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Courses in Engineering: Chemical and Materials Science (ECM)

Courses in Chemical and Materials Science Engineering (ECM) are listed below; courses in Chemical Engineering (ECH) are listed immediately following; courses in Materials Science and Engineering (EMS) follow.

Lower Division Courses

5. Analysis in Biochemical, Chemical and Materials Engineering (2)

Lecture/discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 2B (may be taken concurrently), Mathematics 21B (may be taken concurrently). Analysis of systems of interest to chemical engineers and materials scientists. Applications of differential and integral calculus. Dimensional analysis.—II. (II.)

6. Computational Methods for Bio/Chemical/Materials Engineers (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 21C and course 5. Programming methods for solving problems in chemical, biochemical and materials engineering using Mathematica. Programming styles, data structures, working with lists, functions and rules. Applications drawn from material balances, statistics, numerical methods, and bioinformatics. Introduction to object oriented programming using Java.—III. (III.)

90X. Honors Discussion Section (1)

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: open only to students enrolled in the Chemical Engineering or Biochemical Engineering Honors programs. Examination of special topics covered in selected lower-division courses through additional readings, discussions, collaborative work, or special activities which may include projects, laboratory experience or computer simulations. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—II, III.

94H. Honors Seminar (1)

Seminar—1 hour. Prerequisite: open only to students enrolled in the Chemical Engineering or Biochemical Engineering Honors programs. Examination of selected current topics in chemical or biochemical engineering through readings, discussions, collaborative work or special activities which may include projects, laboratory experiences or computer simulations.—I. (I.)

Upper Division Courses

190X. Honors Discussion Section (1)

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: open only to students enrolled in the Chemical Engineering or Biochemical Engineering Honors programs. Examination of special topics covered in selected upper division courses through additional readings, discussions, collaborative work, or special activities which may include projects, laboratory experience or computer simulations. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

194HA. Special Study for Honors Students (2)

Independent study—6 hours. Prerequisite: open only to students enrolled in the Chemical Engineering or Biochemical Engineering Honors programs. Guided independent study of a selected topic in Chemical Engineering or Biochemical Engineering. Preparation for course 194HB.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

194HB. Special Study for Honors Students (1-5)

Prerequisite: course 194HA; open only to students enrolled in the Chemical Engineering or Biochemical Engineering Honors programs. Guided independent study of a selected topic in Chemical Engineering or Biochemical Engineering. Preparation for course 194HC. May be repeated for credit.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

194HC. Special Study for Honors Students (1-5)

Prerequisite: course 194HB; open only to students enrolled in the Chemical Engineering or Biochemical Engineering Honors programs. Guided independent study of a selected topic in Chemical Engineering or Biochemical Engineering leading to the presentation of an honors project or thesis, under the supervision of a faculty adviser.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

Graduate Courses

261. Molecular Modelling of Soft and Biological Matter (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: Materials Science and Engineering 247 or Engineering: Chemical 252 or equivalent course in advanced thermodynamics/statistical mechanics. Modern molecular simulation techniques with a focus on soft matter like polymers, biologically relevant systems, and glasses. Offered in alternate years.—II. Faller

280. Seminar in Ethics for Scientists (2)

Seminar—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing in any department of Science or Engineering. Studies of topical and historical issues in the ethics of science, possibly including issues such as proper authorship, peer review, fraud, plagiarism, responsible collaboration, and conflict of interest. Limited enrollment. (Same course as Chemisitry 280 and Physics 280.) (S/U grading only.)—III. (III.)

Courses in Engineering: Chemical (ECH)

Lower Division Courses

51. Material Balances (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 21D. Application of the principle of conservation of mass to single and multicomponent systems in chemical process calculations. Studies of batch, semi-batch, and continuous processes involving mass transfer, change of phase, stoichiometry and chemical reaction. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 151.—II. (II.)

80. Chemical Engineering Profession (1)

Lecture/discussion—1 hour. Professional opportunities and professional responsibilities of chemical engineers. Opportunities and needs for post-baccalaureate education. Relationship of chemical engineering to contemporary issues.—III. (III.)

