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Rensselaer Catalog 2017-2018 [Archived Catalog]
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MGMT 6560 - Technology Fundamentals for Business Analytics
The widespread proliferation of IT-influenced economic activity leaves behind a rich trail of micro-level data, enabling organizations to use analytics and experimentation in both strategy and operations. This course provides a hands-on introduction to the concepts, methods and processes of business analytics. Students will learn how to obtain data and draw business inferences from data by asking the right questions and using the appropriate tools.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6570 - Advanced Data Resource Management
The primary objective of this course is to introduce the multifaceted role of data as a resource of the organization, in three ways. First, it examines the role of data at the operational, tactical, and strategic levels of the organization. Second, it provides students with knowledge and hands on training of technologies that manipulate data, including structured query language (SQL), extraction transformation and loading tools (ETL), data warehousing (DW), online analytical processing (OLAP), and data mining (DM). The course exposes students to big data management techniques. Finally, the course provides students the theory and hands on training to understand the transformation of data to information.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6580 - Marketing High-Tech Products
This course deals with the peculiarities of marketing products and services in high-tech environments. High-tech environments are characterized by high dynamism, high uncertainty, and compressed time cycles. The course consists of case studies, computer simulations, and a team project.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6590 - Commercializing Advanced Technologies
This 3-credit course views potential breakthrough innovation from the perspective of the project manager, either in the firm or as a start up organization. The course offers methods and frameworks for commercializing nascent technologies that offer potentially breakthrough value to the market and, therefore, enormous reward for the firm. Additionally, legal and ethical consequences are considered.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6600 - Research and Development Management
The course deals with the responsibilities of and operating problems faced by managers of research and development. The following areas are included: technology forecasting, technology planning, selection and evaluation of R&D projects, resource allocation, planning, control, and measuring results of R&D. Particular attention is given to creative problem solving, motivating and managing creative individuals, barriers to innovation, and organization alternatives for R&D, including matrix and project organizations.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6610 - Global Strategic Management of Technological Innovation
The course helps develop an understanding of and the method for managing technology as a strategic resource of the firm. In doing so, an understanding of the process, roles, and rewards of technological innovation are developed. Integrating the strategic relationship of technology with strategic planning, marketing, finance, engineering, and manufacturing are covered. Governmental, societal, and international issues are briefly covered. The course uses a variety of cases, readings, reports, and lectures.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6620 - Principles of Technological Entrepreneurship
An introductory graduate course in initiating new technology-based business ventures and developing them into self-sustaining and profitable enterprises. Examines the process whereby a person decides to become an entrepreneur, screens opportunities, selects an appropriate product/market target, and obtains the necessary resources. Provides the theoretical and practical knowledge for the preparation of formal business plans. Students enrolled in the full-time MBA program cannot use this course on the Plan of Study. This course is intended for students enrolled in the part-time MBA, M.S. in Management, or those seeking degrees in other schools at Rensselaer. A student cannot receive credit for both the graduate and undergraduate versions of this course.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6630 - Starting Up A New Venture
An understanding of the critical issues related to starting up a new business is gained through team-based experiential learning. Small teams of students develop a comprehensive business plan that can be used to raise money for a new or relatively new venture. The experiential learning process is enhanced through team meetings with faculty and/or course advisers and through oral presentations to the entire class. A student cannot receive credit for both the graduate and undergraduate versions of this course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6620.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6640 - Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Creativity is the starting point for technological entrepreneurship. Through interaction with faculty and guest speakers, students increase their understanding of the creative process and some of the tools that can be implemented to stimulate and/or manage individual and collective creativity. In addition, through application of these techniques in course activities, students explore and attempt to enhance their own creativity.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6650 - Technology and Competitive Advantage
A capstone sequence in policy and strategy aimed at developing students’ understanding of the relationship between business strategy and technology. The process of converting technological opportunity into competitive advantage is viewed from the perspective of both large, established companies and new ventures.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: course is taken towards the end of the program.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6660 - Strategy, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
This is part two of the two-course sequence that begins with MGMT 6650. This course is about strategy implementation and fundamental concepts in implementing strategy both at the corporate level and the business unit level.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6650 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6670 - Practicum in Technological Entrepreneurship
Provides students with opportunities to learn by text, discussion, and practical fieldwork, how successful new technological ventures are created, developed, and financed. Students work alone or in small teams with guidance from experienced entrepreneurs. Students wishing to take this course are required do so in their first year of study.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6680 - Strategy, Technology, and Global Competitive Advantage
This course emphasizes the linkage between technology, strategy, and achieving global competitive advantage. This course develops the concept and practical tools of strategy, strategic planning, and implementation both at the business unit and at corporate levels. The strategies of technology intensive international companies such as Intel, Microsoft, Netscape, Apple, Rhone-Poulenc, Toshiba, Xerox, MCI, ABB, and MapInfo are investigated and compared. The study of the evolution of General Electric’s strategies from 1970 to 2000 completes the course. Students work in teams to develop a five-year strategic plan for a company or business unit of their choice, with a minimum of three strategic alternatives, and recommend the chosen alternative.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6690 - Negotiations
This course is designed to help develop essential expertise in managing negotiations that occur in a broad array of settings. Students will learn to recognize types of negotiation, and gain proficiency in helping to shape beneficial outcomes. Students will develop negotiation skills experientially using a variety of exercises and case studies while implementing useful analytical frameworks.
