104 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION


 components and materials, vacuum system design and uses in
 metallurgy, electronics, physics and chemistry.
 EMA 5108-Fundamentals and Applications of Surface Science
 (3) Prereq: CHM 2040, PHY 3123, MAP 3302, or consent of
 instructor. Fundamental and experimental description of
 phenomena occurring at the surface of solids, including struc-
 ture, composition, atomic and molecular processes and elec-
 tronic properties. Experimental approaches and data will be used
 to support theoretical models.
 EMA 6005-Deposition and Properties of Thin and Thick Films
 (3) Prereq: EMA 3010, CHM 2047, PHY 2040. Techniques for
 depositing thin metallic semiconductor and dielectric films. The
 relationships between deposition technique and thin film prop-
 erties. Properties unique to thin films.
 EMA 6106-Advanced Phase Diagrams (3) Phase diagrams con-
 sidering systems with as many as four components; emphasis
 on pressure-temperature-composition diagrams.
 EMA 6110- Electron Theory of Solids for Materials Scientists
 I (3) Wave equation and its application to free electrons, bound
 electrons, and electrons in crystals. Electron-band theory and
 its applications. Electrical properties of metals, alloys and
 semiconductors, heat capacity, thermal properties.
 EMA 6111--Electron Theory of Solids for Materials Scientists
 II (3) Atomistic (classical) and electron theory of the optical prop-
 erties of metals, alloys, and dielectrics. Nonlinear optics, lasers.
 Raman-spectra.
 EMA 6112-Electron Theory of Solids for Materials Scientists
 III (3) Electron theory of magnetism, magnetic properties and
 their relationship to microstructure (para-, dia-, ferro-, antiferro-,
 ferri- and metamagnetism); superconductors.
 EMA 6126-Advanced Physical Metallurgy I (4) Prereq: EMA
 4125. Energetics of phase transformations; spinodal decomposi-
 tion, heterogeneous and homogeneous nucleation in solid state
 reactions.
 EMA 6127-Advanced Physical Metallurgy II (4) Prereq: EMA
 6126. Growth and dissolution of particles in solids; cellular
 growth; coarsening; martensite transformations; sintering and
 other solid state processes.
 EMA 6129-Rapid Solidification Processing (2) Prereq: EMA
 4125 or equivalent. Theories of rapid solidification, micro- and
 macrosegregation, metastable phase diagrams and metallic
 glasses. Rapid solidification technology, including powder
 techniques, melt spinning, laser and electron processing of
 materials.
 EMA 6136-Diffusion in Solids (3) Prereq: EMA 4125. Physical
 basis, equations, and theories of diffusion, tracer, chemical,
 multicomponent, and multiphase diffusion in general force
 fields.
 EMA 6137-Nuclear Materials and Radiation Damage in Solids
 (3) Special materials used in all types of reactors; action of
 thermal neutrons and fast particles upon solids, property changes
 by irradiation in pure metals, alloys, ceramics and polymers.
 Radiation corrosion and other deteriorating mechanisms.
 EMA 6146-Atomic Processes in Crystalline Ceramics (3)
 Processes leading to the control of thermal and mechanical prop-
 erties of ceramics through microstructure. High temperature
 reactions involving solids, diffusion, grain growth, and phase
transformations in ceramic systems. Sintering phenomena.
EMA 6147-Structure and Properties of Glasses (3) Theory of
glass structure, phase separation, nucleation, crystallization,
glass-ceramics. Influence of composition, structure, and environ-
ment on physical and surface properties.
EMA 6161-Polymer Physics (3) Prereq: EMA 3066. Coreq: EMA
6161L. Solid-state properties of amorphous and semicrystalline
polymers.
EMA 6161L-Polymer Physics Laboratory (1) Prereq: EMA
3066. Coreq: EMA 6161. Measurement of solid-state properties
of polymers using microscopy, spectroscopy, diffraction and light
scattering.
EMA 6166-Polymer Composites (3) Physical and mechanical
properties of polymers and polymer composites as related to
preparation and microstructure.
EMA 6226-Advanced Mechanical Metallurgy I (3) Prereq: EMA
4223. Theory of elasticity; advanced theory of plasticity; theory
and properties of dislocations; dislocation motion and interac-
tions; application to deformation processes; survey of recent
advances in the field.