98. Directed Group Study (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor and lower division standing. (P/NP grading only.)

99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

Upper Division Courses

140. Mathematical Methods in Biochemical and Chemical Engineering (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 22B. Mathematical methods for solving problems in chemical and biochemical engineering, with emphasis on transport phenomena. Fourier series and separation of variables. Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems. Similarity transformations. Tensor analysis. Finite difference methods for solving time-dependent diffusion problems. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 159.—I. (I.)

141. Fluid Mechanics for Biochemical and Chemical Engineers (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: Course 140. Principles and applications of fluid mechanics in chemical and biochemical engineering. Hydrostatics. The stress tensor and Newton's law of viscosity. Derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations from Euler's laws of mechanics. One-dimensional laminar and turbulent flows. Macroscopic momentum and mechanical energy balances. Boundary layer theory. Low Reynolds number flow. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 150B.—II. (II.)

142. Heat Transfer for Biochemical and Chemical Engineers (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 51 with a C- or better, course 141. Conduction, convection, and radiation of thermal energy in applications to chemical and biochemical engineering. Derivation of thermal and mechanical energy equations. Thermal boundary layers. Macroscopic balances. Applications: heat transfer in tubes, channels, and integrated circuits, and analysis of heat exchangers. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 153.—III. (III.)

143. Mass Transfer for Biochemical and Chemical Engineers (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 51 with a C- or better, course 141. Derivation of species conservation equations describing convective and diffusive mass transfer. Fick's law and the Stefan-Maxwell constitutive equations. Mass transfer coefficients. Multicomponent mass transfer across gas/liquid interfaces. Applications include drying, heterogeneous chemical reactions, and membrane separations.—III. (III.)

144. Rheology and Polymer Processing (3)

Lecture/Discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: Course 141. Deformation in steady shear, unsteady shear, and elongational flows. Linear and non-linear viscoelastic constitutive models. The principle of material indifference and admissibility of constitutive equations. Introduction to the unit operations of polymer processing. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 150C.—III. (III.)

146. Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering (5)

Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: Course 143 and 152B. Application of principles of kinetics, heat, and mass transfer to the analysis and design of chemical reaction systems. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 156B.—II. (II.)

152A. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 151. Application of principles of thermodynamics to chemical processes. Not open for credit to students who have completed Engineering 105 or Engineering 105A.—II. (II.)

152B. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 152A. Continuation of course 152A. Not open for credit to students who have completed Engineering 105B.—III. (III.)

155A. Chemical Engineering Laboratory (4)

Laboratory—6 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Prerequisite: course 150B, 153, and 154A (may be taken concurrently), satisfaction of the upper division English composition requirement. Open only to majors in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering/Materials Science, Chemical Engineering/Biochemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Biological Systems Engineering. Laboratory experiments in transport phenomena, chemical kinetics, and thermodynamics. GE credit: Wrt.—I, II.

155B. Chemical Engineering Laboratory (4)

Laboratory—6 hours; discussion—1 hour; extensive writing. Prerequisite: courses 154B (may be taken concurrently), 155A, and satisfaction of the Engineering upper division English composition requirement. Open only to majors in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Materials Science, Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Food Engineering or Biosystems Engineering. Continuation of 155A. Laboratory experiments in transport phenomena, chemical kinetics, and thermodynamics. GE credit: Wrt.—II, III. (II, III.)

157. Process Dynamics and Control (4)

Lecture—3 hours; lecture/discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 140. Fundamentals of dynamics and modeling of chemical processes. Design and analysis of feedback control of chemical processes.—I. (I.)

158A. Process Design and Analysis I (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 142 and 143. Process and product creation and design. Cost accounting and estimation. Profitability analysis techniques. Optimization of process flowsheets.—I. (I.)

158B. Process Design and Analysis II (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 158A. Heuristic and rigorous design of chemical process equipment. Synthesis of reactor and separation networks, heat and power integration.—II. (II.)