When Offered: Fall or spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6700 - Corporate Entrepreneurship
Organizations that increase their capacity for entrepreneurship build a foundation for long term competitiveness. This course examines how organizations can build management systems to enable entrepreneurial activities while simultaneously addressing current operational concerns. This tension differentiates the corporate entrepreneurial challenge from the start-up venture. The course focuses on both the organizational and project levels, studying how organizations can build an entrepreneurial capacity, and how project champions can ensure their projects are effectively evaluated, supported, and managed.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6720 - Internet Marketing
Technology is a vital link in how modern corporations identify, acquire, transact with, and keep their customers. This course provides an introduction to both the technology infrastructure most relevant to the customer relationship as well as marketing issues that result from the application of computers and communication networks. Topics include issues related to social media, search, online advertising, blogging, customer relationship management, online market segmentation, and marketing of IT products. A student cannot receive credit for both the graduate and undergraduate versions of this course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 4330 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6730 - Technological Change and International Competitiveness
Analysis of the differences among technical systems and interactions with industrial growth is undertaken with regard to nation states, industrial sectors, and companies. To develop tools of analysis regarding technological change, industrial policy, and corporate performance. The impact of technological change on industrial growth and competitiveness is viewed from three perspectives: the general manager, the technical professional, and the public official.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6750 - Legal Aspects of E-Business and Information Technology
Legal, regulatory, and public policy issues related to e-commerce/e-business, the Internet, and information technology are explored through an analytic, critical thinking approach. Topics include: e-contracts, digital signatures, B2B and B2C agreements; ownership, protection, and exploitation of intellectual capital including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets; regulatory issues; ISP and Web site liability including defamation; copyright infringement, securities regulation, and criminal acts; policy issues including privacy, security and encryption, and obscene materials. Global e-commerce will be explored.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6760 - Advanced Analytics
Business analytics enables organizations to leverage large volumes of data in order to make more informed decisions. It encompasses a range of approaches to integrating, organizing, and applying data in various settings. This course develops an understanding of concepts in business analytics and data manipulation. In particular, through hands-on experience with a range of techniques students will learn to work with large data sets, analyze trends and segments and develop models for prediction and forecasting. This course is part of the Master’s program in Business Analytics and builds on foundations learned in the fall semester. Predictive analytics refers to a host of approaches aimed at using historical data for future predictions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 6100 Statistics for Managerial Decision Making or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6790 - Business Analytics Capstone
This course provides students with an opportunity to work on real business analytics problems with a company. Students work in small consultant teams with a client and adviser(s) to develop solutions that will be put to use by the client to achieve significant business benefits. Student teams develop their analysis and recommendations and complete the project with the delivery of a final report and presentation to the client senior management.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 6100 (Statistics for Managerial Decision Making) and MGMT 6560 (Technology Fundamentals for Business Analytics).
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6800 - Consumer Behavior and Product Design
This course introduces the motivations and related factors that shape consumers’ purchasing decisions. Also considered is the consumer perceptual process and how it affects purchasing behavior and consumer reaction to product designs. The relationship between perception and product design is extended to topics such as design for understanding, universal product design, aesthetics, and industrial design.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: MGMT 4460 Consumer Behavior and Product Design.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6810 - Management of Technical Projects
The purpose of this course is to enable the technically oriented manager to select projects of value to the organization, develop a project plan including staffing, perform a risk analysis on the project, and successfully execute the project. Students, working alone or in teams, practice the project management process by planning a current project in the area of new product development, process reengineering, information systems, or any other project with business implementation.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6840 - Practicum in Management
This practicum provides students with the opportunities to put their knowledge to work in a field project in their area of concentration, including entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, information systems, production and operations management, environmental management policy. Projects are conducted in collaboration with companies in the Rensselaer Incubator Center, the Technology Park, and the Capital Region. Project teams make presentations before a panel.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: all first year MBA courses and faculty adviser approval.
