Courses Taught

Surface Engineering Course

(B.S. in Material Engineering)

Surface Engineering is a discipline of materials science and materials engineering which deals with the surface of a solid and its modifications. The primary goal of Surface Engineering is to modify the properties of surface in order to reduce the material degradation over time or to develop material with a wide range of functional properties.

The course is designed for those with a material engineering or scientific background. Careers in surface engineering and coatings are available in a range of engineering industries; from automotive, aerospace and oil and gas, to marine and medical engineering.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN

Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of surface engineering
Demonstrate knowledge of basics of plasma, electron emission, ionization, and different types of discharges.
Demonstrate an understanding of different methods of coating deposition, such as arc evaporation, magnetron sputtering, thermal evaporation, ion sputtering, chemical vapor deposition and plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition, electro-spark alloying, cold spray, etc.
Demonstrate an understanding of different methods of surface modifications, such as ion implantation, ion etching, laser treatment, selective laser sintering
Demonstrate an understanding of different forms and mechanisms of surface degradation due to wear, oxidation, corrosion, tribocorrosion, fatigue and creep
Demonstrate an awareness of different types of surface protection against wear, oxidation, and corrosion
Demonstrate an understanding of some basic chemical, mechanical, tribological, and biological properties of coatings
Demonstrate a knowledge how to measure various surface and coating characteristics such as hardness, Young’s modulus, elastic recovery, stiffness, friction, wear, fracture toughness, thermal stability, oxidation resistance, corrosion resistance, impact resistance
Evaluate the microstructure characteristics used to describe materials
Demonstrate a knowledge and critical awareness of the techniques used to characterise the surface and the principals behind their operation.

Solid State Chemistry (Master Degree)

The course covers solid state chemistry in a broad manner with emphasis on fundamental concepts and inorganic materials. Subjects covered are: bounding and structure in solids, phase transitions, defects and nonstoichiometry, relationships between structure and electronic, magnetic and optical properties.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN

Give a qualitative description of bonding in solid materials, crystal classes and symmetries as a basis for space groups and the most important crystal structures for AB, AB2, AB3 and other more complex compounds.
Give a qualitative description of old and new concepts to describe the structure of inorganic solids.
Define solid-solid phase transition based on thermodynamic, kinetic and structural characteristics of a phase transition and knowledge of some of the most important phase transition in inorganic functional materials.
Give a qualitative and quantitative representation of 0, 1 and 2 dimensional defects in solids and knowledge of defects related to non-stoichiometry in some important classes of inorganic materials.
Give a qualitative representation of the relationship between structure/bonding and electronic, electrical, magnetic and optical properties of solids with emphasis on some of the most important classes of inorganic materials.

Nanostructures and Materials Synthesis (Part I) (Master Degree)

Nanostructures and materials synthesis is a broad and interdisciplinary area of research and development activity that has been growing explosively worldwide in the past few years. It has the potential to impact both the ways by which materials and products are created and the range and nature of end product functionalities. Nanomaterials have novel properties differing from both the isolated atoms and the bulk phase. The choice of method of synthesis of the nanomaterial is crucial for the prediction of their properties and their implementation in different industries.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN

Understanding of the concepts of physical and chemical methods for preparation
Demonstrate an understanding of classical solid state synthesis by thermal methods.
Demonstrate an understanding of control the particle size and morphology.
Demonstrate an understanding of non convectional and new preparation methods such as sonochemical reactions, microwave plasma, ball milling, etc.