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MSE 5153 Crystal Physics and Materials Properties Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

MSE 5583 Corrosion Engineering Prerequisites: ENSC 3313 or equivalent.

Description: This course is about crystal physics and crystal chemistry, and their applications to engineering problems. It is designed as an introduction to the relationships between symmetry and the directional physical properties of crystals. Emphasis will be on the fundamental understanding of symmetry arguments as criteria in the material selection process for technological applications. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Materials Sci. & Eng MSE 5173 Organic Electronic Materials and Devices Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. Description: This course will serve as an introduction to organic materials with applications to active electronic and optoelectronic devices. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture

Description: Modern theory of corrosion and its applications in preventing or controlling corrosion damage economically and safely in service. Same course as MAE 5583. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Materials Sci. & Eng MSE 5683 Thermodynamics and Thermostatistics of Materials Prerequisites: ENSC 3313 or equivalent. Description: Notions of energy, entropy, equilibrium, macrostates, and microstates and their relation to material processes and properties. Deriving material properties from equations of state: Maxwell relations. Statistical thermodynamics: predicting material properties from microstates. Partition function. Phase transformations. Thermodynamics of surfaces and defects. Electrochemistry. Same course as MAE 5683. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Materials Sci. & Eng MSE 5693 Phase Transformations in Materials Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Description: Principles of phase transformations in material. Structure of materials, phase diagrams, diffusion, solidification, and diffusional and diffusionless transformations will be covered. Recent developments in materials research relevant to phase transformations. Same course as MAE 5693. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Materials Sci. & Eng MSE 6000 PhD Thesis Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. Description: Students will be performing thesis research under the guidance of a thesis advisor. This will involve performing literature search, writing proposal for the research, and conducting research in the laboratories. At the end of the course, students will present the findings of the research to the committee and prepare a thesis for approval by the thesis committee. Offered for variable credit, 1-10 credit hours, maximum of 60. Credit hours: 1-10 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Materials Sci. & Eng

Department/School: Materials Sci. & Eng MSE 5174 Fundamentals of Photovoltaics

Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. Description: This course will serve as in introduction to photovoltaic materials and devices. This course will cover commercial and emerging photovoltaic technologies. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Materials Sci. & Eng MSE 5200 Applied Innovation I Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of graduate program coordinator. Description: Theory and practice of commercialization of new technologies, business plan development and formation of project teams to commercialize technologies and new products. Same course as EEE 5200. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Materials Sci. & Eng MSE 5223 Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Methods and Applications Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Description: Theory and practice of additive manufacturing, materials and their applications in various fields. Discuss their applications in product development, data visualization, rapid prototyping, and specialized manufacturing, with special emphasis on direct digital manufacturing. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Materials Sci. & Eng