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Materials such as metals
and alloys, electronic materials, ceramics, composites and polymers
provide the backbone to all innovations in many branches of science and
technology.
The objective of our
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Programme is to train students
to design and fabricate materials with a clear understanding of the
implications of these materials in industry and environment.
The MSE programme
integrates Science, Engineering and Management. It emphasizes both the
fundamental and practical aspects of materials. Accordingly, students in
the programme will learn basic properties of different types of
materials so that they will be well equipped with the necessary
background to design materials for various purposes.
Their knowledge about
materials will not be just drawn from conventional classroom teaching,
but from hands-on measurements and characterization with modern
analytical tools such as transmission electron microscopy, scanning
electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, x-ray emission spectroscopy,
electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis, and mechanical testing.
Furthermore, some laboratory courses, like ceramics and microstructural
analysis, are so designed that students will actually synthesize and
process materials into practical products.
MSE offers basic courses
on thermodynamics of solids, kinetics of materials processes,
metallograpgy and mechanical properties of solids. It also offers
applies courses such as ceramics and their industrial applications,
polymers and their applications, microstructural analysis,
electroplating and electronic packaging. In addition, the programme
having an arrangement with the Faculty of Engineering facilities
students to take engineering practice, microelectronic devices, solid
state electronics and others, even to minor in Electronic Engineering.
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