MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING / 121 can mass media. Offered in fall semester, even-numbered years; spring semester, odd-numbered years. MMC 6905-Individual Work (1-3; max: 9) Reading or research. MMC 6910-Supervised Research (1-3; max: 5) S/U. MMC 6920-Communication Proseminar (3) Required at begin- ning of each student's program. Introduction to mass communi- cation and graduate study. MMC 6929-Communication Colloquium (1: max: 8) S/U. MMC 6930-Seminar in Mass Communication Teaching (3) Research and training for teaching and supervision of student mass media. MMC 6936-Special Topics in Mass Communication (1-3; max: 6) Prereq: consent of instructor or graduate adviser. MMC 6949-Professional Internship (1-3; max: 3) Training in an approved mass communication office; instructor receives reports from on-site supervisor. S/U. MMC 6971-Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U. MMC 7979-Advanced Research (1-9) Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy. S/U. MMC 7980-Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-12) S/U. PUR 6415-Public Relations Processes (3) Processes of commu- nication as applied to public relations; interorganizational the- ory, decision-making, issue identification and analysis, and conflict cooperation assessment. PUR 6934-Problems in Public Relations (3) Prereq: PUR 6415 or equivalent. Specialized topics, case studies, community rela- tions, analysis of public relations problems in the light of theory. RTV 5005-History of Telecommunication (3) Emphasis on programming, and regulatory trends and development of broad- cast journalism and cable television. RTV 5702-Telecommunication Regulation (3) Legal structure of radio, television, cable, satellite, and new media forms; Commu- nication Act, Federal Communications Commission. RTV 6801-Broadcast Station Management (3) Station organiza- tion, operational policies, market research, programming policy, network affiliation, federal and state regulations governing the broadcast industry, FCC procedures. MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING College of Engineering GRADUATE FACULTY 1989-90 Chairman: G. J. Abbaschian. Assistant Chairman: R. G. Connell, Jr. Graduate Research Professor: L. L. Hench. Distinguished Service Professor: E. D. Verink, Jr. Profes- sors: G. J. Abbaschian; C. D. Batich; C. L. Beatty; D. E. Clark; R. T. DeHoff; E. P. Goldberg; P. H. Holloway; R. E. Hummel; B. M. Moudgil; R. E. Reed-Hill; J. H. Simmons; E. D. Whitney. Associate Professors:J. R. Ambrose; R. G. Connell, Jr.; M. D. Sacks. Associate Engineer: S. R. Bates. Assistant Professors: F. Ebrahimi; K. S. Jones. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering offersthe Masterof Science, Masterof Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, and the Engineer degrees. Degrees may be obtainedwith specialization in metal, ceramic, polymeric or electronic materials. Specific areas of concentration within the department include biomaterials, ceramics, corrosion, diffusion, glasses, mechanical behavior, quantitative microscopy, mineral processing, reaction kinetics in the solid state, structural analysis, composites, compound semiconduc- tors, opto-electronic materials, integrated circuit materi- als, and high temperature superconductors. The minimum requirement for admission to the pro- gram is a bachelor's degree in materials science and engineering or in a related field. Graduate students who can present the prerequisites for graduate courses without having to take more than 12 credits in advanced under- graduate courses will be considered to have fulfilled this requirement. EMA 5108-Vacuum Science and Techonology (3) Prereq: CHM 2040, PHY 3123, MAP 3302, or consent of instructor. Introduc- tion to the generation and use of vacuum for scientific research and industrial production. Kinetic theory of gases discussed as necessary to understand vacuum phenomena. Description of components and materials, vacuum systems design and uses in metallurgy, electronics, physics, and chemistry. EMA 5110-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 semicon- ductors, heat capacity and thermal properties. EMA 5514-Microanalysis and Microfabrication (3) Theory of microanalytical and surface-sensitive techniques; analysis and fabrication of electronic materials and devices. EMA 5713-Engineering Materials Failure Analysis (3) Prereq: EMA 4712 or equivalent. Failure analysis of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites, including a review of current litera- ture, 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 6105-Fundamentals and Applications of Surface Science (3) Prereq: CHM 2040, PHY 3123, MAP 3302, or consent of instructor. Fundamental and experimental description of phe- nomena occurring at the surface of solids, including structure, composition, atomic and moelcular processes, and electronic properties. Experimental approaches and data used to support theoretical models. EMA 6106-Advanced Phase Diagrams (3) Phase diagrams con- sidering systems with as many as four components; emphasis on pressure-temperature- composition diagrams. 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 tech- niques, melt spinning, laser and electron processing of materials. EMA 6136-Diffusion in Solids (3) Prereq: EMA 4125. Physical basis, equation, and theories of diffusion, tracer, chemical, multicomponent, and multiphasediffusion in general forcefields. EMA 6141-Emerging Technologies in Ceramic Engineering (3) Ceramic composites, coatings, joining fabrication, chemical synthesis, and other emerging technologies. EMA 6146-Atomic Processes in Crystalline Ceramics (3) Proc- esses leading to the control of thermal and mechanical properties of ceramics through microstructure. High temperature reactions involving solids, diffusion, grain growth, and phase transforma- tions in ceramic systems. Sintering phenomena. EMA 6147-Structure and Properties of Glasses I (3) Theory of glass structure, phase separation, nucleation, crystallization, glass-ceramics. Influenceof composition, structure, andenviron- ment on physical and surface properties. EMA 6148-Structure and Properties of Glasses II (3) Chemical, electrical, magnetic, and mechanical properties of glasses. EMA 6165-Polymer Physics (3) Prereq: EMA 3066. Solid-state properties of amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers. 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. Dislocation theory, microstructural effects in mechanical properties, strengthening mechanisms, fracture, and other cur- rent topics. EMA 6227-Advanced Mechanical Metallurgy II (3) Contination of EMA 6226.