Credit Hours: 3 to 6
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MGMT 6940 - Independent Study
Credit Hours: 1 to 6
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MGMT 6970 - Professional Project
Active participation in a semester-long project, under the supervision of a faculty adviser. A Professional Project often serves as a culminating experience for a Professional Master’s program but, with departmental or school approval, can be used to fulfill other program requirements. With approval, students may register for more than one Professional Project. Professional Projects must result in documentation established by each department or school, but are not submitted to the Office of Graduate Education and are not archived in the library. Grades of A,B,C, or F are assigned by the faculty adviser at the end of the semester. If not completed on time, a formal Incomplete grade may be assigned by the faculty adviser, listing the work remaining to be completed and the time limit for completing this work.
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MGMT 7030 - Strategy, Technology, and Competition I
This course covers the fundamentals of business and corporate strategy, integrating these concepts into an environment of technological change, competition, and entrepreneurship. The course includes the following areas of emphasis: concepts of strategy, industry environment, resources and capabilities of the firm, organization and systems of the firm, the dynamics of competitive advantage, strategic alternative analysis, and strategies in different contexts. The course uses business cases and a project to enrich the theoretical concepts.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7050 - Design, Manufacturing, and Marketing I
This course immerses students in the practices and activities that lead to the creation of innovative new products and services. Through a team-based learning experience, students generate an idea for a new product or service and follow the development process from conception through planning for commercialization. Through lectures, cases, and practical exercises, students learn how to overcome hurdles inherent in new product and service development. Students apply this knowledge in all phases of product development, including concept testing, product design, production planning, and market strategy. The project undertaken in this course provides student teams with an opportunity to create a new venture that may then be carried forward utilizing Rensselaer’s technological resources such as the Incubator Program and Rensselaer’s Technology Park.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7060 - Design, Manufacturing, and Marketing II
This course immerses students in the practices and activities that lead to the creation of innovative new products and services. Through a team-based learning experience, students generate an idea for a new product or service and follow the development process from conception through planning for commercialization. Through lectures, cases, and practical exercises, students learn how to overcome hurdles inherent in new product and service development. Students apply this knowledge in all phases of product development, including concept testing, product design, production planning, and market strategy. The project undertaken in this course provides student teams with an opportunity to create a new venture that may then be carried forward utilizing Rensselaer’s technological resources such as the Incubator Program and Rensselaer’s Technology Park.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7070 - Managing on the Edge: Corporate Innovation for the Coming Years
This course investigates the challenges of managing and leading organizations in situations characterized by their non-linear, unpredictable nature. Students will be challenged to develop innovative responses and solutions, drawing upon the full array of knowledge, skills, and insights they have gained from their two years of MBA study. Along with learning to deal with risk and uncertainty, the soon-to-be MBA graduates will be prepared for addressing the increasing degrees of fluidity and turbulence found in today’s business, economic, and competitive environments.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7230 - Professional Development Workshop I
This course is the first in a three part series of Professional Development Workshops that teach practical skills in laboratory settings. Over the first three semesters, the MBA cohort student will be exposed to professional skills training, distinguished speakers, and leadership development. This first part will concentrate on building writing and presentation skills, and practicing those skills in the conceptual environment of Leadership, Followership, and Membership.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MBA Cohort.
When Offered: Fall term of the first year of the MBA cohort, every other week, for six weeks.
Credit Hours: 0
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MGMT 7240 - Professional Development Workshop II
This course is the second in a three part series of Professional Development Workshops that teach practical skills in laboratory settings, in the context of Leadership, Followership, and Membership. Over the first three semesters, the MBA cohort student will be exposed to professional skills training, distinguished speakers, and critical leadership development. This second workshop will concentrate on building leadership skills through exercises, corporate site visits, and audiences with distinguished speakers.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MBA Cohort.
When Offered: Spring term of the first year of the MBA cohort, every other week, for six weeks.
Credit Hours: 0
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MGMT 7250 - Professional Development Workshop III
This course is the last in a three part series of Professional Development Workshops that teach practical skills in laboratory settings, in the context of Leadership, Followership, and Membership. Over the first three semesters, the MBA cohort student will be exposed to professional skills training, distinguished speakers, and critical leadership development. This third workshop will concentrate on building leadership skills through exercises, personal and professional awareness, and group interactions and exercises.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MBA cohort.
When Offered: Fall term of the second year of the MBA cohort for five days prior to semester start.
