67 courses with the subject MATE, 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.
Evolution of materials engineering; education and the profession; concepts, tools, and techniques; selection and design using metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites; application of materials in a technological society; and materials of the future.
Examines principles underlying structure, properties, and behavior of engineering materials, including metals, ceramics, and polymers. Covers topics including bonding; crystal structure; defect structure; alloying; mechanical, electronic, and magnetic properties in relation to structure; phase equilibria; phase transformations; and oxidation and corrosion. All terms.
This undergraduate level introductory course in modern materials is designed as an elective course for non-engineering majors. It will introduce the field of materials science and engineering while stressing the importance of materials selection in modern day products. In addition, the course will highlight the importance of sustainable materials in product life cycle design in order to minimize environmental effects.
This course introduces Product Design majors to mechanical behavior considerations for materials selection.
Covers polymer molecular structure, polymerization methods, semi-crystalline polymers, glass transition, polymer solution in blends, mechanical properties, and characterization methods.
Introduces materials and their properties; atomic view and architecture of solids; atomic motion in solids, mechanical, magnetic, electrical and optical properties of materials. Corrosion and degradation of solids.
This course continues the introduction to materials science and engineering from ENGR 220 by exploring additional topics including phase diagrams, phase transformations, mechanical behavior of materials, thermal properties, environmental considerations and society impacts. In addition, the course introduces concepts of data collection and analysis as it relates to mechanical property testing. The course also addresses techniques for successful technical communication.
Covers the fundamental laws of thermodynamics, statistical meaning of entropy, thermodynamic functions, heat capacity, reactions in gases and condensed phases, phase diagrams, solutions, and reaction equilibria in condensed solutions.
Covers chemical reaction kinetics, thermodynamics and structure of crystal defects, diffusion equations and numerical methods of solution, kinetics in interfacial phenomena, and diffusional transformations.
The goal of the course is to introduce students to state-of-the-art experimental techniques for analysis of structure, composition and properties of materials. Electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, indentation and thermal analysis will be described.
Covers polymer processing, viscous flow and melt rheology, injection molding, extrusion, mechanical behavior, and applications and design.
Main classes of crystalline defects: vacancies, dislocations, stacking faults, surfaces, grain boundaries, geometry, energy considerations, and movement of defects. Defects in specific crystallographic systems.
Covers powder production, materials characterization, stability of powder suspensions, rheological and viscoelastic properties of slurries, green-body consolidation, drying, sintering, and structure-property relationships.
Electrons, principles of quantum mechanics, bonding, free electrons, and band theory solids; lattice vibrations, electronic and vibrational heat capacity; semiconductors and semiconductor devices; dielectrics, magnetic and optoelectronic materials and devices; superconductivity; applications and implications for energy-harvesting, conversion and storage.
Bonding in solids; classification of metals, semiconductors, and insulators; crystal systems; crystallographic systems in specific engineering materials, relationships, X-ray generation, X-ray absorption and emission; reciprocal space; geometric representation of crystals, small and wide angle scattering, electron microscope imaging and diffraction.
Covers solidification processing, casting and welding, heat flow analysis, solid-state transformations, precipitation hardening, transformations in steels, martensite transformations, and industrial case studies.
Covers continuum mechanics: three-dimensional stress and strain, hydrostatic and deviatoric components, and isotropic elasticity; Mises yield criterion; fracture criteria; linear elastic fracture mechanics; materials selection; defect-tolerant and defect-free fatigue design; notch effects; and statistics of variation.
Selection of materials for industrial applications entails a balance between multiple constraints. In this course, students will learn methodologies that consider factors such as material properties, processing techniques, shape, cost, environmental impact, health and safety, and social concerns to determine appropriate materials for industrial applications. Often conflicting constraints that result from these factors need to be evaluated.
Covers interaction of materials processing and design, materials selection, the design-failure interface, cost and capacity in manufacturing. Taught via case studies.
This course addresses additive manufacturing (AM) from a materials science and engineering perspective. Processing, structure, property relationships will be examined for metals, polymers, and ceramics as well as composites used in additive manufacturing. Ideas and concepts from powder processing, solidification processing and welding applicable to AM will be discussed. Critical analysis of the literature and special topics via term projects will be used to provide opportunities for students to explore in depth AM topic areas of their own interest.
Nuclear fuel cycle, including extraction, enrichment, transmutation in a nuclear reactor, reprocessing, waste processing, repository performance. Materials for nuclear reactors, mechanical and thermal performance, radiation damage.
Familiarizes students with natural tissues and the implants designed to replace them, treating both components as engineering materials. Includes a review of fundamental topics of materials structure and testing, and case studies.
Tissue Engineering, matrices, cells, scaffold, engineering properties, constitutive relations, absorbable polymers, cell seeding, cellular isolation, cell-scaffold interaction. May be repeated for credit.