EMA 6227-Advanced Mechanical Metallurgy II (3) Continuum


 theory of dislocation. Stress fields, displacement fields, energies
 of simple shapes and finite arrays of dislocations. Continuous
 distributions of dislocations and their relationship to mechanical
 properties. Relation of the state of dislocation to the geometry
 of deformed lattices.
 EMA 6262-Mechanical Properties of Polymers (3) Prereq: EMA
 3066. Linear and nonlinear viscoelastic behavior of polymers
 with emphasis on molecular and microstructure aspects.
 EMA 6262L-Polymer Mechanical Properties Laboratory (2)
 Prereq: EMA 3066. Coreq: EMA 6262. Mechanical property
 testing in linear and nonlinear viscoelastic regimes of polymeric
 materials.
 EMA 6266-Polymer Rheology (3) Prereq: EMA 3066. Flow of
 polymer melts as influenced by molecular and microstructural
 variables.
 EMA 6316-Metallurgical Thermodynamics (3) Prereq: EMA
 4314. Thermodynamics of metallurgical systems; surfaces in
 solids, irreversible processes.
 EMA 6326-Advanced Topics in Corrosion (2) Prereq: EMA
 4324. Theories and mechanisms of corrosion. Current literature
 on oxidation and corrosion.
 EMA 6446-Electronic Processes in Crystalline Ceramics (3)
 Prereq: EMA 4444 or consent of instructor. The defect solid state
 and its relation to electrical properties of ceramic materials. Ionic
 conductivity in ceramics. Solid electrolyes. Theory of electron
 transport in metallic, semiconducting, and insulating ceramics.
 EMA 6448-Ceramic Processing (3) Introduction to the science
 of ceramic processing, with emphasis on theoretical funda-
 mentals. Examples of state-of-the-art industrial processes
 discussed.
 EMA 6461-Advanced Polymer Physics (3) Prereq: EMA 3066.
 Use of broad variety of spectroscopic and other scattering
 phenomena in polymer research.
 EMA 6507C-Scanning Electron Microscopy and Electron
 Probe Microanalysis (3) Prereq: EMA 4524. Fundamentals of
 scanning electron microscopy and electron probe microanalysis.
 Laboratory.
 EMA 6508-Quantitative Microscopy (3) Fundamental relation-
 ships of quantitative microscopy and their application to
 microstructural characterization; designing and testing models
 for microstructural evolution.
 EMA 6514L-X-Ray Spectrochemical Analysis (2) Prereq: EMA
 4524 or consent of instructor. Application of x-ray spectro-
 chemical analysis to problems in metallurgy, ceramics and
 biomaterials.
 EMA 6516-Advanced X-Ray Diffraction (4) Prereq: EMA 4524.
 Kinematic x-ray diffraction theory and applications to materials
 analysis.
 EMA 6518L-Transmission Electron Microscopy (3) Prereq:
 EMA 4524. Kinematical and dynamical theory of contrast in thin
 crystals. Laboratory studies, defect structure, applications to elec-
 tron diffraction. Laboratory included.
 EMA 6519L-Specialized Research Techniques in Materials
 Science (1-2; max: 10) Specialized research techniques in
 materials science utilizing primarily STEM, TEM, SEM, EMP, FIM,
 and optical metallography.
 EMA 6580-Science of Biomaterials I (3) Undergraduate
 chemistry essential. Introduction to variables that control com-
 patibility and performance of biomaterials, including physical
 and chemical properties, corrosion, fatigue, and interfacial
 histochemical changes.
 EMA 6581-Science of Biomaterials II (3) Undergraduate
chemistry essential. Anatomical variables, stresses, materials
selection, and selected literature readings.
EMA 6625-Advanced Metals Processing (3) Prereq: EMA 4625.
Introductory course in metals processing. Advanced treatment
of solidification phenomena during metals processing. Topics
to include nucleation, kinetics, solidification structure, segrega-
tion and effects of processing variables on structure and
properties.
EMA 6666-Polymer Processing (2-3) Prereq: EMA 3066. Coreq:
EMA 6666L. Major processing methods for polymers and
polymeric composites as related to the theological behavior of
these systems. Synthesis of polymers via industrial processes.
EMA 6666L-Polymer Processing Laboratory (2) Prereq: EMA
3066. Coreq: EMA 6666. Use of polymer processing equipment;
industrial methods for synthesizing polymers.