Credit Hours: 0
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MGMT 7430 - Investments II
Many of the tried and true investment strategies have failed of late to protect the wealth and capital of individuals and organizations. This course provides substantial background into how investment decisions are made in personal, business, and government settings, under the requirement that risk management and wealth preservation are governing factors. Short and long term investment strategies and instruments are examined, focusing on retirement and workplace benefits.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6410.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: MGMT 4330. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7730 - Economics and Institutions
Main course objective is to introduce students to basic economics principles and establish economics as a managerial decision-making framework. The course will draw on economic analysis of such concepts as cost, demand, profit, competition, pricing strategy, and market protection and tie them to operational business decisions.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7740 - Accounting for Reporting and Control
This course introduces theories and practices of financial as well as managerial accounting. The financial accounting sessions provide an overview of external financial statements. The managerial accounting sessions focus on how accounting information is used in the internal managerial decision making process within a firm as well as cover cost accounting, budgeting, and performance evaluation tools.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7750 - Global Business and Social Responsibility
The course examines different responses of American, European, and Asian firms to a global economy, within an historic and evolving context. Models of economic, social, political, technological, and national development will be introduced. Various conflicting demands of national governments, interest groups, corporations, unions, NGOs and consumers are often expressed in terms of corporate, ethical, and social responsibility. Cases will be analyzed in terms of models of global business practices and conflicting claims will be critically evaluated.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7760 - Risk Management
Overview of risk management and the concept and measurement of risk; types of risks (market, credit, liquidity, operational, business, strategic). Concepts, tools, and instruments available for risk management. Specific issues related with managing specific risk types — market, credit, interest-rates, liquidity, risk and operational risk. Securitization, asset-liability management. Concepts underlying insurance and role of insurance for risk management.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 6020 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7770 - Professional Development Workshop I-M.S.
The PDW sequence is designed to develop the professional skills of students in the M.S. Programs that are needed to be a successful contributor in a business setting. PDW I follows a framework of Leadership, Followership, and Membership in a professional community. Students will gain practical experience through exposure to experts in specific skill areas, role play and practice sessions, and exercise completions. The fall semester concentrates on individual skills development in presentation, communication, and networking. Additionally, membership in one’s professional community will be emphasized through engagement in two activities specific to the student’s M.S. Program. Building on the skills and abilities obtained earlier in your career, this PDW is geared toward a higher level of professionalism inherent in a successful business environment.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 0
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MGMT 7780 - Professional Development Workshop II-M.S.
The PDW sequence is designed to develop the professional skills of students in the M.S. Programs that are needed to be a successful contributor in a business setting. The PDW II will continue to follow a framework of Leadership, Followership, and Membership in a professional community. Students will gain practical experience through exposure to experts in specific skill areas, role play and practice sessions, and exercise completions. The second semester emphasizes developing influence skills, understanding and shaping group dynamics, and navigating organizational politics. Additionally, membership in one’s professional community will be emphasized through engagement in four hours of activities specific to the student’s M.S. program.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 0
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MGMT 7800 - Doctoral Research Methods I
The objectives of this beginning doctoral course are to introduce students to social science theory development, expose students to a broad array of research techniques, and help students design research programs and write about them. The underpinnings of scientific theory are reviewed along with a range of quantitative and qualitative research methods. Drawing on their own interests, students write one research proposal and two research papers illustrating the application of two different research methodologies.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7810 - Doctoral Research Methods II
This course develops empirical tools and their applications to key areas of business analysis, including finance, human resource analysis, marketing, organizational behavior, and production appropriate theories. Empirical techniques emphasized include advanced regression and structural equations methods. Specialized statistical tools will be used.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 7800 Doctoral Research Methods I.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7820 - Foundations of Management Thought: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Business Research
This seminar introduces Ph.D. students to the world of research in the scholarly domains associated with Business. Philosophy of research, theory and empirical foundations used in the research process are discussed. Students are exposed to classic scholarly papers that have influenced the field across multiple business disciplines, as well as research programs of various Lally faculty. The course also introduces students to the norms of behavior and expectations of an academic career.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7830 - Doctoral Level Data Analysis
The objective of this class is to develop skills necessary to understand and assess applications that use panel data techniques. Standard linear regression models are used as a benchmark. Basic knowledge of time series analysis is introduced, followed by panel data settings involving ‘fixed’ and ‘random’ effects. Recently developed GMM and instrumental variables methods are introduced and nonlinear panel data with binary outcomes is covered. Students will work through practical examples using Stata and Matlab.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 7810 Doctoral Methods II or permission.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7840 - Empirical Issues in Management Research
The course focuses on the empirical issues of academic research in different business disciplines. It broadly encompasses a number of key research topics emphasizing the theoretical underpinnings and the empirical frontiers. The course will concentrate on the use of statistical approaches relevant for engaging in empirical research. Overall, the course attempts to develop skills such as synthesizing research, developing research designs, building theories, and using appropriate empirical methodology and techniques.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7850 - Management Research Workshop
