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2.S991 | Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering | Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | rranged | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.S992 | Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering | Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. | true | Spring | Graduate | rranged | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.S993 | Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering | Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S972-2.S974, 2.S992 are graded P/D/F. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | rranged | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.S994 | Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering | Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S972-2.S974 and 2.S992 are graded P/D/F. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | rranged | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.S995 | Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering | Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S972-2.S974 and 2.S992 are graded P/D/F. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 0-6-0 | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.S996 | Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering | Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F. | true | Fall, Spring | Graduate | rranged [P/D/F] | Permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.S997 | Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering | Advanced lecture, seminar or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F. | true | Fall | Graduate | 3-0-9 | Permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.S998 | Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering | Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F. | true | Fall | Graduate | rranged | Permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.S999 | Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering | Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F. | true | Spring | Graduate | rranged | Permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.978 | Instruction in Teaching Engineering | Participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching engineering in higher education. Topics include research on learning; course development; promoting active learning, problemsolving, and critical thinking in students; communicating with a diverse student body; using educational technology to further learning; lecturing; creating effective tests and assignments; and assessment and evaluation. Field-work teaching various subjects in the Mechanical Engineering department will complement classroom discussions. | true | Fall | Graduate | rranged [P/D/F] | Permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.979 | Undergraduate Teaching | For students participating in departmentally approved undergraduate teaching programs. Students assist faculty in the design and execution of the curriculum and actively participate in the instruction and monitoring of the class participants. Students prepare subject materials, lead discussion groups, and review progress. Credit is arranged on a subject-by-subject basis and is reviewed by the department. | true | Fall, IAP, Spring | Undergraduate | rranged [P/D/F] | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.999 | Engineer's Degree Thesis Proposal Preparation | For students who must do additional work to convert an SM thesis to a Mechanical Engineer's (ME) or Naval Engineer's (NE) thesis, or for students who write an ME/NE thesis after having received an SM degree. | true | Fall, Spring, Summer | Graduate | rranged | Permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.C01 | Physical Systems Modeling and Design Using Machine Learning | Building on core material in 6.C01, encourages open-ended exploration of the increasingly topical intersection between artificial intelligence and the physical sciences. Uses energy and information, and their respective optimality conditions, to define supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms as well as ordinary and partial differential equations. Subsequently, physical systems with complex constitutive relationships are drawn from elasticity, biophysics, fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, acoustics, and electromagnetics to illustrate how machine learning-inspired optimization can approximate solutions to forward and inverse problems in these domains. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 1-3-2 | 2.086 and 6.C01 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.C27[J] | Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms | Explores the contemporary computational understanding of imaging: encoding information about a physical object onto a form of radiation, transferring the radiation through an imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. Introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round "learning spiral": the first two rounds describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round involves a class project on an imaging system chosen by students. Undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Involves optional "clinics" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A) | 3.C27[J], 6.C27[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.C51 | Physical Systems Modeling and Design Using Machine Learning | Building on core material in 6.C51, encourages open-ended exploration of the increasingly topical intersection between artificial intelligence and the physical sciences. Uses energy and information, and their respective optimality conditions, to define supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms as well as ordinary and partial differential equations. Subsequently, physical systems with complex constitutive relationships are drawn from elasticity, biophysics, fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, acoustics, and electromagnetics to illustrate how machine learning-inspired optimization can approximate solutions to forward and inverse problems in these domains. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51. | true | Spring | Graduate | 1-3-2 | 6.C51 and (18.0751 or 18.0851) | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.C67[J] | Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms | Contemporary understanding of imaging is computational: encoding onto a form of radiation the information about a physical object, transferring the radiation through the imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. This class introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round "learning spiral": the first two rounds, instructors describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round, students conduct themselves as the class project on an imaging system of their choice. The undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Throughout the term, we also conduct optional "clinics" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. | true | Fall | Graduate | 3-0-9 | 18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A) | 3.C67[J], 6.C67[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.EPE | UPOP Engineering Practice Experience | Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information. | true | Fall, IAP, Spring | Undergraduate | 0-0-1 [P/D/F] | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.EPW | UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop | Provides sophomores across all majors with opportunities to develop and practice communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to become successful professionals in the workplace, particularly in preparation for their summer industry internship. This immersive, multi-day Team Training Workshop (TTW) is comprised of experiential learning modules focused on expanding skills in areas that employers report being most valuable in the workplace. Modules are led by MIT faculty with the help of MIT alumni and other senior industry professionals. Skills applied through creative simulations, team problem-solving