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3.003 Principles of Engineering Practice ( ) Prereq: Physics I (GIR) , Calculus I (GIR) Units: 1-2-6 URL: http://web.mit.edu/3.003/www/ Introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st century engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem-based learning. Students encounter the social, political, economic, and technological challenges of engineering practice by participating in actual engineering projects involving public transportation and information infrastructure with faculty and industry. Student teams create prototypes and mixed media reports with exercises in project planning, analysis, design, optimization, demonstration, reporting and team building. Preference to freshmen. L. Kimerling, R. Kirchain, C. Weaver, W. Uricchio, H. Einstein
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3.012 Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering ( ) Prereq: None. Coreq: 18.03 , 18.034 , or 3.016 Units: 5-0-10 Lecture: MWF1-3 ( 4-237 ) Recitation: TR1 ( 3-442 ) or TR2 ( 3-442 ) +final Describes the fundamentals of structure and energetics that underpin materials science. Introduction to thermodynamic functions and laws governing equilibrium properties, relating macroscopic behavior to atomistic and molecular models of materials. Materials phenomena, such as heat capacities, phase transformations, multiphase equilibria, chemical reactions, and magnetism. Structure of noncrystalline, crystalline, and liquid-crystalline states. Symmetry and tensor properties of materials. Point, line, and surface imperfections in materials. Diffraction and structure determination. Real-world examples such as materials for fuel cells and batteries, engineered alloys, electronic and magnetic materials, ionic and network solids, polymers, and biomaterials. D. Irvine, F. Stellacci
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3.014 Materials Laboratory ( ) Prereq: None Units: 1-4-7 Lab: MWF1-5 ( 8-107 ) Recitation: TR1 ( 3-442 ) or TR2 ( 3-442 ) +final Experimental exploration of the connections between energetics, bonding and structure of materials, and application of these principles in instruments for materials characterization. Demonstration of the wave-like nature of electrons. Hands-on experience with techniques to quantify energy (DSC), bonding (XPS, AES, FTIR, UV/vis and force spectroscopy), and degree of order (x-ray scattering) in condensed matter. Investigation of structural transitions and structure-property relationships through practical materials examples. Practice in oral and written technical communication. It is strongly recommended that 3.012 and 3.014 are taken simultaneously. S. Gradečak, L. Hobbs, G. Beach
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3.016 Mathematical Methods for Materials Scientists and Engineers ( ) Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) Units: 3-1-8 URL: http://pruffle.mit.edu/3.016 Lecture: MWF3.30 ( 4-149 ) Lab: R11 ( 32-082 ) or R12 ( 32-082 ) Recitation: R1 ( 32-082 ) or R2 ( 32-082 ) Mathematical techniques necessary for materials science and engineering topics such as energetics, materials structure and symmetry, materials response to applied fields, mechanics and physics of solids and soft materials. Mathematical concepts and materials-related problem solving skills. Symbolic algebraic computational methods, programming, and visualization techniques. Topics include linear algebra, quadratic forms, tensor operations, symmetry operations, calculus of several variables, eigensystems, introduction to complex analysis, systems of ordinary and partial differential equations, phase plane analysis, beam theory, resonance phenomena, special functions, numerical solutions, statistical analysis, Fourier analysis, and random walks. W. C. Carter
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3.021 Introduction to Modeling and Simulation ( ) Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. (Offered under: 1.021 , 3.021 , 10.333 , 22.00 ) Prereq: 18.03 , 3.016 , or permission of instructor Units: 4-0-8 Basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science and engineering. Uses techniques and software for simulation, data analysis and visualization. Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and quantum methods used to study fundamental and applied problems in physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, engineering, and biology. Examples drawn from the disciplines above are used to understand or characterize complex structures and materials, and complement experimental observations. M. Buehler, N. Marzari, R. Radovitzky, T. Thonhauser