The course focuses primarily on empirical issues in academic research. Students will learn to use theoretical and empirical skills acquired in previous courses and seminars in developing research in general, and academic papers in particular, in their respective fields.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 7840 Empirical Issues in Management Research.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7860 - Organizational Behavior Theory and Research Seminar
This course is designed to introduce students to theories and principles in organizational behavior research. Students will investigate important theoretical perspectives, concepts, and research methods in behavioral research, with an emphasis on developing an understanding of how research in the field is conducted and how further contributions to this field might be made. Through in-depth discussions of selected research articles, students will gain some proficiency in framing meaningful research questions and deriving testable hypotheses.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Good standing as a Ph.D. student.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7870 - Strategic Management Theory Seminar
This is a reading course designed to introduce first-year Ph.D. students in management to the theory families and empirical research in the field of Strategic Management. Strategic Management theories draw from parent disciplines of economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, evolutionary biology, and political science. This puts the field at the nexus of all management studies.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: doctoral student standing, Doctoral Research Methods sequence, or permission of doctoral program director.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7880 - Financial Theory
This is an introductory course of theoretical research in corporate finance. The course will examine the fundamentals of corporate finance theory (e.g., capital structure choice, dividend policy, etc.), as well as various tool areas (e. g, moral hazard and agency problems, and adverse selection and signaling). Knowledge of corporate finance at the MBA level, or its equivalent, is required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: doctoral student standing or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7890 - Research Seminar in Management Information Systems
This doctoral seminar examines the major streams of theory and research in information management and information systems. The course will explore the major issues, theories, and research methods in information systems, research through classic readings, information management, and reference disciplines. Key areas in information systems research will be covered, such as strategic and economic perspectives of information management, adoption and diffusion theory, information technology and organizational design, and how research methods are employed in information systems research. Students will gain an understanding of what theory is and how to develop and evaluate theory in the area of information management and information systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: doctoral student standing or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7900 - Seminar in Capital Markets
This course focuses on empirical financial accounting research related to capital market issues. The course involves the discussion of research papers that will help Ph.D. students to understand the evolution, theoretical foundations, and research methods of the capital markets literature.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 9990 - Dissertation
Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a doctoral dissertation. Grades of IP are assigned until the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S.
Credit Hours: Variable
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MTLE 1200 - Introduction to Materials Engineering
A 1-credit course comprising class lectures, laboratory visits, and group projects. The course will provide an overview of the field of materials science and engineering, highlighting how understanding the structures, properties and processing of materials provides scientific and engineering advances that sustain the progress of technology.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 1
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MTLE 2020 - Introduction to Ceramic Materials
Structure and properties of crystalline ceramic materials. Atomic bonding, crystal structure, structural imperfections, nonstoichiometry, surfaces, and interfaces. Reactions in ceramic systems in terms of phase equilibria, nucleation and crystal growth, diffusion, grain growth, and sintering. Ceramic microstructures and various properties.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 2100 - Structure of Engineering Materials
The first course in Materials Science and Engineering. Structures of metals, ceramics, and polymers and experimental techniques for their determination are discussed. Laboratory experience is included.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 1600 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 2940 - Readings in Materials
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 2980 - Senior Project
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4030 - Glass Science
Glasses are used in optical communications (optical fibers), electronics (insulator), and nuclear waste processing in addition to conventional use as windows, light bulbs, and containers. Subjects covered include: Formation and structure of inorganic glasses. The relationship between properties and cooling rate. Viscosity and structural relaxation. Phase separation and crystallization. Ionic diffusion and electrical properties. Mechanical strength and fatigue. Glass surface and chemical durability. Optical properties.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4050 - Introduction to Polymers
Introduction to Polymers is a first course on polymer science and structure-property relationships. Topics include chemical and molecular structure; morphology (structure) of amorphous and crystalline polymers; crystallization phenomena; polymer solutions and blends; physical properties of polymers in relation to structure, including rubber elasticity, viscoelasticity, and glass transition; and mechanical and rheological properties and testing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course. This is a companion course to CHEM 4620 Introduction to Polymer Chemistry.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: MTLE 6050.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4100 - Thermodynamics of Materials
Rigorous development of classical thermodynamics as applied to prediction of materials properties. Nonideal gases, solutions, phase equilibria, chemical equilibria, defects.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2250, CHEM 1100, ENGR 1600 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4150 - Kinetics in Materials Systems
Kinetic processes in materials. Overview of kinetics in relation to equilibrium thermodynamics, atomistics and mathematics of diffusion, phase transformations, and microstructural evolution. All materials classes, including metals and alloys, ionic and intermetallic compounds, glasses, semiconductors, and polymers will be considered in terms of similarities and differences. Includes laboratory component.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MTLE 4100, CHEM 1100, ENGR 1600.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4160 - Semiconducting Materials