challenges, oral presentations, and networking sessions with prospective employers. Enrollment limited to those in the UPOP program. | true | Fall, IAP, Spring | Undergraduate | 1-0-0 [P/D/F] | 2.EPE | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.THG | Graduate Thesis | Program of research leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. | true | Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer | Graduate | rranged | Permission of advisor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.THU | Undergraduate Thesis | Individual self-motivated study, research, or design project under faculty supervision. Departmental program requirement: minimum of 6 units. Instruction and practice in written communication provided. | true | Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer | Undergraduate | rranged | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.UR | Undergraduate Research in Mechanical Engineering | Individual study, research, or laboratory investigations under faculty supervision, including individual participation in an ongoing research project. See projects listing in Undergraduate Office, 1-110, for guidance. | true | Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer | Undergraduate | rranged [P/D/F] | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
2.URG | Undergraduate Research in Mechanical Engineering | Individual study, research, or laboratory investigations under faculty supervision, including individual participation in an ongoing research project. See projects listing in Undergraduate Office, 1-110, for guidance. | true | Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer | Undergraduate | rranged | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.000 | Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Make the Perfect Cup | Uses the Course 3 (DMSE) Breakerspace to delve into the world of materials science through brewing, sipping, and testing several forms of coffee and espresso. Presents cutting-edge materials characterization tools, including optical and electron microscopes, spectroscopy techniques, and hardness/strength testing. Through experiments to analyze the composition and microstructure of coffee beans, grinds, and brewing equipment, students have the opportunity to learn how material properties influence the taste, aroma, and quality of espresso. Equips students with the knowledge and skills to appreciate coffee on a whole new level through application of materials characterization techniques, consideration of relevant physics and chemistry, and sampling. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 1-1-1 [P/D/F] | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.001 | Science and Engineering of Materials | Provides a broad introduction to topics in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering's core subjects. Classes emphasize hands-on activities and conceptual and visual examples of materials phenomena and materials engineering, interspersed with guest speakers from inside and outside academia to show career paths. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students. Preference to first-year students. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 2-0-1 [P/D/F] | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.002 | Materials for Energy and Sustainability | Materials play a central role in the ongoing global transformation towards more sustainable means of harvesting, storing, and conserving energy, through better batteries, fuel cells, hydrogen electrolyzers, photovoltaics, and the like. Methods for producing materials such as cement, steel, ammonia, and ethylene, which rank amongst today's largest industrial emitters of greenhouse gases, are being re-invented. Much of this work is taking place at MIT and surrounding cleantech startups. This class discusses the underlying science of selected new technologies, the challenges which must be overcome, and the magnitude of their potential impact. Visits to the startups behind each case study and meetings with the scientists and engineers creating these technologies are included. Subject can count toward 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Preference to first-year students. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 2-0-1 [P/D/F] | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.003 | Small Planet Engineering: Climate, Energy, and Sustainability | 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 via case studies and engineering projects focused on climate, energy, and sustainability. Includes a six-stage term project in which student teams develop solutions through exercises in project planning, analysis, design, optimization, demonstration, reporting, and team building. 3.004 includes an additional solar cell design and fabrication project. Preference to first-year students. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-6 | Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR) | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.004 | Small Planet Engineering: Climate, Energy, and Sustainability | 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 via case studies and engineering projects focused on climate, energy, and sustainability. Includes a six-stage term project in which student teams develop solutions through exercises in project planning, analysis, design, optimization, demonstration, reporting, and team building. 3.004 includes an additional solar cell design and fabrication project. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-1-8 | Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR) | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.006 | NEET Seminar: Advanced Materials Machines | Seminar for students enrolled in the Advanced Materials Machines NEET thread. Focuses on topics around innovative materials manufacturing via guest lectures and research discussions. | true | Fall, Spring | Undergraduate | 1-0-2 | Permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.0061[J] | Introduction to Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping | Focuses on design thinking, an iterative process that uses divergent and convergent thinking to approach design problems and prototype and test solutions. Includes experiences in creativity, problem scoping, and rapid prototyping skills. Skills are built over the course of the semester through design exercises and projects. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 22 & Course 3 majors and minors, and NEET students. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 2-2-2 | null | 22.03[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.009 | Materials, Mechanics, and Flight: Birds, an Engineer?s Delight | Examines how birds work from an engineering perspective and how engineers design materials, lightweight structures, and aircraft using concepts learned from birds. Topics include: materials science of feathers, and how engineers design materials for structural color, thermal insulation, and water repellency; how feathers can create or suppress sound, and how engineers reduce the sound produced by wind turbine blades by mimicking barn owl flight feathers; mechanics of bird bones, structural weight reduction, and its applications to lightweight structures; how birds fly, how the Wright brothers studied bird flight to design their plane, and how modern aircraft fly. Design project allows students to explore different fields of engineering. Preference given to first-year students. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 2-2-5 | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.010 | Structure of Materials | Describes the fundamentals of bonding and structure that underpin materials science. Structure of noncrystalline, crystalline, and liquid-crystalline states across length scales including short and long range ordering. Point, line, and surface imperfections in materials. Diffraction and structure determination. Covers molecular geometry and levels of structure in biological materials. Includes experimental and computational exploration of the connections between structure, properties, processing, and performance of materials. Covers methodology of technical communication (written/oral) with a view to integrate experimental design, execution, and analysis. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-2-7 | Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or 18.032 | null | true | false | false | False | False | False |
