Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description :

Behavior of electrons in material – Wave function – Schrödinger equation – Lattice vibration – Classical theory of electron transfer – Fundamental properties of semiconductors – Dielectrics – Introduction to magnetic and superconducting materials – Luminescence from atoms – Photoluminescence – Cathode luminescence – Electroluminescence – Sonoluminescence – Chemiluminescence

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description :

Polymer chain configuration – Polyolefins – Styrene polymer and copolymer – Polyvinyl chloride – Plasticizers – Engineering thermoplastics – Engineering thermosetting plastics – Thermoset elastomers and their applications – Thermoplastic elastomers and their applications – Fibers – Adhesives and Sealant chemistry – Industrially important polysaccharides – Electrically conductive polymers – Epoxy resins – Water soluble polymers – White and colouredpigments. Polymer processing techniques – Plastic technology, design considerations and commercial considerations – Polymer materials for microelectronic and imaging applications – Polymer for electric packaging.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description :

Recycling concepts and processing techniques – Characterization and separation techniques – Recycled products – Environmental concerns – Potential commercial applications (cost analysis) – Modern analytical techniques – Principles to the separation of recyclable materials: pyro-separation – Hydro-separation – Electroseparation – Magnetic separation – Computational techniques to the separation methods – Case studies; steel scrap, aluminum scrap, electronics scrap, car scrap.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description :

Tools of analytical chemistry – Mass & x-ray spectroscopic: XRD, XRF, XPS – Classical methods of analysis -Advanced instrumental techniques – Electro – analytical techniques: cyclic voltammetry and polarography – Industrial applications: Pharma, Biotechnology, Food etc. – Spectroscopic techniques: UV-Vis, Fluorescence, IR, FTIR, Raman, AAS, AES-Environment health & Safety – Advanced chromatographic techniques.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description :

Molecular dynamics – Intermolecular force – Equation of motion – Verlet integration – Runge-Kutta methods – Ewald summation – Quantum behavior of electrons – Hückel methods – Slater determinant – Hartree-Fock method – Hohenberg-Kohn theorem – Density functional theory – Kohn-Sham equation – Car-Parrinello method.