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This course will include: Introduction to Biomaterials, Biocompatibility, biocompatibility issues of biomaterials, how to overcome these issues, Bio functionality, In vitro and in vivo testing, Tissue-biomaterial interac-tions, biological response with biomaterials, Metallic biomaterials, Or-ganic biomaterials, Biomaterials processing and synthesis, Hydroxyap-atite (HA) coatings, Materials selection for implants and prostheses, Dental materials, Orthodontic wires Shape memory alloys, Use of β-Titanium and Ni-Ti alloys as biomaterials, Corrosion and biodegradation of bio-materials, Stress shielding effect, Applications of biomaterials.

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At this course, the student will know Photovoltaic materials, Materials in bulk and thin film forms, The role of the microstructure (single crystal, multicrystalline, polycrystalline, amorphous and nanocrytalline) in elec-trical and optical properties of the materials. Need for different solar cells design, the technology route for making solar cells, Different methods of characterization of materials and devices, Applications of photovoltaic for power generation from few watts to Megawatts, Concentrating Solar Power generation using photoelectrochemical systems. Detailed analy-sis of a variety of solar cells (amorphous silicon and their alloys, CdTe-based thin film solar cells, CuInSe (CIS) based thin film solar cells, next generation of silicon based thin film solar cell, multijunction or hetero-junction devices, Dye sensitized solar cells. Next generation of Nanostructures based-solar cells.

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Overview of the principles and techniques in materials characterization and failure analysis; testing codes and standards. Non-destructive test-ing methods: dye penetration, magnetic particles inspection, eddy cur-rents. Ultrasonics and radi-ography. Mechanical and thermal tech-niques: dynamic mechanical analysis, thermomechanical analysis, dif-ferential scanning calorimetry. Microscopy: TEM, SEM, AFM, SAM and SLAM. Other structural, chemical and surface analyses: XRD, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, RHEED, RBS, EDX, LIMS and other novel tech-niques using plasma and post-ionization.

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The course aims to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the scientific principles and new strategies to transfer, capture, and store energy derived from various resources (e.g., solar, wind, geother-mal, and biomass), Types of Bonding and Structure-Bonding-Properties Relationships, Crystallography and Diffusion, Nanostructured and Po-rous Materials for Li-ion Batteries and Supercapacitors, Energy Material Synthesis: Bottom-up, Heterogeneous Reactions, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Modeling of Energy Materials and Devices, Fabrication and Characterization of Nanocomposite Dielectric Materials, Fabrication and characterization of Organic Photovoltaics.

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Ph.D. students participate in predetermined series of research semi-nars, conducted by specialists in different advanced research topics, in the fields of Materials and Energy Science. The student's evaluation is based on his understanding of the presented topics.