3.013 | Mechanics of Materials | Basic concepts of solid mechanics and mechanical behavior of materials: elasticity, stress-strain relationships, stress transformation, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fracture. Continuum behavior as well as atomistic explanations of the observed behavior are described. Examples from engineering as well as biomechanics. Lab experiments, computational exercises, and demonstrations give hands-on experience of the physical concepts. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-2-7 | Physics I (GIR) and Coreq: 18.03; or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.017 | Modelling, Problem Solving, Computing, and Visualization | Covers development and design of models for materials processes and structure-property relations. Emphasizes techniques for solving equations from models or simulating their behavior. Assesses methods for visualizing solutions and aesthetics of the graphical presentation of results. Topics include symmetry and structure, classical and statistical thermodynamics, solid state physics, mechanics, phase transformations and kinetics, statistics and presentation of data. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 2-2-8 | ((3.030, 3.033, or 3.020) and (6.100A, 12.010, 16.66, or 3.016B)) or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.019 | Introduction to Symbolic and Mathematical Computing | Introduces fundamental computational techniques and applications of mathematics to prepare students for materials science and engineering curriculum. Covers elementary programming concepts, including data analysis and visualization. Students study computation/visualization and math techniques and apply them in computational software to gain familiarity with techniques used in subsequent subjects. Uses examples from material science and engineering applications, particularly from structure and mechanics of materials, including linear algebra, tensor transformations, review of calculus of several variables, numerical solutions to differential questions, and random walks. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 2-1-0 [P/D/F] | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.020 | Thermodynamics of Materials | Introduces the competition between energetics and disorder that underpins materials thermodynamics. Presents classical thermodynamic concepts in the context of phase equilibria, including phase transformations, phase diagrams, and chemical reactions. Includes computerized thermodynamics and an introduction to statistical thermodynamics. Includes experimental and computational laboratories. Covers methodology of technical communication with the goal of presenting technical methods in broader contexts and for broad audiences. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 4-3-5 | Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or 18.032 | null | false | false | true | False | False | False |
3.021 | Introduction to Modeling and Simulation | 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. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 4-0-8 | 18.03 or permission of instructor | null | false | false | true | False | False | False |
3.023 | Synthesis and Design of Materials | Provides understanding of transitions in materials, including intermolecular forces, self-assembly, physical organic chemistry, surface chemistry and electrostatics, hierarchical structure, and reactivity. Describes these fundamentals across classes of materials, including solid-state synthesis, polymer synthesis, sol-gel chemistry, and interactions with biological systems. Includes firsthand application of lecture topics through design-oriented experiments. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 4-3-5 | 3.010 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.029 | Mathematics and Computational Thinking for Materials Scientists and Engineers I | Computational techniques and applications of mathematics to prepare students for a materials science and engineering curriculum. Students study and apply computation/visualization and math techniques. They code and visualize topics from symmetry and structure of materials and thermodynamics. Topics include symmetry and geometric transformations using linear algebra, review of calculus of several variables, numerical solutions to differential equations, tensor transformations, eigensystems, quadratic forms, and random walks. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 4-0-8 | Calculus II (GIR) and (6.100A or 6.100L); Coreq: 3.020 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.030 | Microstructural Evolution in Materials | 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. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 4-2-6 | 3.010 and 3.020 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.033 | Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials | Uses fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, solid state physics, electricity and magnetism to describe how the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of materials originate. Illustrates how these properties can be designed for particular applications, such as diodes, solar cells, optical fibers, and magnetic data storage. Involves experimentation using spectroscopy, resistivity, impedance and magnetometry measurements, behavior of light in waveguides, and other characterization methods. Uses practical examples to investigate structure-property relationships. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 4-2-6 | 3.010 and 3.020 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.039 | Mathematics and Computational Thinking for Materials Scientists and Engineers II | Continues 3.029 with applications to microstructural evolution, electronic optical and magnetic properties of materials. Emphasizes and reinforces topics in 3.030 with visualization, computational, and mathematical techniques. Mathematics topics include symbolic and numerical solutions to partial differential equations, Fourier analysis, Bloch waves, and linear stability analysis. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-6 | 3.029; Coreq: 3.030 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.040 | Introduction to Materials Characterization (New) | Introduction to the physical principles and common techniques of materials property measurement. Topics include metrology, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, atomic emission and infrared spectroscopy, mechanical testing, and thermal analysis. Laboratory-based assignments stress experimental technique, systematic troubleshooting, data collection and analysis, and reasoning about uncertainty. Limited to 10 due to lab space. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-2-7 | (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.041 | Computational Materials Design | Systems approach to analysis and control of multilevel materials microstructures employing genomic fundamental databases. Applies quantitative process-structure-property-performance relations in computational parametric design of materials composition under processability constraints to achieve predicted microstructures meeting multiple property objectives established by industry performance requirements. Covers integration of macroscopic process models with microstructural simulation to accelerate materials qualification through component-level process optimization and forecasting of manufacturing variation to efficiently define minimum property design allowables. Case studies of interdisciplinary multiphysics collaborative modeling with applications across materials classes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-2-7 | 3.013 and 3.030 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.042 | Materials Project Laboratory | Serves as the capstone design course in the DMSE curriculum. Working in groups, students explore the research and design processes necessary to build prototype materials and devices. Instruction focuses on how to conceive, design, and execute a materials development research plan, on developing competence in the fundamental laboratory and materials processing skills introduced in earlier course work, and on the preparation required for personal success in a team-based professional environment. Selected topics are covered in manufacturing, statistics, intellectual property, and ethics. