EG 431

Advanced Materials

This survey course will introduce students to technological advancements and innovations in materials engineering as well as to current trends in materials development. Structure, properties, processing, performance, and applications of electronic materials, biomaterials, nanomaterials, smart materials, and metamaterials will be introduced. Materials still in research and development such as smart materials, moving materials, cloaking materials, energy-storage materials, nature-inspired materials, auxetic and tensegrity structures will be discussed.

Units: 3.0