Covers numerical techniques, finite differences and finite elements, convergence, and applications in engineering design.
Covers commercial and near-commercial methods of powder making, material and process variables, atomization mechanisms, powder properties and characterization, powder compaction, and properties in the green state.
Students will learn and exercise common statistical methods for the analysis and interpretation of numerical data in materials science and engineering. Students will also be exposed to the data mining and machine learning techniques applied in materials science and engineering. The course will emphasize providing students fruitful hands-on experience of commonly used platforms to perform (big) data analysis and solve materials-relevant problems.
This course will examine the selection criteria for recycling component materials. Recycling involves both reusing materials for energy applications and reprocessing materials into new products.
The course will address principles of operation of electrochemical energy storage devices and describe materials used in those devices.
Environmental degradation is explored with a focus on electrochemical corrosion reactions in metals and alloys due to atmospheric, aqueous, chemical or elevated temperature exposure. In addition, high temperature degradation of ceramics and degradation of polymers due to exposure to heat, light and chemicals will be addressed. The role of these environmental effects during service and the impact on performance and reliability will be explored.
Introduces the design process, including information retrieval, problem definition, proposal writing, patents, and design notebooks. Includes presentations on problem areas by experts from industry, government, and education.
Continues MATE 491. Requires written and oral progress reports.
Continues MATE 492. Requires written and oral final reports, including oral presentations by each design team.
Covers crystallography, crystal defects, dislocation mechanisms, phase transformations, recovery and recrystallization, diffusional processes, and strengthening mechanisms.
Covers step and free radical polymers, copolymerization, molecular weight characteristics, polymer morphology, thermodynamics, viscoelasticity, yielding and crazing, and Boltzmann and T-T superpositions.
This course provides an introductory overview of materials science and engineering at the graduate level. The fundamental linkages between processing, structure and properties will be addressed with emphasis on micro- and nano-structural impacts on properties.
This course will provide incoming graduate students with the knowledge to become proactive, empowered graduate students. Reading assignments will highlight examples of student situations and though classroom discussions and in class activities the students will gain an understanding of their ethical and societal responsibilities, the importance of communication and the tools to access and plan their academic and career goals.
Covers nucleation phenomena in homogeneous and heterogeneous metallic and ceramic systems, strain energy analysis, composition fluctuation analysis, growth and solution kinetics of second phases, coarsening processes, martensitic transformations, and crystallization of glass.
Covers classical thermodynamics, introduction to statistical mechanics, solution theory, thermodynamics of interfaces and crystal defects, and phase diagrams and reaction equilibrium.
This course is a graduate level introduction to solid-state materials. The effects of crystal structure and bonding on properties will be discussed. Quantum theory of solids will be used to elucidate the electronic transport, magnetic, dielectric and optical properties of solid state materials.
Structure–property relationships form a cornerstone for performance-engineering in nearly all materials. Condensed matter systems, including inorganic or organic materials, are defined by their internal structure—the distribution of atoms, defects, and large scale domains with preferred microstructures. This class aims to familiarize materials science students with the real space and k-space structural description of both ideal (defect free) and realistic (imperfect) crystalline materials and the properties derived from the underlying point and transitional symmetry.
Covers electron microscopy techniques, scanning transmission and Auger analysis, x-ray diffraction, x-ray wavelength dispersive and energy dispersive analysis, thermal analysis, statistics and error analysis, and design of experiments.
In the past few decades, computational materials modeling and simulation tools have become an essential component to modern materials design, development, and deployment. This course will teach the basics of a broad range of materials modeling and simulation approaches, with emphasis on the first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) and computational thermodynamics approach (the CALPHAD approach). Teaching contents will be organized to be practice-oriented. There will be lots of hands-on experience with using the modeling software to study the structural, mechanical, electronic, thermodynamic, and kinetic properties of materials. Please note that computer programing knowledge is NOT a prerequisite.
Covers classification and definition of composite materials; properties of fibers, matrices, and their interfaces; structural geometry of reinforcing materials; formation and testing of composites; and properties and analysis of composite materials.
This course addresses additive manufacturing (AM) from a materials science and engineering perspective. Processing, structure, property relationships will be examined for metals, polymers, and ceramics as well as composites used in additive manufacturing. Ideas and concepts from powder processing, solidification processing and welding applicable to AM will be discussed. Critical analysis of the literature and special topics via term projects will be used to provide opportunities for students to explore in depth AM topic areas of their own interest.
Covers numerical solution of non-linear equations, linear systems, and integration of ordinary differential equations. Introduces finite differences and finite elements. Provides a user's perspective of finite elements, element selection, convergence, and error estimation. Applications to heat transfer, diffusion, stress analysis, and coupled problems. Maple and ABAQUS (a commercial non-linear finite element program) are used in this course. A term project using ABAQUS is required. Emphasis is placed on materials engineering examples.