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Limited to 25 due to space constraints. | true | Fall, Spring | Undergraduate | 1-6-5 | 3.030 or 3.033 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.044 | Materials Processing | 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. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 4-0-8 | 3.010 and 3.030 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.046 | Advanced Thermodynamics of Materials | Explores equilibrium thermodynamics through its application to topics in materials science and engineering. Begins with a fast-paced review of introductory classical and statistical thermodynamics. Students select additional topics to cover; examples include batteries and fuel cells, solar photovoltaics, magnetic information storage, extractive metallurgy, corrosion, thin solid films, and computerized thermodynamics. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.020 or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.052 | Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials | 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. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.013 or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.053[J] | Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics | 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. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 4-0-8 | Biology (GIR) and 18.03 | 2.797[J], 6.4840[J], 20.310[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.054 | Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties, Applications | Discusses processing and structure of cellular solids as they are created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites; derivation of models for the mechanical properties of honeycombs and foams; and how unique properties of honeycombs and foams are exploited in applications such as lightweight structural panels, energy absorption devices, and thermal insulation. Covers applications of cellular solids in medicine, such as increased fracture risk due to trabecular bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, the development of metal foam coatings for orthopedic implants, and designing porous scaffolds for tissue engineering that mimic the extracellular matrix. Includes modelling of cellular materials applied to natural materials and biomimicking. Offers a combination of online and in-person instruction. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.013 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.055[J] | Biomaterials Science and Engineering | Covers, at a molecular scale, the analysis and design of materials used in contact with biological systems, and biomimetic strategies aimed at creating new materials based on principles found in biology. Topics include molecular interaction between bio- and synthetic molecules and surfaces; design, synthesis, and processing approaches for materials that control cell functions; and application of materials science to problems in tissue engineering, drug delivery, vaccines, and cell-guiding surfaces. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 20.110 or permission of instructor | 20.363[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.056[J] | Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces | Builds a foundation of physical principles underlying electrical, optical, and magnetic approaches to neural recording and stimulation. Discusses neural recording probes and materials considerations that influence the quality of the signals and longevity of the probes in the brain. Students then consider physical foundations for optical recording and modulation. Introduces magnetism in the context of biological systems. Focuses on magnetic neuromodulation methods and touches upon magnetoreception in nature and its physical limits. Includes team projects that focus on designing electrical, optical, or magnetic neural interface platforms for neuroscience. Concludes with an oral final exam consisting of a design component and a conversation with the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.033 or permission of instructor | 9.67[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.063 | Polymer Physics | 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. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.010 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.064 | Polymer Engineering | Overview of polymer material science and engineering. Treatment of physical and chemical properties, mechanical characterization, processing, and their control through inspired polymer material design. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.013 and 3.044 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.07 | Introduction to Ceramics | 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. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.071 | Amorphous Materials | Discusses the fundamental material science behind amorphous solids (non-crystalline materials). Covers formation of amorphous solids; amorphous structures and their electrical and optical properties; and characterization methods and technical applications. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | (3.030 and 3.033) or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.074 | Imaging of Materials | Principles and applications of (scanning) transmission electron microscopy. Topics include electron optics and aberration correction theory; modeling and simulating the interactions of electrons with the specimen; electron diffraction; image formation in transmission and scanning transmission 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 complemented by real-case studies and computer simulations/data analysis. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.033 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.080 | Strategic Materials Selection | Provides a survey of methods for evaluating choice of material and explores the implications of that choice along economic and environmental dimensions. Topics include life cycle assessment, data uncertainty, manufacturing economics and utility analysis. Students carry out a group project selecting materials technology options based on performance characteristics beyond and including technical ones. | false | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.081 | Industrial Ecology of Materials | Covers quantitative techniques to address principles of substitution, dematerialization, and waste mining implementation in materials systems. Includes life-cycle and materials flow analysis of the impacts of materials extraction; processing; use; and recycling for materials, products, and services. Student teams undertake a case study regarding materials and technology selection using the latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials process. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.085[J] | Venture Engineering | Provides students a rigorous and fun introduction to entrepreneurship. Introduces students to a systematic approach to building successful new ventures. Intended for students who seek to leverage their engineering and science background to create innovation-driven new products and ventures in an efficient, effective, and timely manner. Students form teams and work on creating a new venture with guidance from twice-a-week lectures, workshops, and advising sessions. Provides an opportunity for students to explore this field for future potential career or jump start an entrepreneurial career or venture. Also exposes students to the rich resources available across MIT and beyond. