Courses - Spring 2026
ENMA165
Introduction to Programming with Python
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: ENEE140 or ENMA165.
Introduces concepts of computer programming using Python from the point-of-view of engineers and scientists (as opposed to computer science). Students will learn the fundamentals of writing and implementing code, and exposed to practical aspects of programming as may be relevant to their studies and careers in the materials field. Topics/activities of note include data management and analysis, laboratory-related scripting, simple automation, and introduction to computational materials concepts.
ENMA201
Bigger, Faster, Better: The Quest for Absolute Technology
Credit only granted for: ENMA201 or ENMA289A.
Formerly: ENMA289A.
Can one prevent the transformation of technology from a friend to foe? Constant technological change characterizes our current lives and future, but ambivalence marks our relationships with technology. Students will be introduced to concepts necessary to understand scientific, engineering and societal driving forces of selected technological transformations, and the conflicts inherent in introduction of new technologies. We investigate approaches to judicious implementation of technology to prevent it changing from friend to foe.
ENMA300
Introduction to Materials Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENES100; and permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Corequisite: MATH241.
Recommended: PHYS261 and PHYS260.
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department.
Cross-listed with ENME382.
Credit only granted for: ENMA300 or ENME382.
Structure of materials, chemical composition, phase transformations, corrosion and mechanical properties of metals, ceramics, polymers and related materials. Materials selection in engineering applications.
ENMA301
Modern Materials Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENMA180; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department. And ENMA300; and permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Five topical areas will be presented, each leading up to specific applications that have recently come to market or are currently experiencing heavy research and development. The goal of each module will be to introduce the basic materials science principles necessary to understand these new areas.
ENMA312
Experimental Methods in Materials Science
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENMA300.
Corequisite: ENMA460.
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
Introduction to experimental methods in materials characterization; synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles; X-ray diffraction and light scattering; optical microscopy; thermal conductivity and expansion; electrical measurements; heat capacity; computational materials design.
ENMA414
Introduction to Solid State Ionics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: ENMA300; and permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: ENMA414 or ENMA489W.
Formerly: ENMA489W.
Solid State Ionics is the study of point defects in crystalline and non-crystalline solids; defect equilibria and transport; the influence of chemical and electric potentials, interfaces, and association; and the application of ionically conducting solids in solid-state electrochemical transducer systems and devices.
ENMA417
Li-Ion Battery Design, Fabrication and Testing
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Students learn the basics of Li-ion battery fabrication through hands-on manufacturing of Li-ion cells. Students will create cells using different active materials and different electrode loadings, then test their batteries to understand how different electrode designs affect cell performance. Students will gain experience with standard constant current-constant voltage cycling tests, and will also learn about electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and other electrochemical testing methods as time allows. Topical issues related to materials for the battery field will also be discussed.
ENMA427
Materials at the Extremes
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENMA300.
Restriction: permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
This course will provide a study into materials in extreme environments through lectures, detailed real-life case studies and demonstrations. The main objective of this course is to apply your knowledge of materials science and the role it plays in combating the failure modes caused by extreme environments. This course is designed to guide students through an understanding of what defines an extreme environment and how materials are being designed to address these conditions.
ENMA436
Introduction to Quantum Materials and Devices
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENMA460 and ENMA461 .
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: ENMA636.
Credit only granted for: ENMA436 or ENMA636.
Quantum materials and devices are an emerging field in materials engineering and physics which offer new approaches to electronics and photonics. This course serves as an introduction to quantum materials and their applications in quantum technologies. It will teach concepts needed to understand the quantum mechanical properties of materials and connect their fundamental properties to quantum device applications. Topics will include low-dimensional materials, strongly correlated electron systems, topology in solids, and light-matter interactions
ENMA460
Introduction to Solid State Physics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: PHYS271, PHYS270, and MATH241.
Restriction: Junior standing or higher; and must be in the Engineering: Materials Science program or Physics program.
