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GE- ACE SITE VISIT. Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program February 1, 2012 Graduate Program Director Prof. R. C. Buchanan. Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program. Outline Faculty Graduate Program and Regulations Courses / Degree requirements Research Facilities

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  1. GE- ACE SITE VISIT Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program February 1, 2012 Graduate Program Director Prof. R. C. Buchanan

  2. Materials Science and EngineeringGraduate Program Outline Faculty Graduate Program and Regulations Courses / Degree requirements Research Facilities Faculty Research Activities College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati 501F Engineering Research Center February 1, 2012 Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  3. Faculty NAME OFFICE E-MAIL PHONE AREA Beaucage, Gregory 540 ERC Gregory.Beaucage@UC.Edu 63063 Polymers/Nano Boerio, James 601B ERC F.James.Boerio@UC.Edu 63111 Polymers/Nano Buchanan, Relva 504C RHODES Relva.Buchanan@UC.Edu 63190 Ceramics (Grad Program Director) Clarson, Stephen 492 RHODES Stephen.Clarson@UC.Edu 65430 Polymers Iroh, Jude 489 RHODES Jude.Iroh@UC.Edu 63115 Polymers Kuppa, Vikram RHODES Vikram.Kuppa@UC.Edu 62059 Polymers/Nano Roseman, Rod 490 RHODES Rodney.Roseman@UC.Edu 63187 Ceramics Schaefer, Dale 501L ERC Dale.Schaefer@UC.Edu 65431 Polymers/Nano Sekhar, Jai 412B RHODES Jainagesh.Sekhar@UC.Edu 63105 Metals Shanov, Vesselin 578 ERC Vesselin.Shanov@uc.edu 62461 Ceramics/Nano Shi, Donglu 493 RHODES Donglu.Shi@UC.Edu 63100 Ceramics/Nano Singh, Raj 501B ERC Raj.Singh@UC.Edu 65172 Ceramics/Nano Vasudevan, Vijay 501D ERC Vijay.Vasudevan@UC.Edu 63103 Metals Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  4. Graduate Program • Around 80graduate students including all full time and part time students • 70% International, 30% domestic • 35% female, 65% male • 55% Ph.D. , 35% M.S. , 10% Non-thesis M.S. • Most full time students receive UGS Tuition Funding • Around 15-20 new students are admitted each year • Programs for graduate study in the MSE program are presented in the Graduate Student Handbook • The Graduate Program Director and Graduate Studies Committee oversee program requirements Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  5. Credit Hours – MS Thesis • Total of at least 30 semester credit hours • Minimum of 20 credit hours in courses offered or approved by the MSE Program, with 9 of these in the core courses • Minimum of 10 credit hours in research • All courses must be approved in writing by advisor to Graduate Program Director Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  6. Core Courses – MS Metals/Ceramics Option • Advanced Thermodynamics (20-MTEN-735) • Mechanical Behavior of Materials II (20-MTEN-697) • Kinetics of Materials Processing (20-MTEN-640) • Phase Transformations in Solids (20-MTEN-671) Polymers Option • Advanced Thermodynamics (20-MTEN-735) • Introduction to Polymer Science (20-MTSC-794) • Properties of Polymers (20-MTSC-634) • Polymer Characterization (20-MTSC-636) Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  7. Core Courses – PhD Metals/Ceramics Option • Advanced Thermodynamics (20-MTEN-735) • Mechanical Behavior of Materials II (20-MTEN-697) • Kinetics of Materials Processing (20-MTEN-640) • Phase Transformations in Solids (20-MTEN-671) • Diffraction Theory (20-MTSC-748) • Advanced Materials Techniques (20-MTEN-711) Polymers Option • Advanced Thermodynamics (20-MTEN-735) • Introduction to Polymer Science (20-MTSC-794) • Properties of Polymers (20-MTSC-634) • Polymer Characterization (20-MTSC-636) • Diffraction Theory (20-MTSC-748) • Advanced Materials Techniques (20-MTEN-711) Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  8. PhD Qualifying Exam • Required: Offered in 7-8 week of Fall and Spring semesters • Time Limit • Students with BS – within 6 semesters after enrolment • Students with MS – within 4 semesters after enrolment • Two-part format: • Written review in general area of PhD research • Oral exam: 1) presentation or review, 2) questions on the review, and 3) questions on general topics chosen by the student • A committee of representative faculty and Quals Chair will conduct the exam, rate the performance and determine pass/fail or remedial status. Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  9. Doctoral Candidacy • Completion of all course requirements • Passing the qualifying exam • Passing the Oral English Proficiency test • Approval of dissertation advisory committee • Student applies to Graduate College for admission to candidacy, which must be granted at least 6 months prior to final dissertation defense • An oral progress report and review must also be conducted at least 6 months prior to final dissertation defense Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  10. Technical Societies for Students • Society for Plastic Engineers (SPE) • American Society for Materials International (ASMI) • The Materials, Minerals and Metals Society (TMS) • American Chemical Society (ACS) • Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE) • Adhesion Society • American Ceramics Society (Am Ceram) • Materials Research Society (MRS) • Electrochemical Society (ECS) Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  11. Research Facilities and Equipment • Prof. VesselinShanov(578 ERC) Oversees common LABS • Ken Thompson and Mike Sanderson are the IT specialists • Advanced Materials Characterization Center(AMCC) in 308 ERC; Dr. Pablo Rosale(316 ERC) oversees the operations, training and scheduling; 556-3246; amcc@uc.edu orpablo.rosale@uc.edu • Centers: Polymer Research, NanoWorld and Laser Shock Processing for Advanced Materials and Devices Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  12. Some Equipment in the AMCC • Transmission Electron Microscope • Philips CM20, 200 kV with EDAX GENESIS XMS 2000 UTW EDS system, Gatan high resolution digital imaging system • Scanning Electron Microscopes [ESEM] • FEI XL-30 FEG ESEM with Integrated PEGASUS 4040 XMS 4000 EDS/TSL OIM (EBSD) System from EDAX • Hitachi S-4000 Field Emission Gun with LINK ISIS UTW EDS system and OPAL EBSD system • Cambridge Model 90-B with PGT EDS system • Automated ARL EPMA system with WDS, EDS • Mechanical Testing • MTS 810 test frames for testing to 2300°C; Instron systems; HystironNanoindentor • X-Ray Diffraction • Automated Philips X’Pert PRO MRD and MPD - powder diffractometer • Philips 1729 -2 powder diffractometer • Sample Preparation • Precision cut-off; ion-mill; dimpler; electropolisher; grinding and polishing; evaporators • Other Equipment • XPS, Raman, FTIR, AFM Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