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3.022 Microstructural Evolution in Materials ( ) Prereq: 3.012 Units: 3-3-6 URL: http://web.mit.edu/3.022/www/3022.htm Covers microstructures, defects, and structural evolution in all classes of materials. Topics include solution kinetics, interface stability, dislocations and point defects, diffusion, surface energetics, grains and grain boundaries, grain growth, nucleation and precipitation, and electrochemical reactions. Lectures illustrate a range of examples and applications based on metals, ceramics, electronic materials, polymers, and biomedical materials. Explores the evolution of microstructure through experiments involving optical and electron microscopy, calorimetry, electrochemical characterization, surface roughness measurements, and other characterization methods. Investigates structural transitions and structure-property relationships through practical materials examples. M. Cima, L. Hobbs, H. Tuller
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3.024 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials ( ) Prereq: 3.012 Units: 3-3-6 Describes how the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of materials originate from their electronic and molecular structure and how these properties can be designed for particular applications, for instance in optical fibers, magnetic data storage, solar cells, transistors and other devices. Experimental exploration of the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of materials. Includes hands-on experimentation using spectroscopy, resistivity, impedance and magnetometry measurements, behavior of light in waveguides, and other characterization methods. Investigation of structure-property relationships through practical materials examples. Y. Fink, L. Hobbs, H. Tuller
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3.032 Mechanical Behavior of Materials ( ) Prereq: Physics I (GIR) ; 3.016 or 18.03 Units: 4-2-6 Lecture: MWF1 ( 56-114 ) Lab: T9-11.30 ( 8-107 ) or R9-11.30 ( 8-107 ) Recitation: T12 ( 3-442 ) +final Basic concepts of solid mechanics and mechanical behavior of materials, stress-strain relationships, stress transformation, elasticity, plasticity and fracture. Case studies include materials selection for bicycle frames, stress shielding in biomedical implants; residual stresses in thin films; and ancient materials. Lab experiments and demonstrations give hands-on experience of the physical concepts at a variety of length scales. Use of facilities for measuring mechanical properties including standard mechanical tests, bubble raft models, atomic force microscopy and nanoindentation. A. Belcher, L. Gibson, M. Rubner, K. J. Van Vliet
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3.034 Organic and Biomaterials Chemistry ( ) Prereq: 3.012 Units: 4-2-6 Lecture: MWF11 ( 4-237 ) Lab: T9-11.30 ( 8-107 ) or R9-11.30 ( 8-107 ) Recitation: R12 ( 3-442 ) Focuses on the chemistry and chemical structure-property relationships of soft synthetic and biologically derived materials. Topical coverage includes: methods for preparing synthetic polymers by step and chain growth polymerizations; polymerization reaction kinetics; chemistry of proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides and lipids, and their incorporation into biomaterials and biosensors; enzymatic reactions and ligations; chemical modification and patterning of organic and inorganic surfaces using organosilane and self-assembled monolayer chemistries, radiation grafting, physisorption and microcontact printing; organic systems as templates for inorganic materials; sol gel syntheses, polymer precursor conversions, polymer vesicle naroreactors; chemical degradation of soft materials through readition, hydrolysis, and thermolysis; electroactive organic materials. First-hand application of lecture topics is obtained through design-oriented experiments. A. Belcher, L. Gibson, M. F. Rubner, K. Van Vliet
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3.035, 3.036, 3.037 Special Problems in Materials Science and Engineering ( , , , ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged [P/D/F] 3.038, 3.039, 3.04 Special Problems in Materials Science and Engineering ( , , , ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged 3.04: Consult instructor For undergraduates desiring to carry on projects of their own choosing, which may be experimental, theoretical, or of a design nature. Also for undergraduate studies arranged by students or staff, which may consist of seminars, assigned reading, or laboratory projects. See UROP Coordinator for registration procedures. B. J. Wuensch