Review of electronic properties of materials. Growth and structure of semiconductors. Diffusion, ion implantation, oxidation, microlithography, plasma etching, thin film deposition, metallization, with emphasis on Si technology. Introduction to compound semiconductors.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 4200 or equivalent.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4200 - Electrical and Optical Properties of Materials
Electronic and optical properties of metals, dielectrics, semiconductors, and organic molecular solids. Introduction to quantum mechanics. Lattice vibrations, magnetism, energy bands in solids. Free and nearly free electron models. Effect of electronic structure on interatomic bonding. Semiconductors and their devices.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 1600, MTLE 2100, PHYS 1200.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4250 - Mechanical Properties of Materials
This is a required departmental course, but is also appropriate for biomedical engineers and other engineering disciplines as an elective. This course teaches the mechanical properties of metals, ceramics, and polymers from both the macroscopic and atomistic or micromechanical viewpoints. An introduction to three-dimensional stresses and strains. Elastic behavior, plastic behavior, strengthening mechanisms, fracture, creep, and fatigue are all addressed. Includes laboratory component.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 1600, MTLE 2100.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4310 - Corrosion
Mechanisms, characteristics, and types of corrosion. Methods for testing, combating, and evaluating corrosion resistance. Suitability of metals, ceramics, and organic materials in corrosive environments. Oxidation and other high-temperature gas-metal reactions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: MTLE 4910.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4400 - Materials Synthesis and Processing
This course covers materials processing in the area of metals, polymers, ceramics, and electronic materials. Some processes covered include casting, molding, deformation processing, additive processing, and joining methods. Design and analysis of experiments and process modeling are emphasized. Includes laboratories.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MTLE 4200, MTLE 4150, MTLE 4250.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4430 - Fundamentals of Metallurgical Alloy Systems
This course explores principles of chemical and physical metallurgy of the common alloy systems, including mild and low alloy steels, copper, aluminum, and aluminum alloys. Applications include alloys designed for corrosion resistance and elevated temperature applications. Alloy design and development for extreme or exotic environments also will be discussed. In each case alloy development concepts will be related to the appropriate engineering applications.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4460 - Materials for Energy Applications
This course covers all aspects of the role materials play in energy. The course takes a fundamental perspective and these materials can range from neutrons to photons to energetic biomolecules. The five forms of energy (thermal, electromagnetic, mechanical, chemical, and nuclear) are stressed in every lecture as are the appropriate thermodynamic laws and governing cycles.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4470 - Biology in Materials Science
This course will cover the basic principles of biology in the context of materials science as well as emerging and cutting applications of biomaterials science. Topics will include: fundamentals of biological self assembly and hierarchical structures; examination of structure-property relationships in naturally occurring biopolymers, foams, and ceramic composites; biomimetic design and synthesis of novel materials at the molecular and nanoscale levels. Students will gain a deeper appreciation of the impact of biological principles on current topics in materials science.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: ENGR 1600.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: With MTLE 6470.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4500 - Computational Methods for Materials Design
This course will provide the background and a set of examples of how computational methods can be applied to design of materials with desired structure and properties. The methods will span multi-length and time scales, including first-principles approaches, molecular dynamics simulations, stochastic methods for optimization and sampling, and computational thermodynamics. Lectures will be complemented by computer labs with hands-on exercises using publicly available or commercial software packages.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Undergraduates must have junior standing or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4720 - Applied Mathematical Methods in Materials
Students apply mathematical and numerical techniques to understand materials engineering topics such as materials structure, symmetry, diffusion, mechanics, and physics of solids. Class uses examples from materials science and engineering core courses to introduce mathematical concepts and materials-related problem solving skills. Topics include linear algebra, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, quadratic forms, tensor operations, symmetry operations, calculus of several variables, ordinary and partial differential equations, Fourier analysis, integral transformations, numerical methods, and calculus of variations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MATH 2400, and access to Mathematica.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: BMED 4720.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4910 - Materials Selection
This class covers basic materials selection concepts and the underlying structure-property-process-performance interaction. Engineering materials, structures and properties, principles and process of materials selection, generation of materials performances indices, assessment and optimization of performance, processing routes and manufacturing issues, role of reverse engineering and failure analysis in design are covered. Materials selection against yielding, fracture, flexure, buckling, fatigue, creep, corrosion, and wear are addressed. Decomposition of engineering problems into functional, geometric, and materials constraints are emphasized. Materials selection based on simple and complex or conflicting constraints will be developed. Students will perform written assignments and oral presentations to develop communication skills. Enrollment for Materials Science and Engineering majors is restricted to juniors, seniors, or graduates.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CHEM 1100 and ENGR 1600.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4920 - Multidisciplinary Capstone Design
A capstone design experience that engages students from biomedical, computer systems, electrical, industrial, materials, and mechanical engineering on teams in an open-ended engineering design problem in preparation for professional practice. With the guidance of a multidisciplinary team of faculty members and instructional support staff, students apply knowledge and skills from prior coursework. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2050, MTLE 4910 and senior status.
