Ram Seshadri Group at UC Santa Barbara: 2015 100A

ram seshadri: 2015 100A

Text: W. D. Callister and D. G. Rethwisch, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 9th Edition, Wiley, 2014.

Link: Text on the web.

Link: Outline of the course and description.

Chapters

1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21.

Grading. Assignments: 15%; Midterm: 35%; Final: 50%

Place and time: Mondays & Wednesday 3:30 pm to 4:45 am Broida 1640

Office hours: After class on Wednesdays at MRL 3008.

TAs:

Joshua Bocarsly, Materials. email: jdbocarsly@mrl.ucsb.edu

Thomas Drtina, Materials. email: emilylevin@mrl.ucsb.edu

Kelsey Jorgensen, Materials. email: kelseyjorgensen@umail.ucsb.edu

Emily Levin, Materials. email: tdrtina@umail.ucsb.edu

Resources:

Link: Printable (PDF) periodic table from NIST with electronic configurations. You so need this !

Kelsey's guide to labeling points, directions, and planes in crystals.

Class schedule:

Date	Subject, files etc
M 9/28	Class 01 and Nakamura Nobel
W 9/30	Class 02: Chapter 2 on atomic structure and bonding. Assignment 1 Please note: Sign correction in Problem 9 +
M 10/5	Class 03: Completing Chapter 2. Starting Chapter 3 on the structure of crystalline solids.
W 10/7	Class 04: Chapter 3 on the structure of crystalline solids. Assignment 2 +
M 10/12	Class 05: Chapter 3 on the structure of crystalline solids.
W 10/14	Class 06: Finish Chapter 3, Start Chapter 4. Assignment 3 +
M 10/19	Class 07: Chapter 4, defects
M 10/19	YouTube of "Have You Ever Seen Atoms" + The article in Nature
W 10/21	Class 08: Chapter 12, more complex structures. Assignment 4 +
M 10/26	Class 09: Chapter 12
W 10/28	Class 10: Chapter 14: Polymers. Assignment 5 +
M 11/2	Class 11: Chapter 14: Polymers (contd.)
W 11/4	Class 12: Review for midterm + Chapter 18: Electrical Properties
M 11/9	In-class midterm + Assignment 6 + >
M 11/16	Class 13: Chapter 18: Electrical Properties
W 11/18	Class 14: Chapter 21: Optical Properties (taught by Dr. Vicky Doan-Nguyen) + Assignment 7 +
M 11/23	Class 15: Chapter 18: Electrical Properties (continued, and finished).
M 11/30	Class 19: Thermal properties + Self-Assignment 8 + >
Notes from the Review Session

For material from previous quarters, please look at: