Tentative Technical Electives until Spring 2027

Tentative Technical lectives until Spring 2027 

Highlighted course numbers are likely to be given a permanent (non 597) number in the near future. 

Fall 25   Fall 26  
508 Phase Transformations  508 Phase Transformations 
518 Failure analysis  518 Failure analysis 
524 Mechanical response of polymers  524 Mechanical response of polymers 
 531 Quantitative Analysis of Microstructure   531  Quantitative Analysis of Microstructure 
548 Deposition processing  548   Deposition Processing 
559 Phase Equilibria  559 Phase Equilibria 
 586 Experimental characterization of advanced composites  586 Experimental characterization of advanced composites 
 520 Steels/Commercial Metallurgical processing  556 Fracture of solids 
512 Powder processing    
   585 Magnetic materials  
547 Intro to Surface Science  520 Steels/Commercial Metallurgical processing 
550 Physical properties of crystals  597PC Polymer and Composites processing 
589 Archeology of materials TBD  597S Solid State Materials 
     
   577 Rechargeable Batteries 
        ME597E Energetic materials TBD 
     
Spring 26   Spring 27  
502 Defects in solids    
 510 Microstructural characterization techniques  502 Defects in solids 
 525 Structure and physical properties of polymers  510 Microstructural characterization techniques 
 527  Biomaterials  517 Hypersonic materials (asynchronous) 
555 Deformation mechanisms  525 Structure and Physical Properties of Polymers 
567 Polymer synthesis  527 Biomaterials 
576 Corrosion  535 Lean Manufacturing 
 568 Additive manufacturing of materials  555 Deformation Mechanisms 
  517 Hypersonic materials    562    Soft materials 
535 Lean Manufacturing  568 Additive Manufacturing of Materials 
570 Computational Modeling of materials    570   Computational Modeling of materials 
   597DP Deformation processing 
597DD Dislocation dynamics  597 SA Superalloys 
   597HT High Temperature Oxidation 
     597D Deformation Processing