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1. The Scope of Chemical Engineering (1) II. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Lecture--1 hour. Demonstrations and discussions of the opportunities in chemical engineering for professional development, contributions to basic knowledge, with clarification of what chemical engineers actually do in various jobs. (P/NP grading only.)
98. Directed Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and lower division standing. (P/NP grading only.)
99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
150A. Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics (4) II. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: courses 151 and 159, Engineering 35. Fluid statics and one-dimensional laminar flows. Kinematics of point and integral functions. The stress vector-stress tensor relation. Newton's law of viscosity and application of the Navier-Stokes equations to laminar flow and dimensional analysis. Flow of non-Newtonian fluids. Not open for credit to students who have completed Engineering 103 or 103A.
150B. Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics (4) III. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 150A. Turbulent flows and time averaging. Application of Bernoulli's equation and the macroscopic mass, momentum, and mechanical energy balances to a variety of practical problems. Introduction to compressible flow. The entropy equation and isentropic processes. Shock waves and choke flow. Not open for credit to students who have completed Engineering 103B or Civil Engineering 141.
150C. Rheology and Polymer Processing (4) III. The Staff
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: course 150A. Fundamentals of rheology. Introduction to polymer processing unit operations.
151. Material Balances (3) I. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 110A, Chemistry 128B (may be taken concurrently), Engineering 5. Application of the principles of conservation of mass to single and multi-component systems in chemical process calculations. Studies of batch, semi-batch, and continuous processes involving mass transfer, change of phase, and chemical reaction.
152A. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) II. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 151, Chemistry 110A. Application of principles of thermodynamics to chemical processes. Not open for credit to students who have completed Engineering 105A.
152B. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (4) III. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 152A. Continuation of course 152A. Not open for credit to students who have completed Engineering 105B.
153. Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer (4) III. The Staff
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: course 150A. Steady and transient heat conduction. The thermal energy equation, analysis of forced and free convective heat transfer. Turbulence, macroscopic balances, and heat transfer coefficients. The photon transport equation and radiant energy exchange. The design of heat exchangers.
154A. Mass Transfer (4) I. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 153, Chemistry 110A. Fundamental concepts of mass transfer in fluids. Problems in pure diffusion and convective mass transfer.
154B. Applications of Mass Transfer (3) II. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 154A. Application of the principles of mass transfer and thermodynamic equilibrium to absorption, extraction, distillation, and other separation processes.
155A. Chemical Engineering Laboratory (4) I, II. The Staff
Laboratory--6 hours; discussion--1 hour; term paper. Prerequisite: course 154A (may be taken concurrently) and satisfaction of the Engineering upper division English composition requirement. Open only to majors in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering/Materials Science, Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Food Engineering, Biological Systems Engineering. Laboratory experiments in transport phenomena, chemical kinetics, and thermodynamics. GE credit: Wrt.
155B. Chemical Engineering Laboratory (4) II, III. The Staff
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.
156A. Chemical Engineering Kinetics (4) II. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: courses 152B, 154A; and Chemistry 110C (may be taken concurrently). Chemical kinetics and introduction to homogeneous and heterogeneous reactor design.
156B. Chemical Engineering Kinetics (4) III. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 156A. Continuation of course 156A.
157. Process Dynamics and Control (3) I. McDonald
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 159. Fundamentals of dynamic modelling of chemical processes. Design and analysis of classical feedback control of chemical processes.
157L. Process Control Laboratory (1) II, III. The Staff
Laboratory--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 157. Open only to majors in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering/Materials Science, Materials Science, Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Food Engineering. Laboratory experiments in control system design and analysis.
158A. Economics and Optimization of Chemical Processes (3) I. Palazoglu
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: senior standing. Fundamentals of economics, interest calculations, depreciation, taxes. Economic analysis of chemical plant designs. Optimization methods. Linear and non linear programming.
158B. Process Equipment Design (3) II. Palazoglu
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 158A. Design of chemical process equipment. Equipment cost estimation techniques.
158C. Plant Design (3) III. Palazoglu
Lecture--1.5 hours; discussion--1.5 hours. Prerequisite: course 158B or 161C. Open only to majors in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering/Materials Science, Materials Science, Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Food Engineering, Biosystems Engineering. Conceptual design of chemical and biochemical processes. Design, costing, and profitability analysis of complete plants. Use of computer-aided design techniques.
159. Chemical Engineering Analysis (3) I. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 22B. Chemical engineering applications of partial differential equations, tensors, systems of linear equations, and operational calculus.
161A. Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals (3) II. The Staff
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.
