Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION FROM NANO TO MACRO

Department: Materials Science & NanoEng

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Sample preparation, visible light microscopy, optical interferometry used for profilometry, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray spectroscopy and microanalysis, hardness testing, calorimetry, and thermo-gravimetric analysis. Applications include evaluation of composition, structure, properties, and defects as well as fractography and failure analysis. Structures of primary interest are those resulting from nonequilibrium processing. Instructor Permission Required.Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: MSNE 411.