158C. Plant Design Project (4)

Laboratory/discussion—2 hours; project. Prerequisite: course 158B or 161C. Conceptual design of chemical and biochemical processes. Design, costing and profitability analysis of complete plants. Use of computer-aided design techniques.—III. (III.)

160. Fundamentals of Biomanufacturing (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Microbiology 102, Biological Sciences 102 or Animal Biology 102. Principles of large scale bioreactor production of metabolites, enzymes, and recombinant proteins including the development of strains/cell lines, fermentor/bioreactor design, monitoring and operation, product recovery and purification, and biomanufacturing economics. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 161C or both 161A and 161B; only two units of credit to students who have completed either course 161A or 161B.— McDonald

161A. Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 128A, Mathematics 22B, Microbiology 102 (or consent of instructor). Biokinetics; bioreactor design and operation; transport phenomena in bioreactors; microbial, plant, and animal cell cultures. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 161.—II. (II.)

161B. Bioseparations (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 154A. Product recovery and purification of biochemicals. Cell disruption, centrifugation, filtration, membrane separations, extraction, and chromatographic separation processes.—II. (II.)

161C. Biotechnology Facility Design and Regulatory Compliance (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 161A, 161B (may be taken concurrently). Design of biotechnology manufacturing facilities. Fermentation and purification equipment, and utility systems. Introduction to current good manufacturing practices, regulatory compliance, and documentation.—II. (II.) Block

161L. Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory (4)

Laboratory—9 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Prerequisite: course 161A and 161B, or Viticulture and Enology 186, or Biological Sciences 103 and Molecular and Cellular Biology 120L. Restricted to chemical/biochemical engineering majors during pass 1. Laboratory experiments in the operation and analysis of bioreactors; determination of oxygen mass transfer coefficients in bioreactors and ion exchange chromatography. GE credit: Wrt.—III.

166. Catalysis (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 156A (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor. Principles of catalysis based on an integration of principles of physical, organic, and inorganic chemistry and chemical kinetics and chemical reaction engineering. Catalysis in solution; catalysis by enzymes; catalysis in swellable polymers; catalysis in microscopic cages (zeolites); catalysis on surfaces.—II. (II.) Gates

170. Introduction to Colloid and Surface Phenomena (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 110A. Introduction to the behavior of surfaces and disperse systems. The fundamentals will be applied to the solution of practical problems in colloid science. The course should be of value to engineers, chemists, biologists, soil scientists, and related disciplines.—III. (III.) Stroeve

190C. Research Group Conferences (1)

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: upper division standing in Chemical Engineering; consent of instructor. Research group conferences. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

190X. Upper Division Seminar (1)

Seminar—1 hour. Prerequisite: upper division standing. In-depth examination of a special topic in a small group setting.

198. Group Study (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

Graduate Courses

206. Biochemical Engineering (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Microbiology 102 and 102L, Biological Sciences 101, 102, 103, Molecular and Cellular Biology 120L, 200A; Food Science and Technology 205 recommended; or consent of instructor. Interaction of chemical engineering, biochemistry, and microbiology. Mathematical representations of microbial systems. Kinetics of growth, death, and metabolism. Continuous fermentation, agitation, mass transfer and scale-up in fermentation systems, product recovery, enzyme technology. Offered in alternate years.—(II.) Ryu

226. Enzyme Engineering (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Microbiology 102 and 102L, Biological Sciences 102, 103, Molecular and Cellular Biology 122, 120L, 200A; or consent of instructor. Application of basic biochemical and engineering principles of practical enzymatic processes. Lectures cover large scale production and separation of enzymes, immobilized enzyme systems, enzyme reactor design and optimization, and new application of enzymes in genetic engineering related biotechnology. Offered in alternate years.—II. Ryu

246. Advanced Biochemical Engineering (2)

Lecture—2 hours. Prerequisite: course 206 or consent of instructor. Advances in the field of biotechnology including genetic engineering, enzyme engineering, fermentation science, and renewable resources development. The important results of original research will be evaluated for understanding of the fundamental principles and for potential practical application.—II. (II.) Ryu

252. Statistical Thermodynamics (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 152B, Engineering 105B, or the equivalent. A treatment of the statistical basis of thermodynamics; introduction to statistical mechanics; discussion of the laws of thermodynamics; application of thermodynamic relationships to phase and chemical reaction equilibrium; introduction to molecular simulations and the evaluation of thermodynamic properties from molecular simulations.—I. (I.)