When Offered: Spring and fall terms annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as ECSE 4900, ISYE 4270, and MANE 4260. Students cannot obtain credit for this course and ECSE 4900, ISYE 4270, MANE 4260.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4960 - Topics in Materials Engineering
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6010 - Defects in Solids
Point defects, nonstoichiometry, diffusion and defects, electronic defects, elastic properties of dislocations, dislocation-point defect interactions, dislocation arrays, grain boundaries, stacking faults, phase stability, twin boundaries, epitaxial interfaces.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 2100 or equivalent.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6030 - Advanced Thermodynamics
Review of classical thermodynamics. Development of basic concepts of statistical thermodynamics. Application of both classical and statistical techniques to the determination of phase and chemical equilibrium in real systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 4100 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 6040 - Principles of Crystallography and X-Ray Diffraction
Symmetry operations, point groups and space groups, x-ray and electron diffraction techniques, reciprocal lattice, Ewald sphere, mathematics of diffraction, crystal chemistry, crystal structure-property relationships.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6050 - Introduction to Polymers
Introduction to Polymers is a first course on polymer science and structure-property relationships. Topics include chemical and molecular structure; morphology (structure) of amorphous and crystalline polymers; crystallization phenomena; polymer solutions and blends; physical properties of polymers in relation to structure, including rubber elasticity, viscoelasticity, and glass transition; and mechanical and rheological properties and testing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course. This is a companion course to CHEM 4620 Introduction to Polymer Chemistry.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: MTLE 4050.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6060 - Advanced Kinetics of Materials Reactions
Diffusion and phase transformations: solutions to the diffusion equation, moving boundaries, concentration-dependent diffusion coefficient, interdiffusion, nucleation, crystal growth from the vapor and solution, solidification. Precipitation: general, cellular, and G-P zones. Allotropic and martensitic transformations. Grain growth. Sintering.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 4100 or MTLE 6030 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 6080 - Electron Microscopy of Materials
Introduction to electron optics, electron diffraction contrast mechanisms, specimen preparation, and microanalysis. Theory and operating fundamentals of the SEM, TEM, STEM, and the electron microprobe. Analysis of images from crystalline materials using kinematical and dynamical theories of electron diffraction. Includes laboratory component.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 2100 or MTLE 6040.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6110 - Diffusion in Solids
The diffusion process in metals and alloys. Solution to Fick’s law. Self-diffusion. Effect of temperature upon diffusion. Grain boundary and surface diffusion. Solution and diffusion of gases in metals. Diffusion in carburizing, the austenite transformation, powder metallurgy, and the scaling of metals and alloys.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6120 - Advanced Electronic Properties of Materials
Review of essential electromagnetic theory and quantum mechanics, including exact models and approximate methods. Application to behavior of electrons in solids including electronic band structure, charge carrier statistics and charge transport in metals, semiconductors, and insulators. Dielectric, optical, and magnetic properties. Solid-vacuum, solid-liquid and solid-solid interfaces. Applications to semiconductor, optoelectronic, and magnetic devices.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: N/A
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 6150 - Fracture of Solids
Review of elasticity and plasticity theory. Calculation of theoretical cohesive strength of crystalline solids; influence of stress concentrations on fracture strength. Fractography. Theory and applications of linear elastic fracture mechanics. Fracture testing. Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics. Dislocation theories of cleavage fracture. Phenomenology and theories of stress corrosion cracking, creep rupture, fatigue.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6220 - Advanced Semiconducting Materials and Processing
Discussion of selected advanced and emerging topics in microelectronics materials and fabrication. These may include metallization, thin film deposition, interconnection technology, microlithography, plasma etching and processing.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6250 - Advanced Mechanical Properties of Materials
The phenomenological, mechanistic, and micro-structural aspects of the mechanical properties of materials are developed, with particular emphasis on the similarities and differences among various material systems including metals, ceramics, and polymers. Phenomenological aspects of the three-dimensional characteristics of stress and strain, various yield criteria, elastic behavior, viscoelastic behavior, plastic behavior, statistical aspects of brittle fracture and fracture mechanics are presented. Mechanistic and micro-structural topics include edge and screw dislocation behavior, slip systems, critical resolved shear stress, dislocation multiplication and interactions, barriers to motion, polymer chain conformation and entropy.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 6300 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory
Theory and practice of IC fabrication in a research laboratory environment. Test chips are fabricated and the resulting devices and circuits evaluated. Processes and fabrication equipment studied and used include oxidation/diffusion, CVD reactors, photolithography, plasma etching, vacuum evaporator, ion implantation, etc. Instruments used in process monitoring and final testing include thin film profilometer, ellipsometer, resistivity probe, scanning electron microscope, capacitance-voltage system, etc. The fundamentals of hazardous material handling and clean room procedures are studied.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4250 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as ECSE 6300. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ECSE 6300.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6400 - Vacuum Techniques
