Faculty
Professor and Chair, K. Hipps ; Professors, S. Antolovich, G. Collins, J. T. Dickinson, C. Kang, M. Kuzyk, K. Liddell, K. Lynn, U. Mazur, J. McHale, M. Norton, M. Osman, K. Peterson, R. Poshusta, L. Wang, R. Willett, H. Zbib; Associate Professors, D. Bahr, A. Bandyopadhyay, S. Dexheimer, W. Johns, A. DeQuan Li, C. Richards, R. Richards, L. Smith, B. Pate, M. Wolcott; Assistant Professors, D. Blume, S. Bose, D. Chiang, D. Field, M. Kang, M. P. Laborie, M. McCluskey, S. Mesarovic, L. Scudiero, J. Zhang; Adjunct Faculty, L. Wang.
Program
Materials science includes the principles and practice of designing, synthesizing, characterizing, preparing, and fabricating useful materials. The Materials Science Program accepts qualified bachelor’s and master’s graduates in the sciences and engineering who now wish to pursue graduate research for a PhD in the area where the disciplines overlap. Materials science is an interdisciplinary program and this feature is emphasized in the research activities.
Requirements for the Materials Science PhD include a minimum of 72 credit hours of which at least 34 hours are graded course work. The common ground for all participants in materials science is covered by the core of courses (16 credits) required of all students. The core provides a general overview to the field as well as advanced courses in thermodynamics, solid state physics, applied mathematics, and materials characterization. All students must attend the materials science seminar series, which provides an opportunity to find out the current research activities in the program and associated departments. After completion of the core of courses, students then select additional courses (a minimum of 18 credit hours) in areas that are applicable to their research program. These courses can come from any area of physical science, engineering, and mathematics.
All students complete an original research dissertation (MatS 800). After admission to candidacy for the degree, students select a research supervisor from the materials science faculty. A broad spectrum of contemporary research areas is available.
Materials Science
503 Current Topics in Materials Science V 1-3 May be repeated for credit. Recent advances and current research at the forefront of material science.
505 Advanced Materials Science 4 Provides abroad baseline in materials science and will include relationships between structure and properties at graduate level. Same as MAT S505.
506 Biomaterials 3 Prereq MSE 201 and permission of instructor. Same as MSE 506.
513 Crystal Plasticity 3 Same as MSE 513
516 Phase Transformations 3 Same as MSE 516
521 Statistics of Microstructures 3 Same as MSE 521.
538 Special Topics V 1-3 May be repeated for credit. Selected topics of current interest in advanced materials science.
571 Microscopic Analysis of Solids and Surfaces 3 Modern spectroscopic methods for microscopic analysis of solids and surfaces.
593 Seminar in Physical Chemistry and Materials Science 1 Same as Chem 593.
600 Special Projects or Independent Study Variable Credit. S, F grading.
800 Doctoral Research, Dissertation, and/or Examination Variable credit. S, F grading