253A. Advanced Fluid Mechanics (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 150A, 150B and 259. Kinematics and basic principles of fluid flow. Principles of constitutive equations. Navier-Stokes equations for Newtonian fluids. Survey or rectilinear creeping flow, lubrication flow, and boundary layer theory.—I. (I.)

253B. Advanced Heat Transport (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 153 and 259 or the equivalent. Fundamental energy postulates and derivation of microscopic and macroscopic energy equations. Mechanisms of conduction. Isotropic, thermoelastic and anisotropic materials solution problems using Green's functions and perturbation theory. Photon transport, black and gray body radiation, radiant exchange. Free and forced convection.—II. (II.)

253C. Advanced Mass Transfer (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 154A, 154B, and 259 (may be taken concurrently) or the equivalents. Kinematics and basic conservation principles for multicomponent systems. Constitutive equations for momentum, heat and mass transfer. Applications to binary and ternary systems. Details of diffusion with reaction, and the effects of concentration.—I. (I.)

254. Colloid and Surface Phenomena (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: graduate standing in science or engineering or consent of instructor. Thermodynamics and rate processes at interfaces. These fundamental processes will be applied to determine the collective properties of thin films and membranes, self-assembled systems, liquid crystals and colloidal systems. Experimental techniques in surface analysis.—III. (III.) Stroeve, Longo

256. Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 156A and 156B or the equivalent. Analysis of the performance of chemical reactors and design of chemical reactors based on the principles of chemical kinetics and transport phenomena. Consideration of noncatalytic and catalytic reactions in single fluid phases and emphasis on reactions in multiphase mixtures, especially gas-solid reactors.—II. (II.)

259. Advanced Engineering Mathematics (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 21D, 22A, 22B. Applications of methods of applied mathematics to the analytical and numerical solution of linear and nonlinear ordinary and partial differential equations arising in the study of transport phenomena.—I. (I.)

262. Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 253C. Heat, mass, and momentum transfer in multiphase, multicomponent systems with special emphasis on transport processes in porous media. Derivation of the averaging theorem and application of the method of volume averaging to multicomponent, reacting systems.—III. (III.)

263. Rheology and Mechanics of Non-Newtonian Fluids (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 253A and 259 or consent of instructor. Mechanics of polymer solutions and suspension, especially the development of properly invariant constitutive equations. Topics include: viscometry, linear and nonlinear viscoelasticity, continuum mechanics, kinetic theory. Offered in alternate years.—II. Powell

265. Emulsions, Microemulsions and Bilayers (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: an undergraduate course in physical chemistry. Thermodynamic and mechanical descriptions of surfactant-laden interfaces. Forces between and within interfaces. Physics of micelle and microemulsion formation. Structure and stability of emulsions. Properties of phospholipid bilayers, with emphasis on vesicles.—II. (II.) Dungan

267. Advanced Process Control (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 157 or the equivalent. Advanced course in analysis and synthesis of linear multivariable systems. Emphasis on frequency domain techniques and applications to chemical processes. Topics include singular value analysis, internal model control, robust controller design methods as well as self-tuning control techniques. Offered in alternate years.—III.

289A-L. Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (1-5)

Lecture and/or laboratory. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Special topics in (A) Fluid Mechanics; (B) Nonlinear Analysis and Numerical Methods; (C) Process Control; (D) Chemistry of Catalytic Processes; (E) Biotechnology; (F) Interfacial Engineering; (G) Molecular Thermodynamics; (H) Membrane Separations; (I) Advanced Materials Processing; (J) Novel Experimental Methods; (K) Advanced Transport Phenomena; (L) Biomolecular Engineering. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

290. Seminar (1)

Seminar—1 hour. (S/U grading only.)