161B. Bioseparations (3) II. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 154A. Product recovery and purification of biochemicals. Cell disruption, centrifugation, filtration, membrane separations, extraction, and chromatographic separation processes.
161C. Biotechnology Facility Design and Regulatory Compliance (4) II. Block
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.
161L. Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory (4) III. The Staff
Laboratory--9 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: courses 161A and 161B; or Viticulture and Enology 186; or Biological Sciences 103 and Molecular and Cellular Biology 120L. Laboratory experiments in the operation and analysis of bioreactors; determination of oxygen mass transfer coefficients in bioreactors and ion exchange chromatography.
166. Catalysis (3) II. Gates
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.
170. Introduction to Colloid and Surface Phenomena (3) III. Stroeve
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.
190C. Research Group Conferences (1) I, II, III. The Staff
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.)
190X. Upper Division Seminar (1) I, II, III. The Staff
Seminar--1 hour. Prerequisite: upper division standing. In-depth examination of a special topic in a small group setting.
198. Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
*206. Biochemical Engineering (3) II. Ryu
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.
226. Enzyme Engineering (3) II. Ryu
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.
246. Advanced Biochemical Engineering (2) II. Ryu
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.
252. Statistical Thermodynamics (4) I. The Staff
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.
253A. Advanced Fluid Mechanics (4) I. The Staff
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.
253B. Advanced Heat Transport (4) II. The Staff
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.
253C. Advanced Mass Transfer (4) I. The Staff
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.
254. Colloid and Surface Phenomena (4) III. Stroeve, Longo
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.
256. Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering (4) II. The Staff
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.
259. Advanced Engineering Mathematics (4) I. The Staff
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 22A, 22B, 21D. 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.
262. Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems (3) III. Whitaker
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.
263. Rheology and Mechanics of
Non-Newtonian Fluids (3) II. Powell
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.
265. Emulsions, Microemulsions and Bilayers (3) II. Dungan
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.
*267. Advanced Process Control (3) III. The Staff
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.
289A-L. Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
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.
290. Seminar (1) I, II, III. The Staff
Seminar--1 hour. (S/U grading only.)
290C. Graduate Research Group Conference (1) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Research problems, progress and techniques in chemical engineering. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)
293. Graduate Student Seminar (1) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Seminar--1 hour. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Presentation by graduate students of research in progress. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)
294. Current Progress in Biotechnology (1) I, II, III. Ryu, Doi
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.)
298. Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)
299. Research (1-12) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
(S/U grading only.)
390. Teaching of Chemical Engineering (1) I, II, III. The Staff
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.)
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130. Thermodynamics of Materials Processes (3) I. Risbud
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 45 and 105 or the equivalent (may be taken concurrently). Applications of thermodynamic principles to crystalline, amorphous and liquid materials encountered in materials science and engineering, solid state chemistry, condensed matter physics, and earth and environmental science. Emphasis on solving problems associated with ceramics, glasses, alloys, and minerals.
132. Structure of Engineering Materials (3) I. Howitt
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 45; upper division standing. Structure of engineering materials in the atomic scale described by exploring the fundamentals of crystallography. Emphasis on this structure to materials' properties. Experimental determination of structure described using x-ray diffraction techniques. GE credit: Wrt.
132L. Structure and Testing of Materials Laboratory (2) I. Shackelford, Howitt
Laboratory--6 hours. Prerequisite: course 132 (concurrent enrollment recommended). Experimental investigations of structure of solids are combined with techniques for testing and evaluation. Laboratory exercises emphasize methods used to study structure of solids at the atomic and microstructural levels. Methods focus on optical, x-ray, electron, and ultrasonic techniques.
134. Rate Processes in Materials Science (3) II. Groza
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 45 or course 130. Basic kinetic laws. Theory of Absolute Reaction Rates. Applications in diffusion, nucleation, solidification, evaporation, and sintering processes.
134L. Rate Processes in Materials Laboratory (2) II. Groza
Laboratory--6 hours. Prerequisite: course 134 (concurrent enrollment recommended). Laboratory experiments to illustrate the fundamental principles of diffusion, solidification, recrystallization, precipitation, evaporation, sintering and phase transformations in materials. Materials behavior in high-temperature and corrosive environments will be emphasized.
138. Mechanical Behavior of Materials (3) III. Mukherjee
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 45 and 105A (or the equivalent); upper division standing
in Engineering. Microscopic aspects of the mechanical behavior of engineering materials are discussed with emphasis on recent developments in materials science and fracture mechanics. High temperature plastic deformation processes, strengthening mechanisms and mechanical failure modes of materials systems are outlined. GE credit: Wrt.
