Graduate Course

EMA 6518: Transmission Electron Microscopy

Semester: Fall, 2019-2024
Credit: 3; Average Evaluation: 4.82 out of 5.0

This course presents an introduction to transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and its applications to materials research. This course covers the following content: 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.

EMA 6510: Survey of Materials Characterization Techniques

Semester: Fall, 2025
Credit: 3; Average Evaluation: N/A

To be updated in Fall 2025

Undergraduate Course

EMA 3413: Electronic Properties of Materials

Semester: Spring, 2021-present
Credit: 3; Average Evaluation: 4.25 out of 5.0

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