Principles and practice of producing, measuring, and using pressures from atmospheric down to 10-15 atmospheres. Gas kinetics and flow of gases at low pressures. Basic vacuum system calculations. System design and leak detection. Physical and chemisorption of gases. Generation of clean surfaces and study of reactions on them.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6420 - Surface Phenomena
The thermodynamics and reactivity of surfaces. Classical thermodynamics of surfaces. Atomistic models of the crystal surfaces. Electron diffraction from surface layers. Surface diffusion. Physical and chemisorption of gases, chemical reactions at surfaces. Nucleation of surface and bulk phases.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6430 - Materials Characterization
Principles and applications of current techniques for the chemical, structural, and morphological characterization of engineering materials, with an emphasis on materials used in the microelectronics industry. Techniques studied include various electron and ion spectroscopies, electron microscopies, and diffraction techniques.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6440 - Thin Films
Introduction into thin film deposition technologies that are essential in industry. Practical technical aspects and fundamental growth processes are discussed. The course covers: evaporation techniques, sputter deposition, plasma and ion-beam processing, chemical vapor deposition, molecular beam epitaxy, surface science, nucleation and growth, epitaxy, texture evolution, nanostructure formation, stress.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Meets with MTLE 4440.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6450 - Melting and Solidification
Thermodynamics, kinetics, and morphologies of solid-liquid interfaces. Heat flow phenomena in casting and crystal growth. Structure of molten systems. Physical chemistry of vacuum processing. Mechanics of solidification of metals under equilibrium and nonequilibrium conditions. Nucleation and growth phenomena. Solute redistribution during freezing. Metal transport during freezing. Grain size control. Application of theory to production of engineering alloys.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6460 - Advanced Structure and Bonding in Materials
Phenomenological and quantitative descriptions of crystal symmetry and structure. Theories of primary and secondary bonding in crystals. Theory and application of diffraction techniques for structure determination. Models of cohesive forces in solids. Emphasis is placed on the intimate connection between crystal structure, bonding, electronic structure, and properties of solids.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 6480 - Nanostructured Materials
The course introduces students to the building blocks of nanostructured materials, material behavior when they are assembled, and the technological implications of these materials, with emphasis on new developments in this field and future perspectives. Lectures by the instructor and other faculty experts on various aspects of nanomaterials are followed by student lectures in areas of their own particular interest. These lectures then become the basis for students to create video presentations for broader dissemination.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6500 - Modeling of Materials
This course introduces basic concepts used in the modeling of material properties. The course will include quantum mechanics, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and continuum level analysis, and multiscale methods as applied to the modeling of soft and hard matter. The methods are introduced in a computer laboratory environment. Open to graduates and qualified undergraduates.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Undergraduates must have junior standing or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6520 - Materials under Extreme Conditions
This course will review basic thermodynamic and kinetic concepts, which underpin how material behaves under extreme thermal, mechanical, chemical, electrical, and magnetic conditions as well as high-energy irradiations. Engineering materials that can withstand harsh environments and new materials with unique crystal structures and microstructures will be surveyed.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Cross Listed: MTLE 4520. Students cannot get credit for both 4520 and 6520.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6610 - Deformation Processing
Mechanical metallurgy and mechanics of the classical metal-working operations. Analytical techniques. Friction and lubrication. Workability. Effects on as-worked properties. Technological discussions of forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing, and other unit operations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 1600 or equivalent.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6670 - Biology in Materials Science
This course will cover the basic principles of biology in the context of materials science as well as emerging and cutting applications of biomaterials science. Topics will include: fundamentals of biological self assembly and hierarchical structures; examination of structure-property relationships in naturally occurring biopolymers, foams, and ceramic composites; biomimetic design and synthesis of novel materials at the molecular and nanoscale levels. Students will gain a deeper appreciation of the impact of biological principles on current topics in materials science.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: ENGR 1600.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: MTLE 4470.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6750 - Special Topics in Ceramics
A course in physical ceramics, the content of which will be modified in accordance with current interests and technology.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6840 - Polymer Engineering
Survey and engineering analysis of industrial processes and commercial polymers. Topics include introductory fluid mechanics, non-Newtonian fluids, molecular theory of viscoelasticity, analysis of extrusion, and other selected processes.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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