Fundamental Materials Science and Engineering

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Fundamentals of microstructure- properties and relationship of materials; topics include electronic and atomic structure of solids, structure of crystalline materials, imperfections in crystalline materials, introduction to dislocation theory, mechanical properties, fundamental thermodynamics of materials, phase equilibria and diagrams, diffusion, and kinetics of phase transformations. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.