Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description :

Engineering application of superconductors – Generation of large-scale and intense magnetic fields – Electromagnetic theory; magnet design and operational issues, including "usable" superconductors, field and stress analyses, magnet instabilities, ac losses and mechanical disturbances, quench and protection, experimental techniques, and cryogenics – New high-temperature superconductors for magnets.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description :

Nano-structure property relations of active and sensing materials and their devices – Shape memory alloys – Ferromagnetic, ferroelectric, pyro electric and piezoelectric materials – Thermoelectric materials– Electroactive and conducting polymers – Photoactive polymers – Electro chromic materials.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description :

Thermodynamics of electrochemical reaction – Kinetics of electrochemical reaction – Electrochemical techniques – Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and its application – Cycling voltammetry and linear polarization – Galvan static intermittent titration – Principle of battery – Advanced rechargeable battery – Li-ion batteries – Nanostructured materials for Li-ion batteries – Principle of supercapacitor – Advanced super capacitor technology – Difference between batteries and supercapacitors – Principle of fuel cells – Types of fuel cells – New materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cell, alkaline fuel cell and solid oxide fuel cell – Applications of fuel cells – Fuel cell, battery and supercapacitor hybrid power systems.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description :

Linear elastic and elastic-plastic – Fracture mechanics – Interface fracture mechanics – Ductile/brittle fracture – Toughening mechanisms – Crack growth resistance – Creep fracture – Fractography – Fatigue damage and dislocation substructures in single crystals –Stress/strain-life approach to fatigue – Fatigue crack growth models and mechanisms – Variable amplitude fatigue – Corrosion fatigue – Case studies of fracture and fatigue in structural, bio implant, and microelectronic components.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description :

Student will participate in project – based learning activities in topics of applied nature related to the fields of specialization.