MATSE 501                      THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS

Learnt fundamental principles of thermodynamics of materials with emphasis on problem solving and physical understanding.. Learnt to use Thermo-calc computer software as an aid in performing thermodynamic calculations.

 

CH E 544                           GENERAL TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

Learnt to formulate and solve transport problems involving momentum, heat, and mass transfer, using Cartesian tensor notation.

 

MATSE 503                       Kinetics of Materials Processes
Learnt the fundamentals of a atomistic mechanisms of diffusion, solutions to the phenomenological diffusion equation, diffusion along extended defects, gas-solid reactions, phase transformations, computer simulation of diffusional processes, and microstructure evolution.

 

MATSE 597I                      nANo-structured carbon materials

 Learnt about the different forms of carbon: diamond, graphite and single and multi-wall carbon nanotubes and the current state of research in their growth, characterization and application. 

 

M E   540                            NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF HEAT TRANSFER

Learnt application of finite difference method for conduction and convection heat transfer and potential and viscous flows. Wrote FORTRAN codes for finite-difference modeling of heat and mass transfer..

 

E MCH 560                        FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS 

Learnt the general theory of FEM with application to statics and dynamics of solids, structures, fluids, and heat flow. Used ANSYS for FEM modeling.

 

CH E 546                            TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II 

Learnt about heat and mass transfer, steady and unsteady state, coupling, molecular diffusion, moving boundaries, transfer coefficients with focus on chemical engineering applications.

 

MATSE 548                        Dielectrics and Related Electroceramics

Learnt the fundamentals of electroceramic materials as used in passive, active, and sensor components, and systems.  The recent literature and industrial trends were critically discussed within the course to help identify key material science issues to be solved.

 

MATSE 514                        CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS

Was exposed to various techniques for the characterization of composition, structure, defects, and surfaces from material science perspective. 

 

MATSE 597C                     COMPUTATIONAL MATERIAL SCIENCE II:MESO-SCALE MODELING
Learnt about thermodynamic and phase-field modeling; heat transfer and fluid flow modeling for materials processing.

 

PHYS 527                            COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Was introduced to computer simulations and numerical methods for hydrodynamics, nonlinear phenomena, high energy physics and astrophysics. Wrote programs in JAVA a did a project to model grain growth in a polycrystalline material based on Monte-Carlo method.

 

MATH  567                         NUMBER THEORY I

Learnt about congruences, quadratic reciprocity, Gauss sums, finite fields, zeta function, algebraic numbers, quadratic and cyclotomic fields, Galois theory, etc.

 

M E 524                               TURBULENCE AND APPLICATIONS TO CFD: DNS AND LES 

Learnt about scalings, decompositions, turbulence equations, scale representations, Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation,  pseudo-spectral methods, Kolmogorov's 1941 theory.