ETM 607 Advanced Materials Science
(3-0-3) This course focuses on advanced materials theories and concepts and key engineering materials, with special attention to the relationship of materials composition, processing, microstructure and property. It emphasizes the fundamentals of materials science, such as mechanical concepts, atomic diffusion, thermal behavior, atoms and molecules, chemical bonds, crystal structures and defects, phase diagrams and transformation, temperature and compositional undercooling, nucleation, and solidification microstructure. It covers various engineering materials that are widely used in automobile, aerospace and construction industries. The materials include aluminum alloys, iron and steel, titanium alloys, nickel alloys, refractory alloys, shape-memory alloys, polymers, ceramics and composites. Emerging materials are also introduced.