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The course will present thermodynamics review, laws of thermodynam-ics; property relation; free energies; Maxwell relations; chemical poten-tial; thermodynamic activity, Statistical thermodynamics. The course will discuss: the defects in solids, surfaces, and interfaces, solidification, metallic glasses, diffusion, atomic mechanisms of diffusion, high-diffusivity paths; diffusion in multiphase binary systems; diffusional transformations in solids.

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The course will include Introduction to renewable and sustainable en-ergy sources. The following topics will be covered: Forms of energy, Renewable energy sources, Renewable system integration, Promoting renewable energies. Solar energy: Thermal energy systems, Solar pho-tovoltaic (PV) systems, Types of PV modules and characteristics, Types of PV systems (Grid connected, autonomous), Environmental impact and safety of PV systems, PV integration, cost per kwh, PV resources, and future prospects. Bioenergy: Biomass as fuel, Bioenergy sources (energy crops, woody crops, wastes, etc.), Combustion of solid biomass, Production of gaseous and liquid fuel from biomass, Environmental benefits and impact from the use of biomass, Biomass economics, and future prospects. Wind energy: Principles and the laws of physics be-hind wind harvesting, Wind turbines, Aerodynamics of wind turbines, Power and energy from wind turbines, Environmental impact and relat-ed issues, Economics, Wind energy prospects, offshore wind energy systems.

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The course will introduce optical materials and characteristic of optical physics in solid states, classical propagation. Optical absorption in ma-terials, Excitons, Optical behaviors of dopants and defects in semicon-ductors. Quantum confinement effect in nanostructures. Free electrons and Plasmonic effect, luminescence centers of some metallic dopants in semiconductors, Phonon absorption, nonlinear crystals and optical properties, Optical properties of new emerging materials.

Faculty : Institute of Basic and Applied Sciences

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This course covers the physical principles underlying semiconductor devices operation. An emphasis on understanding of device operation rather than on circuit properties will be given. The course topics will in-clude: elementary excitations in semiconductors such as phonons, pho-tons, conduction electrons, and holes, built-in electric field, the PN junc-tion, the junction transistor, Schottky barrier diodes, The MIS diode and the MOSFET, ohmic and non-ohmic contacts, Schottky diode fabrica-tion and applications, surface effects. Application of nanotechnology in electronic and photonic devices will be discussed.

Faculty : Institute of Basic and Applied Sciences

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Advanced topics in Materials and Energy, suggested by one or more faculty staff members. Students participate in Project-Based Learning activities in advanced topics related to the fields of specialization.