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | null | 2.912[J], 15.373[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.086 | Innovation and Commercialization of Materials Technology | Introduces the fundamental process of innovating and its role in promoting growth and prosperity. Exposes students to innovation through team projects as a structured process, while developing skills to handle multiple uncertainties simultaneously. Provides training to address these uncertainties through research methods in the contexts of materials technology development, market applications, industry structure, intellectual property, and other factors. Case studies place the project in a context of historical innovations with worldwide impact. Combination of projects and real-world cases help students identify how they can impact the world through innovation. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 4-0-8 | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.087 | Materials, Societal Impact, and Social Innovation | Students work on exciting, team-based projects at the interdisciplinary frontiers of materials research within a societal and humanistic context. Includes topics such as frontier research and inquiry, social innovation, human-centered design thinking, computational design, and additive manufacturing. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 1.050, 2.001, 10.467, (3.010 and 3.020), or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.088 | The Social Life of Materials | Students carry out projects on a material of their choice and study its technical, humanistic, and environmental origins and trajectories of development through historical methods; evaluate its current status within a social and humanistic context; and then imagine and evaluate potential futures. Projects supported by topics and scholarship in sociotechnical systems, social innovation, environmental history and justice, equity-based human-centered design, and futures literacy. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 1.050, 2.001, 3.010, 10.467, 20.310, or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.091 | Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry | Basic principles of chemistry and their application to engineering systems. The relationship between electronic structure, chemical bonding, and atomic order. Characterization of atomic arrangements in crystalline and amorphous solids: metals, ceramics, semiconductors, and polymers. Topical coverage of organic chemistry, solution chemistry, acid-base equilibria, electrochemistry, biochemistry, chemical kinetics, diffusion, and phase diagrams. Examples from industrial practice (including the environmental impact of chemical processes), from energy generation and storage (e.g., batteries and fuel cells), and from emerging technologies (e.g., photonic and biomedical devices). | true | Fall, Spring | Undergraduate | 5-0-7 | null | null | false | false | false | Chemistry | False | False |
3.093 | Metalsmithing: Objects and Power (New) | Introduces traditional metalsmithing techniques to students in a studio environment. Project-based coursework investigates metalsmithing through the convergent lenses of art, science, and spirituality. Focuses on hand-crafted metal objects as historical signifiers of cultural values, power, and protection. Projects may include silver soldering, sawing and piercing, etching, casting, embossing, steel tool making, hollowware, and chasing and repousse. Limited to 9 due to space and equipment constraints. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 1-5-3 | null | null | false | false | false | False | Arts | False |
3.094[J] | Materials in Human Experience | Examines how people throughout history have selected, evaluated, processed, and utilized natural materials to create objects of material culture. Explores ideological and aesthetic criteria influential in materials development. As examples of ancient engineering and materials processing, topics may include ancient Roman concrete and prehistoric iron and steel production by the Mossi, Haya, and other African cultures. Particular attention paid to the climate issues surrounding iron and cement, and how the examination of ancient technologies can inform our understanding of sustainability in the present and illuminate paths for the future. Previous topics have included Maya use of lime plaster for frescoes, books, and architectural sculpture; the sound, color, and power of metals in Mesoamerica; and metal, cloth, and fiber technologies in the Inca empire. Laboratory sessions provide practical experience with materials discussed in class. Enrollment limited to 24. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 2-3-4 | null | 1.034[J] | false | false | false | False | Social Sciences | False |
3.095 | Introduction to Metalsmithing | Exploration of metal arts, design principles, sculptural concepts, and metallurgical processes. Covers traditional fine metalsmithing techniques including soldering, casting, and forming. Students create artworks that interpret lecture material and utilize metalsmithing as a means of expression. Engages a material culture lens to explore ideas of value, aesthetics, and meaning through object-making. Supplemented by visiting artist lectures and arts sector field trips. Limited to 9. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 2-3-4 | null | null | false | false | false | False | Arts | False |
3.096 | Architectural Ironwork | Explores the use of iron in the built environment throughout history and the world, with an emphasis on traditional European and American design and connections to contemporary movements in art and architecture. Discusses influence of technology on design and fabrication, spanning both ancient and modern developments. Cultivates the ability to design iron in architecture and criticize ironwork as art. Includes laboratory exercises that teach a variety of basic and advanced iron-working techniques such as hand forging and CNC machining. The project-based curriculum begins with art criticism of Cambridge-area ironwork, progresses to practical studies of iron architectural elements, and finishes with creation of an architectural object of the student's design. Associated writing assignments for in-lab projects hone criticism and analysis skills. Limited to 6. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 2-3-4 | null | null | false | false | false | False | Arts | False |
3.098 | Ancient Engineering: Ceramic Technologies | Explores human interaction with ceramic materials over a considerable span of time, from 25,000 years ago to the 16th century AD. Through the lens of modern materials science combined with evidence from archaeological investigations, examines ancient ceramic materials — from containers to architecture to art — to better understand our close relationship with this important class of material culture. Examines ceramics structure, properties, and processing. Introduces archaeological perspectives and discusses how research into historical changes in ancient ceramic technologies has led to a deeper comprehension of past human behavior and societal development. Concludes by considering how studies of ancient technologies and techniques are leading modern materials scientists to engineer designs of modern ceramic materials, including glasses, concretes, and pigments. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | null | null | false | false | false | False | Social Sciences | False |