138L. Mechanical Properties Laboratory (2) III. Mukherjee
Laboratory--6 hours. Prerequisite: course 138 (concurrent enrollment recommended). Experimental investigations of the mechanical behavior of engineering materials. Laboratory exercises emphasize the fundamental relationships between microstructure and mechanical properties.
140. Materials in Engineering Design (3) III. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: senior standing in Engineering or consent of instructor. Quantitative treatment of materials selection for engineering applications. Discussion of the relationship of design parameters and materials properties. Emphasis on the processing and fabrication of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites as related to the overall design process. GE credit: Wrt.
142. Principles of Nondestructive Testing (3) II. Shackelford
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: senior standing in Engineering or consent of instructor. Basic principles of nondestructive testing using radiological, ultrasonic, electrical, magnetic, penetrant methods, etc., are discussed. Typical results expected from these tests and their application in material characterization, flaw detection, crystallographic information, chemical in homogeneity, residual stress analysis, etc., are emphasized. GE credit: Wrt.
144. Corrosion and Oxidation of Engineering Materials (3) II. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing in Engineering. Principles governing the interaction between engineering materials and their environment; corrosion in aqueous media, soils and biological systems. Oxidation of structural materials in high temperature applications; design and selection criteria for the prevention and control of corrosion.
146. Electronic and Optical Materials Processing (3) III. Groza
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or Geology. Principles of phase equilibria, thermodynamics and reaction kinetics applied to the processing of electronic and optical materials in polycrystalline, single crystal, and amorphous forms. GE credit: Wrt.
147. Principles of Polymer Materials Science (3) II. The Staff
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.)
148. Failure Analysis (4) III. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours; laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 45, 104A; course 138 and Mechanical Engineering 150A recommended. Fracture mechanics and failure mechanisms in metals, ceramics, and composites. Effects of fatigue, corrosion and wear.
Methodology for investigating failure including optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and destructive testing. GE credit: Wrt.
149. Materials Engineering Design Project (3) I, II, III. The Staff
Discussion--1 hour; laboratory--6 hours. Prerequisite: senior standing in Engineering and consent of instructor. A capstone engineering design experience involving analysis of real materials processes or engineering materials problems. The various principles of materials science introduced in other courses in the curriculum are integrated into the design project.
155. Manufacturing Process Design (3) I. Groza
Lecture--2 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: Engineering 45 or Mechanical Engineering 50. Principles of materials processing and manufacturing properties, effects of processing variables on structure-property relationships, and the fundamentals of manufacturing process selection are described. Case histories are used to explore recent developments in manufacturing process design.
190C. Research Group Conferences (1) I, II, III. The Staff
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.)
198. Directed Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
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) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
*230. Fundamentals of Electron Microscopy (3) II. Howitt
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.
*230L. Laboratory for Electron Microscopy (2) II. Jones
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.
232. Advanced Topics in Transmission Electron Microscopy (3) II. Howitt
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.
232L. Laboratory for Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy (2) II. The Staff
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.
240. Transport Phenomena in Materials Processes (4) III. The Staff
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.
*241. Principles and Applications of Dislocation Mechanics (4) II. Mukherjee
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.
242. Advanced Mechanical Properties of Materials (4) II. Mukherjee
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.
*243. Kinetics of Phase Transformation in Engineering Materials (3) III. Groza
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.
244. Interaction of Materials and their Environment (3) I. Munir
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.
245. Advanced Topics in Structure of Materials (4) III. Shackelford
Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 132 and graduate standing in Engineering or consent of instructor; courses 138 and 142 recommended. Nature of microstructure in engineering materials will be explored. Crystalline and non-crystalline structures will be studied with special emphasis on grain boundary segregation in development of polycrystalline microstructure and the radial distribution function of amorphous materials. Offered in alternate years.
*247. Advanced Thermodynamics of Solids (3) I. Munir
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.
*248. Fracture of Engineering Materials (3) I. Gibeling
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.
249. Mechanisms of Fatigue (3) I. The Staff
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.
250A-F. Special Topics in Polymer and Fiber Science (3) II. The Staff
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.)
251. Applications of Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (3) III. Risbud
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.
289A-G. Special Topics in Materials Science (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
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.
290C. Graduate Research Conference (1) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
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.)
294. Materials Science Seminar (1) I, II, III. Shackelford, Mukherjee, Munir, Howitt, Gibeling, Groza, Risbud
Seminar--1 hour. Current literature and developments in materials science with presentations by individual students. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)
298. Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
(S/U grading only.)
299. Research (1-12) I,II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)
390. The Teaching of Materials Science (1) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
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.)
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