MSE 501 Advanced Processing of Inorganic Materials (3) Advanced processes of inorganic materials, including metals, ceramics and electronic materials: High temperature processing, sintering, solidification, single crystal growth from liquid, vapor phase deposition. Emphasis of both fundamentals and practical approaches. Offered: Aut.

MSE 502 Sol-Gel Processing (3) Fundamentals of colloid science and the physics and chemistry of sol-gel process. Emphasizes synthesis and applications of various materials such as multi-component oxides, nano-composites, nano-composites, meso- and microporous materials, organic/inorganic hybrids, and biomaterials that have important applications in both leading technologies and modern industries. Offered: Aut.

MSE 504 Introduction to Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) (3) Theoretical and practical aspects in design, analysis and fabrication of MEMS devices. Fabrication processes including bulk and surface micromachining. MEMS design and layout, MEMS CAD tools. Mechanical and electrical design. Applications such as micro sensors and actuators, chemical and thermal transducers, recent advances. Offered jointly w/ ME504, EE502. Offered: Aut.

MSE 510 Bonding, Crystallography and Symmetry-related Properties of Materials (3) Rigorous introduction to the fundamentals of bonding, symmetry, crystallography and related properties. Quantum mechanical foundation of cohesion and properties of solids. Geometric approach to understanding symmetry elements in 2D and 3D, including point groups, space groups, strereographic projections and bravais lattices. Tensorproperties of crystals related to crystallography and symmetry. Offered: Aut.

MSE 512 Experimental Transmission Electron Microscopy (3) Fundamentals of electron optics as applied to microscopy.; applications of contrast theories and electron diffraction with emphasis on defects and multiphase structures in crystalline solids. Prerequisite: 510. Offered: Wtr.

MSE 513 Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory (2) One four-hour laboratory and one two-hour demonstration/discussion per week; metallic, ceramic, electronic biological sample preparation techniques; diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopy techniques in electron microscopy. Prerequisite: 512 which may be taken concurrently. Offered: Wtr.

MSE 515 Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy (3) Principles of image formation in crystalline and amorphous materials at the atomic resolution level; high spatial resolution electron diffraction with emphasis on convergent beam electron diffraction; quantitative elemental compositional and chemical analyses with energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy; high voltage electron microscopy. Prerequisite: 512 and 513. Offered: even-numbered years, Sp.

MSE 518 Advanced Mineralogy (3) Crystal symmetry: point groups, space groups. Mathematical description of crystal structures; group theory and irreducible representations; tensor description of physical properties; stress, strain, piezoelectricity, elasticity; structural and magnetic phase transition, Landau theory, deformation and creep in crystals; elasto-viscous properties of Earth’s mantle, crystal chemistry and solid state reactions. Offered: even years, Sp.

MSE 520 Seminar (1, max. 6) Review of research problems in recent literature. Required for all graduate students. Credit/no credit only. Offered: Au,Wtr,Sp.

MSE 524 Applied Rate Phenomena (3) Introduction to rate theory and transport processes. The principal thrust is on applications in ceramics and metallurgy. Prerequisite: basic course in transport phenomena or permission of instructor. Offered: Wtr.

MSE 525 Thermodynamic Topics in Materials Science (3) Selected topics in application of classical and statistical thermodynamics to systems of current interest. Offered: Sp.

MSE 530 Fundamentals & Applications of Metal Finishing (3) Fundamentals and applications of corrosion to the finishing and processing of metals: Corrosion, electrochemical fundamentals, materials cleaning processes, electrodeposition, surface treatments, finishing processes. Offered: Aut.

MSE 541 Defects in Materials (3) Detailed study of the general properties and effects of point, line, and surface defects in crystalline solids. Offered: Win.

MSE 544 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (3) Mechanical properties of metals, ceramics, and polymers. Elasticity and viscoelasticity. Macroscopic and microscopic aspects of deformation and fracture. Continuum plasticity and microscopic hardening mechanisms. High temperature deformation. Fracture mechanics, brittle and ductile fracture. Deformation and fracture mechanisms maps. Prerequisites: 510 and 541 or permission of instructor. Offered: Sp.

