UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis

242 Engineering: Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
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; 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. GE credit: Wrt.—II. (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; lecture/discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 162. Principles and techniques of
scanning and transmission of electron microscopy
used in the study of materials will be described.
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 174. 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 160
recommended. Theory of alloying, kinetics of phase
changes, homogenous 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 160. 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 174. Description
of the 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 174 or consent
of instructor; course 248 recommended. Microstructural
description of the 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.) Gibeling
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
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2009-2010 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience