Courses
EMA 4121: Nonferrous Metals
Credits: 3; Prereq: EMA-3010, EMA-3123 or permission of instructor.
Physical metallurgy of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and their alloys. A correlation of properties, structural and mechanical history, thermal history, and service behavior of the various metals and their alloys.
Text: Heat Treatment, Structure and Properties of Nonferrous Alloys, Charlie R. Brooks (American Society for Metals, Metals Park, Ohio 44073, 1982).
Supplemental Source Books:
(All on reserve shelf at Marston Science Library).
1. Materials Science and
Engineering: An Introduction, W.D. Callister, Jr., (Wiley & Sons, NY, 4th
Ed., 1996).
2. Metals Handbook (10th
Edition), Vol. 2--Properties and Selection: Non-Ferrous Alloys and Pure Elements
(American Society for Metals, Metals Park, OH, 1979).
Homework: Non-regular; each question worth 10 points.
Tests: Two tests plus a final.
Project: A project will be assigned which will require selecting a variety of alloys with specified microstructures to use in an engineered structure.
Grade:
Homework = 10%
Each of 2 tests = 20%
Project = 20%
Final = 30%
EMA 5108:Vacuum Science and Technology
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHM-2045, PHY-3101, MAP-2302 or equivalents, or consent of instructor.
Introduction to the generation and use of vacuum for scientific research and industrial production. Kinetic theory of gases discussed as necessary to understand vacuum phenomena. Description of components and materials, vacuum systems design and uses in metallurgy, electronics, physics, and chemistry.
Text: Marsbed Hablanian, High Vacuum Technology: A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition, - Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, 1997.
References:
- A User's Guide to Vacuum Technology, Second Edition, J.F. O'Hanlon (Wiley-Interscience, NY, 1989).
- Vacuum Technology, A. Roth (North-Holland, NY, 1976).
- Foundations of Vacuum Science and Technology, J.M. Lafferty, Editor, (John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1998).
- Handbook of Vacuum Science and Technology, D.M. Hoffman, B. Singh and J.H. Thomas, III, (Academic Press, NY, 1998).
- Vacuum Technology - Its Foundations, Formulae, and Tables, Leybold - Hereaus (see instructor for request Info.).
- Basic Vacuum Technology, A Chambers, R.K. Fitch and B.S. Halliday (Adam Hilger, NY, 1989).
- Ultrahigh Vacuum Practice, G.F. Weston (Butterworths, NY, 1985).
- Process Vacuum System Design and Operation, J.L. Ryans and Daniel L. Roper (McGraw-Hill, Inc., NY, 1986).
Grade:
2 exams - 22% each
Final - 30%
Design Problems - 20%
Homework - 6%
EMA-6105: Fundamentals and Applications of Surface Science
Credits 3; Prereq: CHM-2045, PHY 3101, MAP-2302, or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Fundamental and experimental description of phenomena occurring at the surface of solids, including structure, composition, atomic and molecular processes, and electronic properties. Experimental approaches and data used to support theoretical models.
Topics: Structure of Surfaces, Electronic Structure, Electron-Surface Interactions, Ion-Surface Interactions, Thermodynamics of Surfaces, Surface Mobility, Adsorption - The Kinetic View, Surface Chemical Reactions
Text: "Surface Science: An Introduction," John B. Hudson, Butterworth-Heinemann, NY, 1992.
Grade:
Two one hour exams - 20% each
Term paper plus class presentation - 20%
Homework - 10%
Comprehensive final exam - 30%.
Short Course at AVS
Operation and Maintenance of Vacuum Pumping Systems
This course is designed for those who want to learn how to properly operate vacuum systems themselves or are responsible for people who operate them. Knowledge of operating limits and general characteristics of pumps, gauges, and other auxiliary equipment used in vacuum systems is needed.
Goals:
- Learn to operate vacuum pumping systems efficiently with minimum downtime.
- Learn about preventive maintenance on pumps and pumping systems.
- Understand leak detection in operating vacuum systems.
- Learn to troubleshoot and test the performance of vacuum pumping systems.
Course Description:The idea behind this course is to show how vacuum pumping systems can be operated most effectively, to achieve maximum performance while holding downtime for maintenance to a minimum. Typical procedures used for systems that employ oil-sealed rotary or dry mechanical diffusion, turbomolecular, sputter-ion, and cryogenic pumps are described. There are also discussions of possible variations in typical procedures that may be used in special cases. Troubleshooting and performance-testing techniques are presented as well as methods of leak detection that are most effective for operating vacuum systems.
