Materials Lab III

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This is the third of three 0.5CU required laboratory courses in the undergraduate MSE program. The culmination of the lab program, this course will focus on applying advanced materials science principles taught in concurrent lecture courses to crystallographic techniques and analysis, and to measurements of polymers and soft materials. Students will employ many of the experimental and professional skills developed in past lab experiences; new hands-on laboratory skills to be covered include synthesis of ceramic super-conductor materials and effects of processing on properties, X-ray diffraction and X-ray scattering, and surface modification and contact angle measurements. Students will also be responsible for proposing an independent set of experiments to study a given material that will test their mastery of experimental equipment, procedures, and associated data analysis. In addition, students will develop professional skills surrounding preparing professional technical reports and presentations in a team setting.