Foundations
Foundations of Materials Science & Engineering
Start here. These courses give you the language of materials — structure,
phases, thermodynamics, transport, and how processing changes performance.
- Materials in Today’s World
- The Science of Materials in Everyday Life
- Elements of Materials Engineering
- Fundamentals of Materials Engineering
- Fundamentals of Materials Science
- Materials Engineering Transition
- Structure and Properties of Materials
- Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials
- Thermodynamics of Materials Systems
- Physical Properties of Materials
- Introduction to Solid State Chemistry
- Crystallography and Crystal Structures
- Mineralogy
- Transport Phenomena in Materials Science and Engineering
Electronic Materials
Electronics, Photonics & Intelligent Functional Materials
How materials handle electricity, magnetism, light, heat, and radiation — and how that becomes devices,
sensors, stealth systems, and energy technology.
- Fundamentals of Electronic Materials
- Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials
- Electronic, Magnetic, and Optical Properties of Materials Laboratory
- Semiconductor Processing
- Fundamentals of Metamaterials
- Stealth Science and Engineering
- Nuclear Materials
- Principles of Materials Corrosion
Biomaterials & Biomechanics
Biomaterials, Biomechanics & Human-Centered Materials
Where engineered matter meets the human body. Design implants,
soft tissue interfaces, responsive materials, and medical devices that actually work in living systems.
- Introductory Biomaterials
- Biocompatibility Considerations of Biomaterials
- Applications of Biomaterials
- Biomaterials
- Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
- Biomechanics of the Cell
- Biomechanics of Development
- Biosolid Mechanics
- Biosensing & BioMEMS
- Introduction to Biophotonics
- Effective and Economic Design for Biomedical Instrumentation
Environments
Strength, Reliability & Extreme Environments
Design for the real world, not the ideal one.
Predict and prevent failure under load, heat, impact, pressure, radiation, and time.
- Mechanics-Based Design
- Mechanical Behavior of Materials
- Mechanical Behavior of Materials Laboratory
- Mechanical Properties of Materials
- Spacecrafts, Submarines, and Glaciers: Solid Mechanics in Extreme Environments
- Nondestructive Testing for In Situ Determination of Material Properties
- Stress Waves, Impacts and Shockwaves
Microstructure Engineering
Metals, Ceramics & Microstructure Engineering
Control a material’s internal structure and you control its performance. This pathway is about heat treatment,
grain size, phase transformations, defects, irradiation, and advanced surfaces.
- Materials Characterization
- Applied Materials Analysis
- Orientation Mapping of Crystalline Materials
- Physical Metallurgy
- Metals and Alloys
- Physical Ceramics
- Ceramic and Glass Materials Processing Laboratory
- Materials Laboratory I
- Materials Laboratory II
- Nuclear Materials
- Principles of Materials Corrosion
Polymer
Polymers, Soft Matter & Composite Systems
Lightweight. High strength. Flexible. Biocompatible. Processable.
The future is multi-phase and multifunctional — from structural composites to biomedical polymers.
- Introduction to Polymer Science
- Polymer Engineering
- Laboratory in Polymer Science
- Composite Materials
- Materials Selection and Design I and II
- Physical Metallurgy and Modeling of Metal Casting
- Ceramic and Glass Materials Processing Laboratory
- Bladesmithing
Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing & Additive
Turn ideas into hardware. Learn modern manufacturing, metal additive,
ceramic processing, thin films, casting, and cleanroom fabrication — with real equipment.
- Manufacturing Materials and Processes
- Chemical Synthesis and Processing of Advanced Materials
- Powder Processing
- Micro and Nano Structured Materials & Devices
- Introduction to Micro- and Nano-fabrication
- Metal Additive Manufacturing
- Design for Additive Manufacturing
- Elementary Metal Casting Laboratory
- Advanced Metal Casting Laboratory
- Foundry Safety
- Bladesmithing
These courses emphasize safety culture, process qualification, and manufacturability at scale — skills
our graduates use immediately in aerospace, energy, defense, biomedical, and advanced manufacturing.
Nanoscience
Nanoscience, Surfaces & Atomic-Scale Design
Design at the nanoscale to control behavior at the macroscale.
Surfaces, thin films, catalysis, MEMS, quantum-relevant structure, and next-generation sensors.
- Introduction to Nanotechnology
- Nanomaterials
- Chemistry of Nanomaterials
- Micro and Nano Structured Materials & Devices
- Introduction to Micro- and Nano-fabrication
- Semiconductor Processing
- Biosensing & BioMEMS
- Scanning Electron Microscopy: Fundamentals of Nanocharacterization and Nanofabrication
- Orientation Mapping of Crystalline Materials
- Materials Optimization Through Designed Experiments
Computing, Modeling & Data
Data, Simulation, Professional Practice & Capstone
You won’t just learn science — you’ll learn to work like an engineer: coding,
modeling, experimental design, communication, ethics, global impact, and real client-driven design.
- Math Programming in Materials Science I
- Mathematics Programming in Materials Science II
- Materials Optimization Through Designed Experiments
- Introduction to Molecular Dynamics Simulation
- Artificial Intelligence Methods for Materials Science
