Teaching

ME 2733 Materials of Engineering (3)
Prereq.: CHEM 1201 and credit or registration in PHYS 2112 or PHYS 2113. Classification and study of engineering materials, their structure, properties and behavior; typical metals and alloys, plastics and rubber and ceramic materials; phase equilibria and manipulation of properties and behavior by adjustment of composition and processing variables; responses of engineering materials to stress and environmental variables.

ME 3701 Materials of Engineering Laboratory (1)
Prereq.: grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1001 or equivalent; ME 2733.  Demonstrative and participative experiments to develop better understanding of characteristics of metals, ceramics and plastics.

ME 4723 Advanced Materials Analysis (3)
Prereq.: ME 2733, ME 3701 or equivalent. 1 hr. lecture; 6 hrs. lab. Concepts and operation of modern analytical instruments using photon or electron beams and X-rays; macroscopic and microscopic examination of materials coupled with separate and combined testing of mechanical, tribological and corrosion properties.

ME 7723 Materials Characterization Using Electron Beam Methods (3)
Prereq.: ME 2733. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Theory and principles of electron optics, electron microscopy, and spectroscopy; preparation, observation, and characterization of materials by electron beams.

ME 7743 Defects, Diffusion and Transformations in Solids (3)
Prereq.: ME 2733 or equivalent. Defects and atomistic mechanisms, dislocation theory, quantitative description of diffusion processes and phase transformations in materials.