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3.042 Materials Project Laboratory ( , ) Prereq: 3.014 , 3.032 , or 3.044 Units: 1-6-5 URL: http://web.mit.edu/course/3/3.042/ Lecture: R1 ( 2-132 ) Lab: TR2-5 ( 2-132 ) or TR2-5 ( 8-241 ) Student project teams design and fabricate a working prototype using materials processing technologies (e.g. solid works 3-D design software, computer numerical controlled mill, injection molding, thermoforming, investment casting, powder processing, three-dimensional printing, physical vapor deposition) appropriate for the materials and device of interest. Goals include using MSE fundamentals in a practical application; understanding trade-offs between design, processing, and performance and cost; and fabrication of a deliverable prototype. Emphasis on teamwork, project management, communications and computer skills, with extensive hands-on work using student and MIT laboratory shops. Teams document their progress and final results by means of written and oral communication. Fall: E. Thomas, E. Fitzgerald Spring: Y. Chiang
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3.044 Materials Processing ( ) Prereq: 3.012 , 3.022 Units: 4-0-8 Introduction to materials processing science, with emphasis on heat transfer, chemical diffusion, and fluid flow. Uses an engineering approach to analyze industrial-scale processes, with the goal of identifying and understanding physical limitations on scale and speed. Covers materials of all classes, including metals, polymers, electronic materials, and ceramics. Considers specific processes, such as melt-processing of metals and polymers, deposition technologies (liquid, vapor, and vacuum), colloid and slurry processing, viscous shape forming, and powder consolidation. C. Schuh
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3.046 Thermodynamics of Materials ( ) Prereq: 18.03 , 18.034 , or 3.016 Units: 4-0-8 The laws of thermodynamics and their application to equilibrium and the properties of materials. Foundation to treat general phenomena in materials science and engineering, including chemical reactions, magnetism, polarizability, and elasticity. Relations pertaining to multiphase equilibria as determined by a treatment of solution thermodynamics. Graphical constructions that are essential for the interpretation of phase diagrams. Electrochemical equilibria and surface thermodynamics. Aspects of statistical thermodynamics as they relate to macroscopic equilibrium phenomena. W. C. Carter
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3.048 Advanced Materials Processing ( ) (Subject meets with 3.52J , 10.581J ) Prereq: 3.022 , 3.044 Units: 3-0-9 Fundamentals of materials processing. Building engineering structures from the atomic- and nano-scales to macroscopic levels. Case studies illustrating application of processing science to creation of modern metallic, ceramic, polymeric and biomaterials devices and components. Staff
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3.051J Materials for Biomedical Applications ( ) (Same subject as 20.340J ) (Subject meets with 3.962J , 20.462J ) Prereq: Chemistry (GIR) , Biology (GIR) , 3.034 , 3.012 or 3.046 ; or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Introduction to the interactions between cells and surfaces of biomaterials. Surface chemistry and physics of selected metals, polymers, and ceramics. Surface characterization methodology. Modification of biomaterials surfaces. Quantitative assays of cell behavior in culture. Biosensors and microarrays. Bulk properties of implants. Acute and chronic response to implanted biomaterials. Topics in biomimetics, drug delivery, and tissue engineering. D. Irvine
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3.052 Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials ( ) Prereq: 3.032 or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Latest scientific developments and discoveries in the field of nanomechanics, i.e. the deformation of extremely tiny (10-9 meters) areas of synthetic and biological materials. Lectures include a description of normal and lateral forces at the atomic scale, atomistic aspects of adhesion, nanoindentation, molecular details of fracture, chemical force microscopy, elasticity of individual macromolecular chains, intermolecular interactions in polymers, dynamic force spectroscopy, biomolecular bond strength measurements, and molecular motors. C. Ortiz
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3.053J Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics ( ) (Same subject as 2.797J , 6.024J , 20.310J ) Prereq: 2.370 or 2.772J ; 18.03 or 3.016 ; Biology (GIR) Units: 4-0-8 Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. R. D. Kamm
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3.063 Polymer Physics ( ) Prereq: 3.012 Units: 4-0-8 The mechanical, optical, electrical, and transport properties of polymers and other types of "soft matter" are presented with respect to the underlying physics and physical chemistry of polymers and colloids in solution, and solid states. Topics include how enthalpy and entropy determine conformation, molecular dimensions and packing of polymer chains and colloids and supramolecular materials. Examination of the structure of glassy, crystalline, and rubbery elastic states of polymers; thermodynamics of solutions, blends, crystallization; liquid crystallinity, microphase separation, and self-assembled organic-inorganic nanocomposites. Case studies of relationships between structure and function in technologically important polymeric systems. E. L. Thomas, A. Alexander-Katz
