sustaining 0 PF
UNIV 999 Ph.D. Sustaining 0 PF