290C. Graduate Research Group Conference (1)

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Research problems, progress and techniques in chemical engineering. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

293. Graduate Student Seminar (1)

Seminar—1 hour. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Presentation by graduate students of research in progress. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

294. Current Progress in Biotechnology (1)

Seminar—1 hour. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Seminars presented by guest lecturers on subjects of their own research activities. May be repeated for credit. (Same course as Molecular and Cellular Biology 294.) (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II. III.) Ryu, Doi

298. Group Study (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)

299. Research (1-12)

(S/U grading only.)

Professional Course

390. Teaching of Chemical Engineering (1)

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: qualifications and acceptance as teaching assistant and/or associate-in in chemical engineering. Participation as a teaching assistant or associate-in in a designated engineering course. Methods of leading discussion groups or laboratory sections, writing and grading quizzes, use of laboratory equipment, and grading laboratory reports. May be repeated twice for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

Courses in Materials Science and Engineering (EMS)

Upper Division Courses

147. Principles of Polymer Materials Science (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: chemistry through organic or Engineering 45; introductory physics sequence. Basic principles of polymer science presented including polymer structure and synthesis; polymerization mechanisms, polymer classes, properties, and reactions; polymer morphology, rheology, and characterization; polymer processing. (Same course as Fiber and Polymer Science 100.)—II. (II.)

160. Thermodynamics of Materials Processes and Phase Stability (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Engineering 45. Review of thermodynamic principles of interest to materials scientists and engineers. Application of thermodynamics to material processing, phase stability, corrosion and oxidation reactions, and environmental issues. Specific examples from molten metallurgy, glass melting, and solid state materials will be used. Only 1 unit of credit allowed to students who have completed course 130. Only 3 units of credit allowed to students who have completed course 144. Not open for credit to students who have completed both courses 130 and 144.—I.

162. Structure and Characterization of Engineering Materials (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 45. Description of the structure of engineering materials on the atomic scale by exploring the fundamentals of crystallography. The importance of this structure to materials' properties. Description of experimental determination using x-ray diffraction techniques. Only 2 units of credit allowed to students who have completed course 132. Only 3 units of credit allowed to students who have completed course 142. Only 1 unit of credit allowed to students who have completed both courses 132 and 142.—II.

162L. Structure and Characterization of Materials Laboratory (2)

Laboratory—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 162 (concurrent enrollment recommended). Experimental investigations of structure of solid materials are combined with techniques for characterization of materials. Laboratory exercises emphasize methods used to study structure of solids at the atomic and microstructural levels. Methods focus on optical, x-ray and electron techniques. Only 2 units of credit allowed to students who have completed course 134L. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 132L. GE credit: Wrt.—II.

164. Rate Processes in Materials Science (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Engineering 45 and course 160. Basic kinetic laws and the principles governing phase transformations. Applications in diffusion, oxidation, nucleation, growth, and spinodal transformations. Only 1 unit of credit allowed to students who have completed course 134. Only 3 units of credit allowed to students who have completed course 144. Not open for credit to students who have completed both courses 134 and 144.—III.

172. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Engineering 45, upper division standing in engineering, physics, chemistry, or geology. Electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of materials as related to structure and processing of solid state materials. Physical principles for understanding the properties of metals, semiconductors, ceramics, and amorphous solids and the applications of these materials in engineering.—I.

172L. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties Laboratory (2)

Laboratory—3 hours; lecture/laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 172 (concurrent enrollment recommended). Experimental investigation of electronic, optical and magnetic properties of engineering materials, emphasizing the fundamental relationship between microstructure and properties as well as the influence of rate processes on the evolution of the microstructure and properties. GE credit: Wrt.—I.

174. Mechanical Behavior of Materials (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Engineering 45 and course 162. The microscopic and macroscopic aspects of the mechanical behavior of engineering materials, with emphasis on recent development in materials characterization by nondestructive testing. The fundamental aspects of plasticity in engineering materials, strengthening mechanisms and mechanical failure modes of materials systems. Only 1 unit of credit allowed to students who have completed course 138. Only 3 units of credit allowed to students who have completed course 142. Not open for credit to students who have completed both courses 138 and 142. GE credit: Wrt.—I.

