Curriculum Information

Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degrees in Materials Science and Engineering

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Specific curricular information

The following are some of the graduate courses in materials science and engineering for the M.S. and Ph.D. programs. In addition, new courses may be added depending on the interests of new faculty members recruited in the next five years. Emphasis will be on interdisciplinary research from various fields of engineering and physical sciences. A large number of materials-related courses are currently taught in several departments at the college of engineering to satisfy both the core and elective course requirements for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.

Core Courses:*

• MSE 5013 Advanced Thermodynamics of Materials
• MSE 5023 Diffusion and Kinetics
• MSE 5033 Composite Materials
• MSE 5043 Advanced Materials Characterization
• MSE/ MAE 5693 Phase Transformations in Materials
• MSE/MAE 5113 Diffraction in Materials
• MSE 5083 Advanced Ceramic Processing
• MAE 5133 Mechanical Behavior of Materials

* Check graduate student handbook for Core Courses requirements for MSE and Ph.D degree options

Elective Courses:

• MSE 5000 M.S. Thesis
• MSE 6000 Ph.D. Thesis/Dissertation
• MSE 5010 MSE Seminar
• MSE 6010 MSE Seminar
• MSE 5053 Smart Materials
• MSE 5123 Composite Manufacturing: Materials, Methods and Applications
• MSE 5153 Crystal Physics and Materials Properties
• MSE 5063 Biomedical Materials
• MSE 5073 Tissue Engineering
• MSE 5103 Electrical and Optical Properties of Ceramics
• MSE 5133 Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
• MSE 5143 Batteries and Supercapacitors for Energy Storage
• MSE/MAE 5583 Corrosion Engineering
• MSE/CHE 4523 Introduction to Colloidal Processing
• MSE/MAE 5683 Thermodynamics and Thermostatistics of Materials
• MSE/EE 5200 Applied Innovations I
• MSE 5223 Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Methods and Applications
• MAE 5503 Mechanics of Advanced Composites for Structural Design
• MAE 5543 Modern Materials
• CHE 5413 Fundamentals of Polymer Engineering
• ECEN 5843 Microelectronic Fabrication
• ECEN 6843 Advanced Microelectronic Fabrication.
• MAE 5003 Advanced Biomaterials Science and Engineering.

Elective Courses Available from Other Departments: All existing

The following graduate courses related to MS&E currently offered in various departments at OSU are also available to satisfy the M.S. and Ph.D. degree requirements. Program approvals will be required for registration.

Chemistry:

• 5223 Chemistry of High Polymers
• 5260 Inorganic Chemistry
• 5283 Solid-state Chemistry
• 6113 Analytical Spectroscopy
• 5623 Quantum Chemistry I
• 5960 Inorganic Chemistry II

Physics:

• 5613 Quantum Mechanics I
• 5663 Solid State Physics I
• 5713 Solid State Physics II
• 5960 Problems in Chemical Physics
• 6243 Semiconductors I
• 6313 Quantum Mechanics II

Biological/Health Science:

• 6163 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
• 6175 Molecular and Cellular Biology

Chemical Engineering:

• 5293 Advanced Biomedical Engineering
• 5283 Advanced Bioprocess Engineering

Electrical & Computer Engineering:

• 6843 Advanced Microelectronic Fabrication.
• 6840 Photonics III: microscopy I
• 6850 Photonics III: microscopy II
• 6860 Photonics III: microscopy III and Image Processing
• 6890 Photonics IV: Semiconductor Synthesis and Devices

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering:

• 5143 Tribology (will include nanotribology)
• 5243 Microflows
• 5573 Continuum Mechanics
• 5633 Advanced Finite Element Analysis
• 5993 Microstructural Mechanics
• 6133 Surface Mechanics

Future Elective Courses:

Plans are to develop courses from the list below depending on the needs of the program and interests of the faculty, students and industries.

1. Biomaterials for Medicine and Drug Delivery
2. Synthesis and Applications of Nanomaterials
3. Magnetic and Dielectric Materials
4. Computational Materials Science