23 courses with the subject MATS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MATS 160Introduction to Materials Science3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is an introduction to topics in materials science, including the synthesis, fabrication, structures, properties and applications of materials. It covers various types of materials, such as metals and alloys, ceramics, polymers, and composite materials. Projects will be done using laboratory optical and electron microscopes to study the structure of various samples.
MATS 200Material Science and Manufacturing Seminar1
Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A course involving discussions and seminar presentations by student on current topics in Materials Science and Manufacturing as deemed by the faculty to be appropriate to the needs of meeting the objectives of the Materials Science and Manufacturing program. This course introduces the methods of online chemical literature search and provides training on how to critically evaluate scientific literature. Students will research a relatively narrow topic under the guidance of a faculty mentor and present the topic through oral presentations and written literature reviews. 873
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is an introduction to topics in materials science, including the synthesis, fabrication, structures, properties and applications of materials. It covers various types of materials, such as metals and alloys, ceramics, polymers, and composite materials. Projects will be done using laboratory optical and electron microscopes to study the structure of various samples.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course (cross-listed as ENGR 204) is an introduction to the fundamental physical principles governing the structure and constitution of metallic and nonmetallic materials and the relationship among these principles and the mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of engineering materials. The influence of the atomic the and grain structure of structural materials on mechanical properties will be considered. The effects of mechanical and heat treatments on structure and properties of materials are examined. Fatigue and creep of materials, fracture toughness, mechanical and non-destructive evaluation, environmental effects are studied. This course also addresses design considerations as well as characteristics of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites.
CHEM 141 and CHEM 141L and CHEM 161 and CHEM 161L and PHYS 125 and PHYS 125L
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ENGR 204
MATS 214Solid Mechanics3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course (cross-listed as ENGR 214) is an investigation of the concepts and theories of internal force, stress, strain, and strength of structural elements under static loading conditions. Constitutive behavior for linear elastic structures is discussed. Deflection and stress analysis procedures for bars, beams, and shafts will be considered. Introduction to matrix, analysis of structures will be made.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces data visualization with matplotlib, seaborn, folium packages, and various graphics techniques and operations in two and three dimensions. Students will learn data wrangling and analysis and effectively visualize the data they obtain in their scientific works. Moreover, they will design and model 2D and 3D structures, prepare large-scale solid geometries and run animation.
MATS 311Scanning Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis3
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3 This course provides students with cutting-edge electron microscopy research skills using stateof-the-art scanning electron microscope (SEM) and electron microprobe analyzer (EMPA), to study the structure of diverse material or biological samples. It comprises both theories in the lectures and hands-on trainings in the laboratories. Upon completion of the course, the students are trained to utilize the microscopy skills for independent research.
MATS 204 and CHEM 161 and CHEM 161L and ( PHYS 116 or PHYS 126 ) and PHYS 126L
MATS 331Numerical Methods in Materials Processing3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on various numerical methods used in material processing. Students will learn how to perform various numerical analyses, solve material science and manufacturing-related problems using numerical simulation and carry out error analyses of the result they obtained in such numerical calculations.
MATS 340Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Chemists, and Material Scientists3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on mathematics essential for upper-level undergraduate physics, chemistry, and materials science courses. Students will gain experience in solving problems related to physics, chemistry, materials science, and manufacturing using various mathematical operations, techniques, and methods.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on materials' structures and their electronic, magnetic, and optical properties. This course comprises lectures, quizzes, demonstrations, graphics and visualization, simulations, and discussions. Upon successfully completing the course, students will learn the essential concepts required to analyze solid-state materials' structural, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties
MATS 204 and CHEM 161 and CHEM 161L and ( PHYS 116 or PHYS 126 ) and PHYS 126L
MATS 410Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is intended to provide students an overview of material uses and issues in different energy conversion, harvesting, and storage systems and devices. Topics include energy production processes as well as material uses and performance requirements in fossil, nuclear, solar cell, fuel cell, bio, batteries, wind, hydrothermal, geothermal, and ocean energy systems. Each student will complete a detailed project in which they examine a particular material for energy generation and storage applications.
MATS 421Computational Methods in Materials Science and Manufacturing4
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 The overarching aim of the course is to illustrate the uses of the computer in modern materials science and engineering, including modeling and simulation, data collection, and analysis. Computational methods will be used to illustrate various aspects of defect dynamics and microstructure evolution. The course objective is to create familiarity with state‐of‐the‐art methods to model and simulate materials and provide hands‐on experience with using these methods. A broad range of modeling techniques will be covered that span from atomistic: Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo, to continuum: Phase Field and Finite Element. Applications will be presented that utilize computational packages LAMMPS and VASP to study the structural, mechanical, chemical, and electrical properties of materials.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3 This course (cross-listed as CHEM 423) is a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly developing field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Topics cover the properties, synthesis, and characterization of nanomaterials and their applications to nanobiotechnology/ nanomedicine and nanoelectronics, as well as laboratory activities involving the synthesis and characterization of novel nanostructures. 877
CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L and PHYS 126 and PHYS 126L or ( MATS 260 and PHYS 126 and PHYS 126L ) or instructor approval
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CHEM 423
MATS 450Undergraduate Research3
Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 6 This course provides detailed training in ethics education, literature survey, research planning, hands-on research practicing, thesis writing, and oral presentation.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 This course introduces students coming from various disciplines to materials science. It is designed for in- depth study in materials science. Different type of advanced materials, modern material needs, processing techniques, properties and application will be discussed. Material degradation upon exposure to various environments, proper selection of material and design consideration, economic and recycling issues of materials will be introduced.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 This course is designed for chemistry, physics, or any branch of engineering students enrolled in the Materials Science Graduate Certificate Program. This certificate course covers: (1) principles and applications of natural and synthetic biomaterials for biomedical application; (2) design, synthesis and characterization of biomaterials. 250
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 This course is designed for chemistry, physics, or any branch of engineering students enrolled in the Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Certificate Program. This certificate course introduces students to polymer synthesis, processing, and characterization. Students will learn about the viscoelasticity, phase behavior and rheology of polymers and their importance for processing, and interrelationship between polymer structure and properties. This understanding will help them for the proper selection of polymers for various applications including organic electronics, composites, and plastics. Through this course, students will gain a greater understanding of how the intersection of physics, chemistry and engineering apply in materials science field.
Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 6 This capstone course provides comprehensive training in ethics education, literature survey, research planning, hands-on research practicing, lab reports, and oral/written presentations. Students are required to use several instrumentations depending on research needs, such as atomic force microscope (AFM), electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), etc., and gain knowledge on how to use these techniques and interpret the data. The students conduct research mentored by a faculty member. The course enables students to recollect the information they learned in their earlier years and select the most appropriate methods and analytical techniques to complete the project. Students write a research paper and present their research findings to audience in a professional manner.