174L. Mechanical Behavior Laboratory (2)

Laboratory—3 hours; lecture/laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 174 (concurrent enrollment recommended). Experimental investigation of mechanical behavior of engineering materials. Laboratory exercises emphasize the fundamental relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties, and the evolution of the microstructure as a consequence of rate process. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 138L. GE credit: Wrt.—I.

180. Materials in Engineering Design (4)

Lecture—3 hours; lecture/discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Engineering 45 and upper division standing in Engineering. Quantitative treatment of materials selection for engineering applications. Discussion of the relationship between design parameters and materials properties. Emphasis on the influence of processing and fabrication on the properties of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites as related to the overall design process. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 140. (Former course 140.) GE credit: Wrt.—III.

181. Materials Processing (4)

Lecture—3 hours; lecture/discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Engineering 45 and upper division standing in engineering, physics, chemistry, or geology. Principles of phase equilibria, thermodynamics and reaction kinetics applied to materials processing. Effects of processing variables on the structure-property relationship. Fundamentals of the manufacturing processes for electronic, optical, functional and structural materials. Only 2 units of credit allowed to students who have completed course 146 or 155. Not open for credit to students who have completed both courses 146 and 155. GE credit: Wrt.—II.

182. Failure Analysis (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 45, upper division standing in science or engineering. Analysis of the way materials fail. Effects of temperature, mechanical deformation and corrosion on the properties of materials. Forensics and methodologies for investigating failures of materials including optical microscopy, x-ray analysis and scanning electron microscopy. Investigation of practical problems. Only 1 unit of credit to students who have completed course 148. Only 3 units of credit to students who have completed course 142 or course 144. Not open for credit to students who have completed both courses 142 and 148 or both courses 144 and 148. GE credit: Wrt.—II.

188A-188B. Materials Design Project (2-2)

Laboratory—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 160, 162, 164, 172, 174. A capstone materials design experience involving analysis of real materials processing and applications including economic, manufacturing, and ethical constraints. Various principles of materials science introduced in other courses in the curriculum are integrated into a team design project. Only 1 unit of credit to students who have completed course 149. (Deferred grading only, pending completion of sequence.)—II-III.

190C. Research Group Conferences (1)

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor; upper division standing. Individual and/or group conference on problems, progress and techniques in materials research. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

198. Directed Group Study (1-5)

Lecture—1-5 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Group study of selected topics. (P/NP grading only.)

199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

Graduate Courses

230. Fundamentals of Electron Microscopy (3)

Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Engineering 132. Principles and techniques of scanning and transmission of electron microscopy used in the study of materials. Emphasis upon practical applications. Offered in alternate years.—(II.) Browning

230L. Laboratory for Electron Microscopy (2)

Laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 230 concurrently. Practical application of techniques of electron scanning and transmission microscopy including x-ray microanalysis. Offered in alternate years.—(II.) Browning

232. Advanced Topics in Transmission Electron Microscopy (3)

Lecture—1 hour; discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: course 230. Advanced course in the techniques of electron microscopy including analytical techniques, probe diffraction methods, and high resolution imaging. Offered in alternate years.—II. Browning

232L. Laboratory for Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy (2)

Discussion—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 230L. Laboratory in advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques relevant to specific graduate research projects in materials science. Offered in alternate years.—II.

240. Transport Phenomena in Materials Processes (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: graduate standing in Engineering. Phenomenological and atomistic mechanisms in transport processes in condensed and noncondensed phases. Application to heat treatment, chemical and physical vapor deposition, crystal growth, bonding, sintering and joining of metals. Offered in alternate years.—III.

