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Materials Characterization Lab

MSE 280 Intro to Materials Characterization Lab

Introduction to laboratory practices including safety, record keeping, error calculation, and ethical practice. Techniques and tools used in materials science practice with emphasis on processing techniques.

three individuals wearing safety equipment look over a vacuum chamber

MSE 380 Material Properties Laboratory

Use of characterization techniques for determining the properties of materials, including microstructural, physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, electrical, optical, magnetic, and thermal properties. Emphasis on understanding the significance of, and being able to present, these measurements.

MSE 480/482 Senior Capstone

Culminating major design experience that incorporates materials selection, engineering standards and realistic constraints that include most of the following: economic, environmental, manufacturability, ethical, health and safety, social and political.