MSE2001 Course Schedule/Syllabus Spring 2015

1. Instructor: Prof. Mo Li
Rm. 365 Love Building
404-385-2472 (office), (404-894-9140 (fax), Mo.Li@gatech.edu
2. Class time and location:
Tuesday and Thursday,
MSE2001 F1: 12:00 1:30, Love 185
MSE2001 H1: 1:30 3:00, IC 213
3. Textbook and references:
- Textbook: The Science and Design of Engineering Materials, by
Schaffer, Saxena, Antolovich, Sanders and Warner
- Reference: Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material
Selection in Product Design, by M. Ashby and K. Johnson
4. Office hours:
- Prof. Lis Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday (3-6pm, Rm. 365 Love)
- TAs office hours and location:
Section MSE2001 F:
Justin Brandt
Email: jbrandt3@gatech.edu
Email: jbrandt3@gatech.edu
Work phone: 404-259-5077
TA Hours: Wednesday 2-4 pm
Location: Love 262
Alex Bryant
Email: awbryant@gatech.edu
Work phone: (714) 822-9929
TA Hours: Thursdays from 4-6pm
Location: Love building, Rm 262
Timothy Huang
Email: thuang68@gatech.edu
Work phone: 313-355-0559
TA Hours: 11 am to 1 pm, Wednesdays
Location: Love building, Rm 252
Lisha Liu

Email: lliu305@gatech.edu
Work phone: 404-513-3152
TA hours: 2:00-4:00pm, Monday
Location: Room 338, Bunger-Henry Building (778 Atlantic Drive)
Section MSE2001 H:
Liang He
Email: lhe60@mail.gatech.edu
Work phone: 404-376-8876
TA hours: Wed, 2:00 pm- 5:30 pm
Location: MRDC 2340
Dong-Chan Lee
Email: dlee412@gatech.edu
Phone: 404-747-9872
TA hours: MSE2001-F
Location: Love Bldg Rm 366
Ting-Chia Huang
Email: thuang68@gatech.edu
Work phone: 678-308-4999
TA hour: Tue 1330pm-1530pm
Location: MaRC Room 340
Long Lin
Email: linlong06@gmail.com
Work phone: 404-502-0129
TA hour: 5 to 6 PM, Thursday
Location: 500 10th Street NW, Institute of Paper Science and Technology
(IPST)
5. Homework:
There is a weekly homework assignment, but no need to return. You are
asked to work on the home works and compare your solutions with the
standard solutions on
https://mse2.gatech.edu/private/MSE2001/
(Note: you have to be on Georgia Tech campus network in order to
access the site.)
or
http://www.mse.gatech.edu/Academics/Undergraduate/Courses_Sylla
bi/MSE2001Solutions/mse2001solutions.html

6. Grading:
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The is no formal final test, or a comprehensive test in this course.

In each test, the materials or problems will be on four aspects: (1) the
materials given in lecture, (2) the materials in your text book, (3) materials
related to your homework, (4) some creative synthesis of what you learned
from the course.

The final grades will be the combination of 3 (or 4 depends on the

progress of the course) separate tests taken during the semester. Each test
will cover the materials in a specific time period (see Syllabus below).
Each test will contribute an equal portion to the total final score, i.e. 1/3.

So you know what to expect and how to prepare to each test.

To earn a solid A, you must demonstrate that you have mastered all above
4 areas; A is above 75%, B is 75%, C is 50% and D 25%.
7. Tentatively scheduled test dates*:
- The first test will be tentatively scheduled around Feb. 26, 2015
- The second test will be tentatively scheduled around March 26, 2015
- The third test will be tentatively scheduled around April 24, 2015
*Note that the actual dates will subject to change according to the progress of
the lectures and materials that have been covered.

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Lecture 1 (Week 0.5) : Introduction to materials science and engineering
(Chapter 1)
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Materials science and engineering is about synthesis,

properties, and structure relations.
The structure can be divided into: electronic structure, atomic
structure, and microstructures
The properties can be divided into mechanical, thermal,
electrical, magnetic, optical properties.
Synthesis can be divided into (depending on the final state
of materials) liquid-to-solid, vapor-to-solid, solid-to-solid
processing.

This course will expand around the above three areas.

Lecture 2 (Week 1 and 2): Introduction to electronic configurations of
elements (Chapter 2)
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Schrodinger equation for electrons

Electron wave functions (s, p, d, electrons)
Energy levels or eigen energy
Electronic configurations in terms of the energy levels
Valence and core electrons
Understanding the periodic table

Lecture 3 (Week 2&3): Atomic bonding (Chapter 2)

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Why do atoms bond?

How do electrons bond?
Overlapping of electron wave functions
The concept of electronegativity and lowering of the free
energy
Four types of atomic bonding: hydrogen, ionic, covalent, and
metallic bonding.
Origin of the repulsive potentials.
Some physical properties interpreted by the bonding
characteristics

Lecture 4 (Week 4&5): Crystal structures or atomic structures (Chapter 3)

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Concept of translational symmetry

Bravais Lattice and unit cell

2D and 3D Bravais lattices

Atomic packing density
Some typical crystal structures: fcc, bcc, hcp
Miller index (points, lines, planes)
Bragg diffractions

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Test 1: Will examine materials taught in the past 3 or 4 weeks or

Lectures 1 to 3.
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Lecture 5 (Week 6&7): Point defects in crystalline materials, diffusion and

kinetic process in materials (Chapter 4)
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Types of point defects

Thermodynamics of point defect formation
Introduction of diffusion (Ficks 1s and 2nd laws)
Relation between point defects and diffusion

Lecture 6 (Week 8&9): Line and volume defects (Chapter 5)

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Introduction of the theoretical strength of materials

Stress, strain, and maximum resolved stresses
Introduction to dislocations
Bergers vectors, edge and screw dislocations
Dislocation motions and relation to the strength
Two-dimensional defects: surfaces, grain boundaries, interfaces
Volume defects voids, holes, inclusions, etc.

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Test 2: Will examine materials taught in the past 5-8 weeks or Lectures
4 to 6.
Lecture 7 (Week 9 &10): Mechanical properties of materials (Chapter 9)
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Introduction to the concepts of strain and stress

Introduction to elasticity, Hooks law, elastic constants.
Time dependent deformation: anelasticity, relaxation,
viscoelasticity.
Plastic deformation: yielding, fracture, hardening.
Fracture mechanics: Griffith model, fracture toughness

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Test 3: Will examine materials taught in the past 9-12 weeks or

Lectures 7 to 8.

Lecture 8 (Week 11&12): Microstructure development and kinetics of phase

transitions (Chapter 7 & 8)
- Review of thermodynamics and phase transitions
- State variables, thermodynamic potentials, Maxwell relations
- What is a phase transition? How to describe it?
- Gibbs phase rule
- Solidification and melting
- Introduction to phase diagrams
- Single component system and binary systems
- Classical nucleation theory: Homoegeneous and heterogeneous
nucleation
- TTT diagram and kinetics of phase transition and growth
- Zone melting, crystal gwoth
Lecture 9 (Week 13&14): Electrical properties of materials (Chapter 10)
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Druid model of electrical conductivity

Hall effect and electronic band structure
Energy band
Semiconductors

Lecture 10 (Week 15&16): Magnetic properties of materials (Chapter 12)

Lecture 11 (Week 16&17): Optical properties of materials (Chapter 11)
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Test 4: Will examine materials taught in the past 13-17 weeks or

Lectures 9 to 11.