MSE 550 Magnetism, Magnetic Materials & Related Technologies (3) Comprehensive introduction to magnetism, magnetic materials and related applications. Intrinsic and phenomenological concepts of magnetism; ordered magnetic materials; magnetic phenomena; small particles; thin films; and applications. Offered: Sp.

MSE 553 Vacuum Science and Technology (3) Fundamental theory and gas kinetics and treatment of gas flow, working principles of vacuum pumps and gauges, characteristics required of the vacuum components, material selection, fundamentals essential to vacuum system design. Covers both fundamental and practical aspects of modern vacuum science and technology. Offered: Su.

MSE 555 Biomimetics: Bio-inspired Design and Processing of Materials (4) How biological organisms produce materials with controlled structure, chemistry and hierarchy to attain physical properties far superior to traditional engineering materials. Fundamental biological building materials, their synthesis, and their self-assembly with emphasis on examples of soft and hard tissues. Offered: Su.

MSE 559 Thin Film Science, Engineering and Technology (3) The physics, chemistry and engineering aspects of thin film deposition and technology. Vapor phase deposition will be emphasized. Topics include reactor types, vapor phase transport and hydrodynamics, surface and mass transport limited kinetics, nucleation and growth, homoepitaxy, heteroepitaxy, and thin film characterization. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered jointly w/ ChemE 559. Offered: Sp (even yrs).

MSE 562 High Temperature Composites (3) Thermo-mechanical behavior and environmental degradation of high temperature composites (metal, ceramic, and intermetallic matrix composites) and carbon/carbon composites addressed. Covers related topics such as processing (primary and secondary). Offered jointly with ME 562. Recommended: MSE 423 or ME 450. Offered: Sp (odd yrs).

MSE 563 Advanced Composites: Design and Manufacturing (3) Fabrication technologies and processing techniques of metal-, polymer-, and ceramic-matrix composites, design considerations related to manufacturing techniques, non-destructive testing of composite structures. Fiber-matrix interfacial features and interactions. Interfacial thermodynamics as applicable to selection of fiber-matrix combinations and fabricability of fiber reinforced composites. Overview of manufacturing defects. Discussion of time-dependent properties. Offered jointly w/ ME 563. Offered Sp.

MSE 565 Electron Theory of Materials (3) Solid-state concepts of materials. Atomic bonding, statistical mechanics, Brillouin zone theory. Applications to conduction, optical, and magnetic properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators. Prerequisite: 466. Offered: Wtr.

MSE 571 Polymeric Materials (3) Relationship between configuration, conformation, molecular order, microstructure and properties of polymeric materials. Concepts relevant to tailoring polymer molecules and microstructures for specific applications. Interactions between polymers and their in-service environment. Characterization and processing techniques. Prerequisite: one semester or two quarters of organic chemistry. Offered: jointly w/ Bioen 571. Offered: Spr.

MSE 590 Advanced Seminar in Materials Science & Engineering (2) Advanced topics in materials science and engineering led by faculty with specific expertise in the area of interest. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Offered: Au,Wtr,Sp,Su.

MSE 598 Engineering Materials Problems (4) Concentrated project which may include the design of a system or process, or the analysis of a set of data related to the materials engineering area. Requires professional quality report and oral presentation of results. This course is offered to satisfy the engineering materials problem requirement of the non-thesis Engineering Materials MS degree option. Offered: Au,Wtr,Sp,Su.

MSE 599 Special Topics in Materials Science (1-5, max. 5) Studies of special advanced topics in materials science. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered: Au,Wtr,Sp,Su.

MSE 600 Independent Study (1-5, max. 5) Offered: Au,Wtr,Sp,Su.

MSE 700 Master’s Thesis (1-5, max. 5) Offered: Au,Wtr,Sp,Su.

MSE 800 Doctoral Dissertation (1-5, max. 5) Offered: Au,Wtr,Sp,Su.