Graduate Course

EMA 6518: Transmission Electron Microscopy

Semester: Fall
Credit: 3

This course presents an introduction to transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and its applications to materials research. This course covers the following contents: introduction of TEM instrumentation; operating principles of TEM; fundamentals of electron optics; theory of electron diffraction and image formation; practical analysis of TEM data; analytical TEM.

Undergraduate Course

EMA 3413: Electronic Properties of Materials

Semester: Spring
Credit: 3

This course introduces the electrical, optical, magnetic, and thermal properties of materials and their applications in technologically important devices. Students will be exposed to the following contents: atomic/electronic structure and bonding of materials; fundamentals of quantum mechanics; quantum-mechanical and classical descriptions of materials properties; electrical conduction in metals and semiconductors; dielectric, magnetic, and thermal properties of solids; design principles of device.