MSEN Core Courses

The following two courses are required for all Materials Science and Engineering Students:

MSEN 601
Fundamental Materials Science and Engineering
4 credit hours (offered in Fall. Dr. Xinghang Zhang)

Fundamentals of thermodynamics of materials, chemical kinetics, physical properties, and continuum mechanics. Topics will include electronic and atomic structure of solids, structure of crystalline materials, structural imperfections in crystalline materials, fundamental thermodynamic and kinetic principles and equations for closed and open systems, statistical models, phase equilibria and diagrams, diffusion, kinetics of phase transformations, conservation laws, constitutive relations, and kinematics for a continuum. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.

Textbooks
Mechanical Metallurgy; Dieter, George; ISBN: 0-07-084187-X
Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys, Porter, D.A. and Easterling, K.E; ISBN 0-412-45030-5
Physical Metallurgy Principles; Reed-Hill, R. and Abbaschian, R.; ISBN 0-534-92173-6
Introduction to Dislocations; Hull, D. and Bacon D.J.; ISBN 7-505-46810

MSEN 602
Advanced Materials Science and Engineering
4 credit hours (offered in Spring, Dr. Donald Naugle)

Fundamentals of quantum mechanics, physics of solid state, and physical electronics and photonics for advanced materials, Topics will include basic quantum mechanical problems, quantum basis for structural and physical properties of solids, lattice vibrational effects in solids, free electron model for magnetism in solids, semiconductor materials and devices, nanostrucutres and mesoscopic phenomena, superconductivity, recent advances in new types of materials. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.

Textbook
Physics and Chemistry of Materials, The; Gersten, J. and Smith, F.; ISBN 0-471-05794-0