ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE: PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( M S & E 530 or concurrent enrollment) and graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop the mathematical language necessary to describe kinetic processes and communicate conceptual ideas in a formal context Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze transport problems both from a continuum and an atomistic point of view Audience: Graduate 3. Apply solutions to transport problems in the area of diffusion and phase transformations Audience: Graduate 4. Apply the fundamentals of thermodynamics to the kinetics of nucleation and growth Audience: Graduate 5. Identify and describe contemporary and cultural issues of phase transformation in metals and nanomaterials Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop the mathematical language necessary to describe kinetic processes and communicate conceptual ideas in a formal context Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze transport problems both from a continuum and an atomistic point of view Audience: Graduate 3. Apply solutions to transport problems in the area of diffusion and phase transformations Audience: Graduate 4. Apply the fundamentals of thermodynamics to the kinetics of nucleation and growth Audience: Graduate 5. Identify and describe contemporary and cultural issues of phase transformation in metals and nanomaterials Audience: Graduate