Teaching

EMA 6516 X-ray Diffraction and Crystallography (Spring semester of 2023)
Theory and experimental techniques of X-ray diffraction of materials. Topics include the structure of crystalline solids, including lattices, point group and space group theory.

EMA 6626 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Spring semester of 2017)
Fundamentals of the mechanical behavior of materials; advanced treatment of elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity, creep, fracture and fatigue in a variety of material classes.

EMA 6126  Physical Metallurgy (Spring semester of 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Analytical methods in crystallography, dislocation theory, annealing, solid solutions, phases and phase diagrams, ferrous and non- ferrous alloy systems.

EMA 5104 Intermediate Structure and Properties of Materials (Fall semester of 2019 and 2020)
Fundamentals of dislocation theory, metallurgical thermodynamics and diffusion. Phase transformations, strengthening mechanisms and fracture. Introduction to engineering polymers, ceramics, and composites.

EMA EMA4916  Materials Senior Design II (Spring semester of 2022)
Capstone engineering design course. Students work in teams on projects evaluating a society or industry-based materials problem and then implement and evaluate a design aimed at addressing this problem.

EMA 4915 Materials Senior Design I (Fall semester of 2021)
Foundation of capstone engineering design course covering product or process design and development.

EMA 3124  Design and Selection of Materials (Fall semester of 2016 and 2017)
EMA 3124  Design and Selection of Materials
Relationship between processing, structure and properties of various engineering materials and their selection in engineering design.