STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Use ray optics and Fourier optics to explain the operating modes and major subsystems of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) Audience: Graduate 2. Apply electron diffraction theory and electron scattering theory to predict or simulate the results of the interaction of a high energy electron beam with a material, depending on the material’s crystal structure, microstructure, composition, and bonding Audience: Graduate 3. Predict the outcome of TEM experiments including imaging, diffraction, and spectroscopy, given appropriate data about the material’s composition, crystal structure, microstructure, and interatomic bonding and information about the TEM experimental conditions Audience: Graduate 4. Analyze experimental TEM data, including images, diffraction patterns, and spectra, to determine the material’s crystal structure, microstructure, composition, or bonding, and the TEM experimental conditions, as appropriate Audience: Graduate 5. Identify common artifacts in TEM data including images, diffraction patterns, and spectra and explain their origins Audience: Graduate 6. Design a TEM experimental plan to address a research problem in structure of materials Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Use ray optics and Fourier optics to explain the operating modes and major subsystems of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) Audience: Graduate 2. Apply electron diffraction theory and electron scattering theory to predict or simulate the results of the interaction of a high energy electron beam with a material, depending on the material’s crystal structure, microstructure, composition, and bonding Audience: Graduate 3. Predict the outcome of TEM experiments including imaging, diffraction, and spectroscopy, given appropriate data about the material’s composition, crystal structure, microstructure, and interatomic bonding and information about the TEM experimental conditions Audience: Graduate 4. Analyze experimental TEM data, including images, diffraction patterns, and spectra, to determine the material’s crystal structure, microstructure, composition, or bonding, and the TEM experimental conditions, as appropriate Audience: Graduate 5. Identify common artifacts in TEM data including images, diffraction patterns, and spectra and explain their origins Audience: Graduate 6. Design a TEM experimental plan to address a research problem in structure of materials Audience: Graduate