Advanced Materials Cluster
The advanced materials concentration of the chemical engineering MS program provides training in modern materials engineering and solid-state fundamentals. It is tailored for students who are interested in careers in the ever-growing field of advanced functional materials. Courses focus on nanomaterials technology, semiconductors, polymers, biomaterials, electronic, magnetic, and optical materials, energy materials, interfaces, mechanical properties of materials, and modern materials characterization methods.
To complete the advanced materials cluster, students are required to select from the following electives in addition to the MS core classes in thermodynamics, kinetics, transport phenomena and advanced mathematics.
Advanced Materials Cluster Requirements | |
Core MS requirements: | CHE 400: Applied Boundary Value Problems (fall) CHE 441: Advanced Transport Phenomena (fall) CHE 461: Advanced Kinetics and Reactor Design (spring) CHE 485: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (spring) |
Pick one elective in: | CHE 413: Engineering of Soft Matter CHE 454: Interfacial Engineering CHE 476: Polymer Synthesis and Characterization CHE 487: Surface Analysis |
Pick two electives in: | CHE 413: Engineering of Soft Matter CHE 420: Biomedical Nanotech CHE 447: Liquid-Crystal Materials and Optical Applications CHE 454: Interfacial Engineering CHE 462: Cell and Tissue Engineering CHE 476: Polymer Synthesis and Characterization CHE 482: Processing Microelectronic Devices CHE 486: Polymer Physics CHE 487: Surface Analysis CHE 489: Biosensors ECE 423: Semiconductor Devices CHM 456: Chemical Bonds-From Molecules to Materials OPT 407: SEM Practicum OPT 421: Optical Properties of Materials PHY 420: Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics |
Other electives can be added after consulting with an academic advisor |