3.14 | Modern Physical Metallurgy | Focuses on the links between the processing, structure, and properties of metals and alloys. First, the physical bases for strength, stiffness, and ductility are discussed with reference to crystallography, defects, and microstructure. Second, phase transformations and microstructural evolution are studied in the context of alloy thermodynamics and kinetics. Together, these components comprise the modern paradigm for designing metallic microstructures for optimized properties. Concludes with a focus on processing-microstructure-property relationships in structural engineering alloys. Students taking the graduate version explore the subject in greater depth. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.013; Coreq: 3.030 or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.15 | Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Materials and Devices | Explores the relationships between the performance of electrical, optical, and magnetic devices and the microstructural and defect characteristics of the materials from which they are constructed. Features a device-motivated approach that places strong emphasis on the design of functional materials for emerging technologies. Applications center around diodes, transistors, memristors, batteries, photodetectors, solar cells (photovoltaics) and solar-to-fuel converters, displays, light emitting diodes, lasers, optical fibers and optical communications, photonic devices, magnetic data storage and spintronics. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.033 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.152 | Magnetic Materials | Topics include origin of magnetism in materials, magnetic domains and domain walls, magnetostatics, magnetic anisotropy, antiferro- and ferrimagnetism, magnetism in thin films and nanoparticles, magnetotransport phenomena, and magnetic characterization. Discusses a range of applications, including magnetic recording, spin-valves, and tunnel-junction sensors. Assignments include problem sets and a term paper on a magnetic device or technology. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.033 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.154[J] | Materials Performance in Extreme Environments | Studies the behavior of materials in extreme environments typical of those in which advanced energy systems (including fossil, nuclear, solar, fuel cells, and battery) operate. Takes both a science and engineering approach to understanding how current materials interact with their environment under extreme conditions. Explores the role of modeling and simulation in understanding material behavior and the design of new materials. Focuses on energy and transportation related systems. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-2-7 | 3.013 and 3.044 | 22.054[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.155[J] | Micro/Nano Processing Technology | Introduces the theory and technology of micro/nano fabrication. Includes lectures and laboratory sessions on processing techniques: wet and dry etching, chemical and physical deposition, lithography, thermal processes, packaging, and device and materials characterization. Homework uses process simulation tools to build intuition about higher order effects. Emphasizes interrelationships between material properties and processing, device structure, and the electrical, mechanical, optical, chemical or biological behavior of devices. Students fabricate solar cells, and a choice of MEMS cantilevers or microfluidic mixers. Students formulate their own device idea, either based on cantilevers or mixers, then implement and test their designs in the lab. Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises. Course provides background for research work related to micro/nano fabrication. Enrollment limited. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-4-5 | Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), Physics II (GIR), or permission of instructor | 6.2600[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.156 | Photonic Materials and Devices | Optical materials design for semiconductors, dielectrics, organic and nanostructured materials. Ray optics, electromagnetic optics and guided wave optics. Physics of light-matter interactions. Device design principles: LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, solar cells, modulators, fiber and waveguide interconnects, optical filters, and photonic crystals. Device processing: crystal growth, substrate engineering, thin film deposition, etching and process integration for dielectric, silicon and compound semiconductor materials. Micro- and nanophotonic systems. Organic, nanostructured and biological optoelectronics. Assignments include three design projects that emphasize materials, devices and systems applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.033 and (18.03 or 3.016B) | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.157 | Organic Electronic Materials and Devices (New) | Covers fundamentals of organic semiconductors and electronic devices made thereof. Introduces the emerging needs for soft-matter-based electronics and their applications in medical devices, sensors, and bioelectronics. Topics specific to organic semiconductors include molecular orbitals and band theory, synthesis and processing, energy levels and doping, photophysics, microstructure engineering and characterization, structure-property relationships, and charge transport. Device structures include organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and organic photovoltaics (OPVs). | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.023 or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.158[J] | Nanoelectronics and Computing Systems (New) | Studies interaction between materials, semiconductor physics, electronic devices, and computing systems. Develops intuition of how transistors operate. Topics range from introductory semiconductor physics to modern state-of-the-art nano-scale devices. Considers how innovations in devices have driven historical progress in computing, and explores ideas for further improvements in devices and computing. Students apply material to understand how building improved computing systems requires knowledge of devices, and how making the correct device requires knowledge of computing systems. Includes a design project for practical application of concepts, and labs for experience building silicon transistors and devices. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 4-0-8 | 6.2000 | 6.2500[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.16 | Industrial Challenges in Metallic Materials Selection | Advanced metals and alloy design with emphasis in advanced steels and non-ferrous alloys. Applies physical metallurgy concepts to solve specific problems targeting sustainable, efficient and safer engineered solutions. Discusses industrial challenges involving metallic materials selection and manufacturing for different value chains and industrial segments. Includes applications in essential segments of modern life, such as transportation, energy and structural applications. Recognizing steel as an essential engineering material, subject covers manufacturing and end-uses of advanced steels ranging from microalloyed steels to highly alloyed steels. Also covers materials for very low temperature applications such as superconducting materials and for higher temperature applications such as superalloys. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.17 | Principles of Manufacturing | Teaches the methodology to achieve Six Sigma materials yield: 99.99966% of end products perform within the required tolerance limits. Six Sigma methodology employs five stages for continuous improvement — problem definition, quantification, root cause analysis, solution implementation, and process control to help engineers evaluate efficiency and assess complex systems. Through case studies, explores classic examples of materials processing problems and the solutions that achieved Six Sigma manufacturing yield throughout the manufacturing system: extraction, design, unit processes, process flow, in-line control, test, performance/qualification, reliability, environmental impact, product life cycle, cost, and workforce. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Fall | Undergraduate | 2-1-9 | 3.010 and 3.020 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.171 | Structural Materials and Manufacturing | Examines theoretical and practical aspects of structural materials by discussing mechanical properties of materials and manufacturing processes used to convert raw materials into high performance and reliable components for particular applications. Discusses specific types of steel, aluminum, titanium, ceramics, cement, polymers, and composites in context of commercially available product designations and specifications. Examines manufacturing processes used for exemplar products of each type of material, including heat treatments, sintering, and injection molding, among others. Considers established methods of metallurgical failure analysis and fractography through product failure case studies in order to prepare students to determine root causes of component failures in the real world. Students taking graduate version submit additional work. Meets with 3.371 when offered concurrently. | true | Fall, Summer | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.172 | Lightweighting and Structural Optimization (New) | Presents modern processes, technologies, and methods used to develop lighter vehicular structures critical to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering costs. Explores how materials design, solid mechanics, mechanical engineering, manufacturing technologies, joining technologies, and numerical optimization are all brought to task to effect real-world lightweighting of both primary and secondary vehicle structures. Additionally, since important lessons are in past designs, the evolution of lightweight design in aerospace, automotive, and bicycles are presented and defining aspects from milestone designs are critically assessed. Students taking graduate version submit additional work. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.173 | Computing Fabrics | Highlights connections between industrialization, products, and advances in fibers and fabrics. Discusses the evolution of technologies in their path from basic scientific research to scaled production and global markets, with the ultimate objective of identifying and investigating the degrees of freedom that make fabrics such a powerful form of synthetic engineering and product expression. Topics explored, in part through interactions with industry speakers, include: fiber, yarn, textiles and fabric materials, structure-property relations, and practical demonstrations to anticipate future textile products. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 2-4-6 | 3.013 or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.18 | Materials Science and Engineering of Clean Energy | Develops the materials principles, limitations, and challenges of clean energy technologies, including solar, energy storage, thermoelectrics, fuel cells, and novel fuels. Draws correlations between the limitations and challenges related to key figures of merit and the basic underlying thermodynamic, structural, transport, and physical principles, as well as to the means for fabricating devices exhibiting optimum operating efficiencies and extended life at reasonable cost. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.030 and 3.033 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.19 | Sustainable Chemical Metallurgy | Covers principles of metal extraction processes. Provides a direct application of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics to the industrial production of metals from their ores, e.g., iron, aluminum, or reactive metals and silicon. Discusses the corresponding economics and global challenges. Addresses advanced techniques for sustainable metal extraction, particularly with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Undergraduate | 3-0-9 | 3.030 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.20 | Materials at Equilibrium | Laws of thermodynamics: general formulation and applications to mechanical, electromagnetic and electrochemical systems, solutions, and phase diagrams. Computation of phase diagrams. Statistical thermodynamics and relation between microscopic and macroscopic properties, including ensembles, gases, crystal lattices, phase transitions. Applications to phase stability and properties of mixtures. Representations of chemical equilibria. Interfaces. | true | Fall | Graduate | 5-0-10 | (3.010, 3.013, 3.020, 3.023, 3.030, 3.033, and 3.042) or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.201 | Introduction to DMSE | Introduces new DMSE graduate students to DMSE research groups and the departmental spaces available for research. Guides students in joining a research group. Registration limited to students enrolled in DMSE graduate programs. | true | Fall | Graduate | 2-0-1 [P/D/F] | Permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.202 | Essential Research Skills | Provides instruction in the planning, writing, literature review, presentation, and communication of advanced graduate research work. Registration limited to students enrolled in DMSE graduate programs. | true | Spring | Graduate | 2-0-1 [P/D/F] | Permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.207 | Innovation and Commercialization | Explores in depth projects on a particular materials-based technology. Investigates the science and technology of materials advances and their strategic value, explore potential applications for fundamental advances, and determine intellectual property related to the materials technology and applications. Students map progress with presentations, and are expected to create an end-of-term document enveloping technology, intellectual property, applications, and potential commercialization. Lectures cover aspects of technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, and commercialization of fundamental technologies. | true | Spring | Graduate | 4-0-8 | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.21 | Kinetic Processes in Materials | Unified treatment of phenomenological and atomistic kinetic processes in materials. Provides the foundation for the advanced understanding of processing, microstructural evolution, and behavior for a broad spectrum of materials. Topics include irreversible thermodynamics; rate and transition state theory, diffusion; nucleation and phase transitions; continuous phase transitions; grain growth and coarsening; capillarity driven morphological evolution; and interface stability during phase transitions. | true | Spring | Graduate | 5-0-10 | 3.030, 3.044, (3.010 and 3.020), or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.22 | Structure and Mechanics of Materials | Explores structural characteristics of materials focusing on bonding types, crystalline and non-crystalline states, molecular and polymeric materials, and nano-structured materials. Discusses how the macroscale mechanical response of materials, and micro-mechanisms of elasticity, plasticity, and fracture, originate from these structural characteristics. Case studies and examples are drawn from a variety of material classes: metals, ceramics, polymers, thin films, composites, and cellular materials. | true | Fall | Graduate | 4-0-8 | 3.013 or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.23 | Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials | Origin of electrical, magnetic and optical properties of materials. Focus on the acquisition of quantum mechanical tools. Analysis of the properties of materials. Presentation of the postulates of quantum mechanics. Examination of the hydrogen atom, simple molecules and bonds, and the behavior of electrons in solids and energy bands. Introduction of the variation principle as a method for the calculation of wavefunctions. Investigation of how and why materials respond to different electrical, magnetic and electromagnetic fields and probes. Study of the conductivity, dielectric function, and magnetic permeability in metals, semiconductors, and insulators. Survey of common devices such as transistors, magnetic storage media, optical fibers. | true | Spring | Graduate | 4-0-8 | 8.03 and 18.03 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.30[J] | Properties of Solid Surfaces | Covers fundamental principles needed to understand and measure the microscopic properties of the surfaces of solids, with connections to structure, electronic, chemical, magnetic and mechanical properties. Reviews the theoretical aspects of surface behavior, including stability of surfaces, restructuring, and reconstruction. Examines the