MSE hosts visitors from materials and materials-related academic departments, national laboratories and industry to visit and interact with students and to present a seminar. Students will interact with visitors. Lectures on other selected topics: safety and health, ethics in science & engineering research, and writing and presentation skills.
This course covers fundamentals of electron optics, electron-specimen interaction, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Elastic (high resolution and in situ TEM) and inelastic scattering techniques (energy dispersive spectroscopy, electron energy loss speciroscopy) are reviewed. An introduction to scanning electron microscopy ( SEM), focused ion beam (FIB), and sample preparation is provided.
This course is designed to address the role of polymer science in Nanotechnology. Topics that will be covered include block copolymer templated self assembly, polymer thin and thick films, LBL, self assembly, soft lithography and polymer nanocomposites.
Covers commercial and near-commercial methods of powder making, material and process variables, atomization mechanisms, powder properties and characterization, powder compaction, and properties in the green state.
This course deals with the structure and bonding of ceramics. The fundamental role of point defects on electric and diffusional properties is discussed. Sintering, both solid and liquid phase, is explored. What affects strength, creep, subcritical crack growth and fatigue of ceramics is elucidated. Glasses and their properties are examined.
Covers metal deformation processes: slab and deformation work analyses; slip line theory; and upper bound analysis applied to upsetting, drawing, extrusion, rolling, and deep drawing.
This graduate level introduction to high temperature materials and materials used for energy applications, deals with metals and ceramics that are used in systems that produce or store energy, such as power generation facilities, solid oxide fuel cells, batteries, photovollaics, thermoelectric generators and supercapacitors.
This course will examine the selection criteria for recycling component materials. Recycling involves both reusing materials for energy applications and reprocessing materials into new products.
The course will address principles of operation of electrochemical energy storage devices and describe materials used in those devices.
Environmental degradation is explored with focus on electrochemical corrosion reactions in metals and alloys due to atmospheric, aqueous, chemical or elevated temperature exposure. In addition, high temperature degradation of ceramics and degradation of polymers due to exposure to heat, light and chemicals will be addressed. The role of these environmental effects during service and the impact on performance and reliability will be explored.
Covers advanced carbon materials ranging from diamond to fullerenes and nanotubes. Structure, properties and applications will be discussed.
Chemical and materials sciences have traditionally focused on understanding structure-property-performance relationships with the goal of predicting where the atoms should be placed to achieve a targeted property or process. Much less effort, however, has been directed toward a predictive science for synthesis – understanding how to get the atoms where they need to go to produce the desired structure. The course will provide an overview of the chemical methods used for the synthesis of inorganic functional materials and demonstrate how material properties change depending on the synthesis route. Content will be structured by the synthesis approach and practical material function.
This course is designed to introduce the field of Soft Materials to senior undergraduate and graduate students. Topics that will be covered include Polymers, Gels, Colloids, Amphiphiles and Liquid Crystals.
This class covers advanced polymer characterization methods that are related to the structure and properties of polymeric materials. Focus will be devoted to scattering and microscopy techniques. X-ray/Neutron scattering and diffraction will be discussed to understand polymer crystalline and nanostructure. Various polymer microscopy techniques such as electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy and polarized light microscopy will be discussed. Advanced polymer thermal analysis such as modulated differential scanning calorimetry and chip calorimetry will be covered to understand metastability of polymeric materials. The class will discuss how to use this suite of characterization tools to design experiments for targeted applications.
This course focuses on the underlying principles which govern the synthesis of macromolecules and methodologies to control polymer structure. Chemical reactions, kinetics, polymerization parameters, and statistics involved in step-growth, chain-growth, and controlled/living polymerizations will be reviewed. The impact of different polymerization strategies and formulations will be discussed as they relate to polymer molecular weight, functionality, and dispersity, along with their influence on macromolecular architecture and structure.
Covers stress and strain, three-dimensional nomenclature, hydrostatic and deviatoric stresses, isotropic and anisotropic elasticity and plasticity, viscoelasticity, crack growth, and fracture.
Covers continuum mechanics; heat transfer; application to extrusion, calendering, coating, injection molding, film blowing, rotational molding, and fiber spinning; powder processing; design; and equipment selection.
This course covers biocompatibility; implantable devices; survey of materials properties; corrosion;; cardiovascular applications; orthopedic applications; kidney dialysis; artificial heart and lung devices.
This course provides an introduction to natural and biomimetic polymers with an interdisciplinary view of biology, chemistry and macromolecular science. An understanding of natural building blocks and methods by which nature carries out polymer synthesis and modification reactions is coupled with insights into DNA; structural proteins; polysaccharides; and a wide variety of renewable resources.
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Source: Drexel University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
