ENGR 8420: Materials Fabrication and Characterization

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Interdisciplinary Engineering, PhD program
This course introduces the students to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. In this course, the fundamentals of materials synthesis, characterization, and applications of materials and devices with a size in the range of micrometer (μm) to nanometer (nm) scale are discussed. Topics such as fabrication methods that include “bottom-up” and “top-down” to achieve nanometer length scale, nanomaterials, characterization methods, applications, and ethical issues are covered. The underlying principles and applications of the emerging field of nanotechnology are also introduced.