2009-2010 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Program in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, sharing teaching and research with the faculty
of the Henry Krumb School of Mines.
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200 S. W. Mudd, MC 4701, 212-854-4457
www.apam.columbia.edu
www.seas.columbia.edu/matsci
IN CHARGE OF MATERIALS
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
James S. Im
1106 S. W. Mudd
IN CHARGE OF SOLID-STATE
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Siu-Wai Chan
1136 S. W. Mudd
Irving P. Herman
208 S. W. Mudd
COMMITTEE ON MATERIALS
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING/
SOLID-STATE SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
William E. Bailey
Associate Professor of Materials
Science
Simon J. Billinge
Professor of Materials Science
Louis E. Brus
Professor of Chemistry
Siu-Wai Chan
Professor of Materials Science
Praveen Chaudhari
Professor of Materials Science
Paul F. Duby
Professor of Mineral Engineering
Christopher J. Durning
Professor of Chemical
Engineering
Irving P. Herman
Professor of Applied Physics
James S. Im
Professor of Materials Science
Chris A. Marianetti
Assistant Professor of Materials
Science
Gertrude F. Neumark
Howe Professor of Materials
Science and Engineering and
Professor of Applied Physics and
Applied Mathematics
Ismail C. Noyan
Professor of Materials Science
Richard M. Osgood Jr.
Professor of Electrical
Engineering
Aron Pinczuk
Professor of Applied Physics and
Physics
Ponisseril Somasundaran
Professor of Mineral Engineering
Yasutomo Uemura
Professor of Physics
Wen I. Wang
Professor of Electrical
Engineering
Chee Wei Wong
Associate Professor of
Mechanical Engineering
Materials science and engineering
(MSE) focuses on understanding,
designing, and
producing technology-enabling materials
by analyzing the relationships among the
synthesis and processing of materials,
their properties, and their detailed structure.
This includes a wide range of
materials such as metals, polymers,
ceramics, and semiconductors. Solidstate
science and engineering focuses
on understanding and modifying the
properties of solids from the viewpoint
of the fundamental physics of the atomic
and electronic structure.
Undergraduate and graduate programs
in materials science and engineering
are coordinated through the
Materials Science and Engineering
Program in the Department of Applied
Physics and Applied Mathematics. This
program promotes the interdepartmental
nature of the discipline and involves
the Departments of Applied Physics
and Applied Mathematics, Chemical
Engineering and Applied Chemistry,
Electrical Engineering, and Earth and
Environmental Engineering (EAEE) in the
Henry Krumb School of Mines (HKSM)
with advisory input from the Departments
of Chemistry and Physics.
Students interested in materials science
and engineering enroll in the materials
science and engineering program in
the Department of Applied Physics and
Applied Mathematics. Those interested
in the solid-state science and engineering
specialty enroll in the doctoral program
within Applied Physics and Applied
Mathematics or Electrical Engineering.
The faculty in the interdepartmental
committee constitute but a small fraction
of those participating in this program,
who include Professors Bailey, Billinge,
Chan, Herman, Im, Marianetti, Neumark,
Noyan, Pinczuk, and Stormer from
Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics;
Brus, Durning, Flynn, Koberstein,
O’Shaughnessy, and Turro from Chemical
Engineering; Duby, Somasundaran,
and Themelis from EAEE; and Heinz,
Osgood, and Wang from Electrical
Engineering.
Materials science and engineering
uses optical, electron, and scanning
probe microscopy and diffraction techniques
to reveal details of structure,
ranging from the atomic to the macroscopic
scale—details essential to understanding
properties such as mechanical
strength, electrical conductivity, and
technical magnetism. These studies also
give insight into problems of the deterioration
of materials in service, enabling
designers to prolong the useful life of
their products. Materials science and
engineering also focus on new ways to
synthesize and process materials, from
bulk samples to ultrathin films to epitaxial
heterostructures to nanocrystals. This
involves techniques such as UHV sputtering;
molecular beam epitaxy; plasma
etching; laser ablation, chemistry, and
recrystallization; and other nonequilibrium
processes. The widespread use of
new materials and the new uses of
existing materials in electronics, communications,
and computers have intensified
the demand for a systematic
approach to the problem of relating
properties to structure and necessitates
a multidisciplinary approach.
Solid-state science and engineering
uses techniques such as transport
SEAS 2009–2010