Master of Engineering in Materials Science & Engineering
Graduate Certificate in Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
For more information contact:
Dr. Manfred Wuttig, Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
1110C Chemical and Nuclear Engineering
301-405-5212
Email: wuttig@umd.edu
Dr. Kathleen C. Hart, Assistant Director
Materials Science and Engineering
1113 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering
301-405-5989
Email: hart@umd.edu
This option, offered by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering , requires three core courses, three special topics courses which are individualized project courses in electronic materials, polymers and structural materials, and four technical electives.
Materials Science and Engineering Core
ENPM 661 Introduction to the Structure of Materials (3) (Cross-listed with ENMA 650) The structural aspects of crystalline and amorphous solids and relationships to bonding types. Point and space groups. Summary of diffraction theory and practice. The reciprocal lattice. Relationships of the microscopically measured properties to crystal symmetry. Structural aspects of defects in crystalline solids.
ENPM 662 Introductory Thermodynamics of Materials (3) (Cross-listed with ENMA 660) Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of engineering solids. Cohesion, thermodynamic properties. Theory of solid solutions. Thermodynamics of mechanical, electrical, and magnetic phenomena in solids. Chemical thermodynamics, phase transitions and thermodynamic properties of polycrystalline and polyphase materials. Thermodynamics of defects in solids.
ENPM 663 Introduction to Kinetics of Reactions in Materials (3) (Cross-listed with ENMA 661) The theory of thermally activated processes in solids as applied to diffusion, nucleation and interface motion. Cooperative and diffusionless transformations. Applications selected from processes such as allotropic transformations, precipitation, martensite formation, solidification, ordering, and corrosion.
Materials Science and Engineering Special Topics Courses and Technical Electives
ENMA 620: Polymer Physics (3) The thermodynamics, structure, morphology and properties of polymers. Developing an understanding of the relationships between theory and observed behavior in polymeric materials.
ENMA 622: Polymer Characterization (3) Characterization of polymeric materials: molecular weight, molecular size distribution, solution properties, thermal properties, fractionation, etc.
ENMA 624: Radiation Engineering (3) Ionizing radiation, radiation dosimetry and sensors, radiation processing, radiation effects on; polymers, metals, semiconductors, liquid, and gas, radiation in advance manufacturing, radiation-physical technology.
ENMA 625: Advanced Biomaterials (3) Examination of materials used in humans and other biological systems in terms of the relationships between structure, fundamental properties and functional behavior. Replacement materials such as implants, assistive devices such as insulin pumps and pacemakers, drug delivery systems, biosensors, engineered materials such as artificial skin and bone growth scaffolds, and biocompatibility will be covered.
ENMA 627: Nanotechnology Characterization (3) This course covers techniques to characterize the properties of materials whose characteristic dimensions are a few to a few hundred nanometers, including "conventional" nanocrystalline materials, but concentrating on "novel" nanomaterials: carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, quantum wires, and quantum wells. The emphasis is on recent results from the scientific literature concerning those properties that make nanostructures interesting: quantum effects, novel transport phenomena, enhanced mechanical properties associated with localization and with small crystallite size.
ENMA 640: Advanced Nanoprocessing of Materials with Plasmas (3) Plasmas are used to control the micro-and nanoscale level structure of materials including patterning at the mico-and nanoscale level using plasma etching techniques. The course establishes the scientific understanding required for the efficient production of nano-structure using plasma techniques.
ENMA 643: Advanced Photonic Materials and Devices (3) The understanding of the basic optical processes in photonic devices and systems composed of waveguides, light emitting diodes and lasers, as well as modulators is developed. Lectures on basic degradation mechanisms of such systems will be presented. The area of organic based LED reliability will be covered from the point of view of the stability of the organic-inorganic interface.
ENMA 671: Defects in Materials (3) The nature and interactions of defects in crystalline solids, with primary emphasis on dislocations. The elastic and electric fields associated with dislocations. Effects of imperfections on mechanical and physical properties.
ENMA 680: Experimental Methods in Materials Science (3) Methods of measuring the structural aspects of materials. Optical and electrical techniques. Resonance methods. Electrical, optical and magnetic measurements. Theory of diffraction of electrons, neutrons and X-rays. Strong emphasis on study of defects in solids. Short range order, thermal vibrations, stacking faults.
ENMA 681: Diffraction Techniques in Materials Science (3) Theory of diffraction of electrons, neutrons and X-rays. Strong emphasis on diffraction methods as applied to the study of defects in solids. Short range order, thermal vibrations, stacking faults, microstrain.
ENMA 683: Structural Determination Laboratory (1) The operation of an electron microscope is covered. TEM techniques that are used to characterize the structure, defects and composition of a sample are presented and used to study a variety of materials. These techniques are: electron diffraction patterns, bright/dark field imaging, high resolution lattic imaging and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. Also covers different sample preparation techniques for TEM. The goal is that the students become independent users of the TEM.
ENMA 698: Special Topics in Materials Science (3) Several special topics courses are offered each semester. Check Testudo for specific courses. Recently offered courses include the following:
| ENMA 698A: Advanced Composite Materials |
| ENMA 698B: Finite Element Modeling |
| ENMA 698D: Advanced Liquid Crystals |
| ENMA 698F: Advanced Electrical and Optical Materials |
| ENMA 698 G: Nanosized Materials: Fabrication and Utilization |
| ENMA 698I: Advanced Finite Element Modeling |
| ENMA 698K: Polymer Synthesis |
| ENMA 698N: Advanced Nanomaterials |
| ENMA 698R: Advanced Physics of Failure Mechanisms in Materials Engineering |
| ENMA 698W: Smart Materials |
Graduate Certificate in Engineering Courses
ENMA 461, ENPM 661, ENPM 663, and one 600 level ENMA elective
ENMA 461 Introductory Thermodynamics of Materials (3) The basic thermodynamic laws are applied to materials science. Phase transformation in materials and thermodynamic properties of polycrystalline and polyphase materials are introduced. Concepts related to phase diagrams are applied to real material systems.
ENPM 661 Introduction to the Structure of Materials (3) (Cross-listed with ENMA 650) The structural aspects of crystalline and amorphous solids and relationships to bonding types. Point and space groups. Summary of diffraction theory and practice. The reciprocal lattice. Relationships of the microscopically measured properties to crystal symmetry. Structural aspects of defects in crystalline solids.
ENPM 663 Introduction to Kinetics of Reactions in Materials (3) (Cross-listed with ENMA 661) The theory of thermally activated processes in solids as applied to diffusion, nucleation and interface motion. Cooperative and diffusionless transformations. Applications selected from processes such as allotropic transformations, precipitation, martensite formation, solidification, ordering, and corrosion.
