MSE 5440

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MSE 5440
Soap Bubbles, Snowflakes, and Steps: Interfacial and Surface Phenomena in Materials Science

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Surface and interface phenomena play a critical role in the processing and performance of advanced materials. Students and the instructor will identify topics of joint interest that build on the fundamentals of surfaces and interfaces contained in the core materials science curriculum (diffusion and growth, surface structure and energy, adhesion, etc.) and that address phenomena such as interfacial electronic states, gas adsorption at surfaces and surface forces in air and liquid. Course content will be organized collaboratively with necessary background provided in lectures and readings, and with students contributing oral presentations and student-led active learning exercises.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: MSE 3010 and MSE 3030 or their equivalents. Corequisite: MSE 3040 or permission of instructor.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7319 MSE 5440   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Umbach, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Science (MS), and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) seniors; others by permission of instructor.

    Department Consent Required (Add)