  13. Research Concentrations in MSE Adhesion, Thin Films & Coatings Polymer Physics, Synthesis, Structure, Properties, Characterization, Modeling Jim Boerio Jude Iroh Raj Singh Relva Buchanan Jim Boerio Greg Beaucage Steve Clarson Dale Schaefer Jude Iroh Vikram Kuppa High Temperature Structural Alloys & Ceramics Functional Ceramics Vijay Vasudevan Jai Sekhar Raj Singh Relva Buchanan Rod Roseman Raj Singh Donglu Shi Composite Materials Biomedical Materials Rod Roseman Dale Schaefer Vesco Shanov Steve Clarson Donglu Shi Vijay Vasudevan Relva Buchanan Jude Iroh Greg Beaucage Raj Singh Dale Schaefer VikramKuppa Energy Materials & Systems Nanoscale Materials & Nanotechnology Vesco Shanov Raj Singh Donglu Shi Jim Boerio Dale Schaefer Greg Beaucage Vikram Kuppa Vijay Vasudevan Jude Iroh Jai Sekhar Relva Buchanan Raj Singh Vesco Shanov Jai Sekhar Vijay Vasudevan Relva Buchanan Jude Iroh Vikram Kuppa

  14. Research Concentration • Adhesion, Thin Films and Coatings • Boerio Singh • Buchanan Iroh X-ray photoelectron spectrometer with integrated plasma reactor Microcrystalline Nanocrystalline SEM micrographs of diamond film deposited in ECR-MPECVD reactor SEM micrograph of conducting polymer coating on stainless steel

  15. Clay tactoids Polymer lamellar Research Concentration • Polymer physics, synthesis, processing, characterization, structure, properties, molecular modeling and simulation • BeaucageClarsonKuppa • Iroh Schaefer Boerio Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites WAXS 2D patterns SAXS 2D patterns Clay tactoids ~ 120nm Polymer lamellar (001) plane ~ 25nm Polymer unit cell (110) plane ~ 0.5nm HD603

  16. Research Concentration Laser Shock Peening OIM/EBSD used for near-surface microstructure, texture and strains HRTEM –2-MInterphase Boundary Structure ing-Titanium Aluminides • High-temperature alloys and ceramics — Vasudevan, Singh, Sekhar High Energy Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction FIB + TEM used for fine details of near-surface microstructure WBDF g = 11-1 ’ Precipitates in IN740 Residual Stress Vs Depth NanoindentationHardness FEM for Residual Stress Prediction

  17. Research Concentrations • Biomedical materials • Roseman Schaefer Shi Clarson Vasudevan Grafted Polymer Substrate High temperature Low Temperature SEM of HA Coated Porous Alumina Cells in a tissue culture dish Reduce Temperature Cell sheet Drug Delivery Research Spinal Implant Ti Alloys

  18. X-ray, l 2q Nanotube Tower 4 mm Research Concentrations Bulk CNT array grown at UC in 10 hours MWCNT towers • Nanoscale materials • Singh Boerio • Shi Shanov • BeaucageIroh • Schaefer Clarson • Vasudevan Kuppa • Buchanan Sekhar Nanoparticle Flame Synthesis Tower cast in epoxy with wire to form an electrode Luminescent carbon nanotubes by surface functionalization

  19. Research Concentration • Emerging energy materials and systems • Singh Shanov • Sekhar Buchanan • ClarsonIroh • Kuppa Vasudevan Fuel Cell Stack System Nuclear Materials Enhanced emissivity can significantly improve energy conversion Improve emissivity and high temperature oxidation simultaneously by surface cooling e=0.1 e=0.3

  20. Careers In Materials Engineering • Program offers specialized training in materials chemistry, materials synthesis, materials processing, materials structure, phase analysis, materials characterization, and thin film synthesis • After graduation Materials Graduates typically find rewarding jobs in major manufacturing, R&D, as well as federal government and national laboratories, academia and research institutes. Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Program Review

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