241. Principles and Applications of Dislocation Mechanics (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: graduate standing in Engineering; consent of instructor. Concepts in dislocation theory are applied to explain plasticity of crystalline solids. Glide and climb of dislocations, strain hardening, recrystallization, theories of creep processes and interaction of dislocation with solute atoms, precipitates and impurity clouds are discussed. Offered in alternate years.—(II.) Mukherjee

242. Advanced Mechanical Properties of Materials (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 138. Strength and structure of engineering materials. The dependence of their mechanical properties on time, stress, and temperature, Generalized concepts of dislocation theory in plastic deformation, including creep, superplasticity, and cavitation. Influence of microstructure in optimizing the mechanical strength properties. Offered in alternate years.—II. Mukherjee

243. Kinetics of Phase Transformation in Engineering Materials (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing in Engineering and consent of instructor; course 130 recommended. Theory of alloying, kinetics of phase changes, homogeneous and heterogeneous transformation, transformation by shear, order-disorder reactions. Offered in alternate years.—III. Groza

244. Interaction of Materials and their Environment (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 45 and 105A, or consent of instructor. Thermodynamic and kinetic foundations of the corrosion and oxidation processes. Practical aspects of corrosion control and prevention. Stress-corrosion and gas-embrittlement phenomena. Special topics in corrosion; microbiological and atmospheric corrosion. Offered in alternate years.—I. Munir

245. Advanced Topics in Structure of Materials (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 162; course 174 recommended; graduate standing in engineering or consent of instructor. Nature of microstructure in engineering materials. Crystalline and non-crystalline structures, with special emphasis on grain boundary segregation in the development of polycrystalline microstructure and the radial distribution function of amorphous materials. Offered in alternate years.—III. Shackelford

247. Advanced Thermodynamics of Solids (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 130 or the equivalent. Thermodynamics of gas-solid reactions and solutions; criteria for phase stability, thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces; thermodynamics of defects in compounds, their influence on transport processes; thermodynamics of EMF cells and application to solid-state electrolytes. Offered in alternate years.—(I.) Munir

248. Fracture of Engineering Materials (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 138. Description of failure of materials by crack propagation. Topics include the stress fields about elastic cracks, the Griffith-Irwin analysis, descriptions of plastic zones, fracture toughness testing, microstructural aspects of fracture and failure at elevated temperatures. Offered in alternate years.—(I.) Gibeling

249. Mechanisms of Fatigue (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 138 or consent of instructor; course 248 recommended. Microstructural description of mechanisms of fatigue in metals. Topics include a phenomenological treatment of cyclic deformation, dislocation processes in cyclic deformation, fatigue crack nucleation, stage I crack growth, threshold effects and high temperature cyclic deformation. Offered in alternate years.—I.

250A-F. Special Topics in Polymer and Fiber Science (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 147 or consent of instructor. Selected topics of current interest in polymer and fiber sciences. Topics will vary each time the course is offered. (Same course as Textiles and Clothing 250A-F.)—II. (II.)

251. Applications of Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing in chemistry, physics or engineering, or consent of instructor. Fundamentals of solid state NMR spectroscopy and principles of advanced NMR techniques for analyzing structure of solid materials.—III. (III.) Risbud

289A-G. Special Topics in Materials Science
(1-5)

Lecture and/or laboratory. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Special topics in: (A) Electronic Materials; (B) Ceramics and Minerals; (C) Physics and Chemistry of Materials; (D) Materials Processing; (E) Materials Science and Forensics; (F) Biomaterials; (G) Surface Chemistry of Metal Oxides. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

290C. Graduate Research Conference (1)

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Individual and/or group conference on problems, progress, and techniques in materials science and engineering research. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

294. Materials Science Seminar (1)

Seminar—1 hour. Current literature and developments in materials science with presentations by individual students. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Shackelford, Mukherjee, Munir, Howitt, Gibeling, Groza, Risbud

298. Group Study (1-5)

299. Research (1-12)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)

Professional Course

390. The Teaching of Materials Science (1)

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: meet qualifications for teaching assistant and/or associate-in in materials science and engineering. Participation as a teaching assistant or associate-in in a designated engineering course. Methods of leading discussion groups or laboratory sections, writing and grading quizzes, use of laboratory equipment, and grading laboratory reports. May be repeated twice for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)