interaction of the surfaces with the environment, including absorption of atoms and molecules, chemical reactions and material growth, and interaction of surfaces with other point defects within the solids (space charges in semiconductors). Discusses principles of important tools for the characterization of surfaces, such as surface electron and x-ray diffraction, electron spectroscopies (Auger and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), scanning tunneling, and force microscopy. | true | Spring | Graduate | 3-0-9 | 3.20, 3.21, or permission of instructor | 22.75[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.31[J] | Radiation Damage and Effects in Nuclear Materials | Studies the origins and effects of radiation damage in structural materials for nuclear applications. Radiation damage topics include formation of point defects, defect diffusion, defect reaction kinetics and accumulation, and differences in defect microstructures due to the type of radiation (ion, proton, neutron). Radiation effects topics include detrimental changes to mechanical properties, phase stability, corrosion properties, and differences in fission and fusion systems. Term project required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Graduate | 3-0-9 | 3.21, 22.14, or permission of instructor | 22.74[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.320 | Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials | Theory and application of atomistic computer simulations to model, understand, and predict the properties of real materials. Energy models: from classical potentials to first-principles approaches. Density-functional theory and the total-energy pseudopotential method. Errors and accuracy of quantitative predictions. Thermodynamic ensembles: Monte Carlo sampling and molecular dynamics simulations. Free energies and phase transitions. Fluctations and transport properties. Coarse-graining approaches and mesoscale models. | true | Fall | Graduate | 3-0-9 | 3.030, 3.20, 3.23, or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.321 | Computational Materials Design | Systems approach to analysis and control of multilevel materials microstructures employing genomic fundamental databases. Applies quantitative process-structure-property-performance relations in computational parametric design of materials composition under processability constraints to achieve predicted microstructures meeting multiple property objectives established by industry performance requirements. Covers integration of macroscopic process models with microstructural simulation to accelerate materials qualification through component-level process optimization and forecasting of manufacturing variation to efficiently define minimum property design allowables. Case studies of interdisciplinary multiphysics collaborative modeling with applications across materials classes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Graduate | 3-2-7 | 3.20 | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.33[J] | Defects in Materials | Examines point, line, and planar defects in structural and functional materials. Relates their properties to transport, radiation response, phase transformations, semiconductor device performance and quantum information processing. Focuses on atomic and electronic structures of defects in crystals, with special attention to optical properties, dislocation dynamics, fracture, and charged defects population and diffusion. Examples also drawn from other systems, e.g., disclinations in liquid crystals, domain walls in ferromagnets, shear bands in metallic glass, etc. | true | Fall | Graduate | 3-0-9 | 3.21 and 3.22 | 22.73[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.34 | Imaging of Materials | Principles and applications of (scanning) transmission electron microscopy. Topics include electron optics and aberration correction theory; modeling and simulating the interactions of electrons with the specimen; electron diffraction; image formation in transmission and scanning transmission 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 complemented by real-case studies and computer simulations/data analysis. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Graduate | 3-0-9 | 3.033, 3.23, or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.35 | Fracture and Fatigue | Advanced study of material failure in response to mechanical stresses. Damage mechanisms include microstructural changes, crack initiation, and crack propagation under monotonic and cyclic loads. Covers a wide range of materials: metals, ceramics, polymers, thin films, biological materials, composites. Describes toughening mechanisms and the effect of material microstructures. Includes stress-life, strain-life, and damage-tolerant approaches. Emphasizes fracture mechanics concepts and latest applications for structural materials, biomaterials, microelectronic components as well as nanostructured materials. Limited to 10. | false | Spring | Graduate | 3-0-9 | 3.22 or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.36 | Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties, Applications | Discusses processing and structure of cellular solids as they are created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites; derivation of models for the mechanical properties of honeycombs and foams; and how unique properties of honeycombs and foams are exploited in applications such as lightweight structural panels, energy absorption devices, and thermal insulation. Covers applications of cellular solids in medicine, such as increased fracture risk due to trabecular bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, the development of metal foam coatings for orthopedic implants, and designing porous scaffolds for tissue engineering that mimic the extracellular matrix. Includes modelling of cellular materials applied to natural materials and biomimicking. Offers a combination of online and in-person instruction. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Spring | Graduate | 3-0-9 | 3.013 or permission of instructor | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.37 | Principles of Manufacturing | Teaches the methodology to achieve Six Sigma materials yield: 99.99966% of end products perform within the required tolerance limits. Six Sigma methodology employs five stages for continuous improvement — problem definition, quantification, root cause analysis, solution implementation, and process control to help engineers evaluate efficiency and assess complex systems. Through case studies, explores classic examples of materials processing problems and the solutions that achieved Six Sigma manufacturing yield throughout the manufacturing system: extraction, design, unit processes, process flow, in-line control, test, performance/qualification, reliability, environmental impact, product life cycle, cost, and workforce. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. | true | Fall | Graduate | 2-1-9 | null | null | false | false | false | False | False | False |
3.371[J] | Structural Materials | Examines theoretical and practical aspects of structural materials by discussing mechanical properties of materials and manufacturing processes used to convert raw materials into high performance and reliable components for particular applications. Discusses specific types of steel, aluminum, titanium, ceramics, cement, polymer,s and composites in context of commercially available product designations and specifications. Examines manufacturing processes used for exemplar products of each type of material, such as heat treatments, sintering, and injection molding, among others. Considers established methods of metallurgical failure analysis and fractography through product failure case studies in order to prepare students to determine root causes of component failures in the real world. Students taking graduate version submit additional work. Meets with 3.171 when offered concurrently. | true | Fall, Summer | Graduate | 3-0-9 | Permission of instructor | 2.821[J] | false | false | false | False | False | False |
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