Cross-listed with: PHYS431.
Credit only granted for: ENMA460 or PHYS431.
Additional information: Materials Engineering students take ENMA460 and Physics students take PHYS431.
Classes of materials; introduction to basic ideal and real materials' behavior including mechanical, electrical, thermal, magnetic and optical responses of materials; importance of microstructure in behavior. One application of each property will be discussed in detail.
ENMA461
Thermodynamics of Materials
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENMA300.
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
Thermodynamic aspects of materials; basic concepts and their application in design and processing of materials and systems. Topics include: energy, entropy, adiabatic and isothermal processes, internal and free energy, heat capacity, phase equilibria and surfaces and interfaces.
ENMA463
Macroprocessing of Materials
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENMA300.
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
Processing of modern, bulk engineering materials. Raw materials, forming, firing, finishing and joining. More emphasis on metals and ceramics than polymers.
ENMA465
Microprocessing Materials
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENMA300.
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: ENMA363, ENMA489B, or ENMA465.
Formerly: ENMA363.
Micro and nanoscale processing of materials. Emphasis on thin film processing for advanced technologies.
ENMA470
Materials Selection for Engineering Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
Credit only granted for: ENMA 470 or ENMA 489O.
Formerly: ENMA 489O.
Students will learn about materials classes, properties, limitations and applications and the methodology of materials selection in engineering design.
ENMA486
Seminar in Materials Science and Engineering
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Materials Science program.
Current research in materials science and engineering and related fields. The lectures are presented by scientists and engineers from academia, national laboratory, US government, etc., in the format of seminars.
ENMA489E
Selected Topics in Engineering Materials; Chemistry for Energy and Sustainability
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with ENMA489E. Credit only granted for CHEM498E or ENMA489E.
ENMA490
Materials Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ENMA487.
Restriction: Senior standing.
Capstone design course. Students work in teams on projects evaluating a society or industry based materials problem and then design and evaluate a strategy to minimize or eliminate the problem; includes written and oral presentations.
Class meets in Clark Hall Innovation lab, Bay area 5 and 6.
ENMA499
Senior Laboratory Project
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENMA614
Advanced Solid State Ionics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, S-F
Prerequisite: Permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: ENMA 614 or ENMA 698W.
Formerly: ENMA 698W.
Advanced solid state ionics is the higher level study of point defects in crystalline and non-crystalline solids; defect equilibria and transport; the influence of chemical and electric potentials, interfaces, and association; and the application of ionically conducting solids in solid-state electrochemical transducer systems and devices.
ENMA620
Polymer Physics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Prerequisite: ENMA471; or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
The thermodynamics, structure, morphology and properties of polymers. Developing an understanding of the relationships between theory and observed behavior in polymeric materials.
ENMA661
Kinetics of Reactions in Materials
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: ENMA660.
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
The theory of thermally activated processes in solids as applied to diffusion, nucleation and interface motion. Cooperative and diffusionless transformations. Applications selected from processes such as allotropic transformations, precipitation, martensite formation, solidification, ordering, and corrosion.
ENMA663
Macroprocessing of Materials
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: ENMA463.
Credit only granted for: ENMA463 or ENMA663..
Processing of modern, bulk engineering materials: raw materials, forming, firing, finishing and joining. Note: More emphasis will be placed on metals and ceramics than polymers.
ENMA671
Defects in Materials
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Materials Science & Engineering department.
Fundamental aspects of point (electronic and atomic) defects, dislocations, and surfaces and interfaces in materials. Defect interactions, defect models, and effects of zero, one and two dimensional defects on material behavior.
ENMA688
Seminar in Materials Science and Engineering
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENMA698
Special Problems in Materials Science and Engineering
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENMA797
Independent Study
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
This course is designed to provide students with a directed independent study course in order to prepare the scholarly paper required for the master's degree without thesis degree option.
ENMA799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENMA898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
ENMA899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
S-F
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