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3.064 Polymer Engineering ( ) Prereq: 3.032 , 3.044 Units: 3-0-9 URL: http://web.mit.edu/course/3/3.064/www/ Lecture: MWF12 ( 2-135 ) Overview of engineering analysis and design techniques for synthetic polymers. Treatment of materials properties selection, mechanical characterization, and processing in design of load-bearing and environment-compatible structures. D. K. Roylance
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3.07 Introduction to Ceramics ( ) Prereq: 3.012 Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: MW2.30-4 ( 5-234 ) Discusses structure-property relationships in ceramic materials. Includes hierarchy of structures from the atomic to microstructural levels. Defects and transport, solid-state electrochemical processes, phase equilibria, fracture and phase transformations are discussed in the context of controlling properties for various applications of ceramics. Numerous examples from current technology. Y. Chiang
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3.070J Communicating About Technology: Colossal Failures in Engineering ( ) (Same subject as 1.588J , 22.002J , 21W.781J, ESD.032J ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Explores communication about technological subjects in the context of colossal engineering failures including Three Mile Island, Bhopal, the Columbia Shuttle, 9/11, and Katrina. Examines the basic engineering principles and the social context of several such failures in case studies from various engineering disciplines. Students see how problematic communications, sometimes subtly unrecognizable at the time, significantly contributed to the final failures. Students collaborate to produce a final written and oral research report that anticipates a potential failure and makes recommendations for avoiding it. Multiple sections, each limited to 18 students. T. Eagar, W. Haas, A. Kadak, P. Lagace, O. Buyukozturk
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3.072 Symmetry, Structure and Tensor Properties of Materials ( ) (Subject meets with 3.60 ) Prereq: 3.016 or 18.03 Units: 4-0-8 Lecture: TR2.30-4.30 ( 13-3101 ) Derivation of symmetry theory; lattices, point groups, space groups, and their properties. Use of symmetry in tensor representation of crystal properties, including anisotropy, representation surfaces, as well as applications to piezoelectricity and elasticity. B. J. Wuensch
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3.073 Diffraction and Structure ( ) (Subject meets with 3.271 ) Prereq: 18.03 , 3.024 Units: 4-0-8 Describes x-ray and neutron diffraction using Laue equations, Bragg's law, and the reciprocal lattice. Use of Fourier transforms and series to establish relations between intensity and distribution of scattering density. Applications to identification of materials, texture, small angle scattering and Rietveld analysis. Determines structure through diffraction effects: the phase problem, Patterson function, and direct methods for phase determination. Quantitative description and refinement of atomic arrangements. B. J. Wuensch
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3.074 Imaging of Materials ( ) (Subject meets with 3.34 ) Prereq: 3.024 , 3.073 , or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Principles and applications of imaging techniques for materials characterization including transmission and scanning electron microscopy and scanning probe microscopy. Topics include electron diffraction; image formation in transmission and scanning electron microscopy; diffraction and phase contrast; imaging of crystals and crystal imperfections; review of the most recent advances in electron microscopy for bio- and nanosciences; analysis of chemical composition and electronic structure at the atomic scale. Lectures, real-case studies and computer simulations. S. Gradečak
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3.080 Economic and Environmental Materials Selection ( ) Prereq: 3.012 , 3.014 , 3.022 , 3.024 , or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 TBA. Provides a survey of methods for evaluating choice of material and explores the implications of that choice. Topics include choice of materials, manufacturing economics, and life-cycle environmental evaluation. Students carry out a group project selecting materials technology options based on economic and environmental characteristics. R. Kirchain
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