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3.50 Sustainable Chemical Metallurgy
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(Subject meets with 3.19) Prereq: 3.030 or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Covers principles of metal extraction processes. Provides a direct application of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics to the industrial production of metals from their ores, e.g. iron, aluminum, or reactive metals and silicon. Discusses the corresponding economics and global challenges. Addresses advanced techniques for sustainable metal extraction, particularly with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. A. Allanore 3.53 Electrochemical Processing of Materials
()Not offered regularly; consult department Prereq: 3.044 Units: 3-0-6 Thermodynamic and transport properties of aqueous and nonaqueous electrolytes. The electrode/electrolyte interface. Kinetics of electrode processes. Electrochemical characterization: d.c. techniques (controlled potential, controlled current), a.c. techniques (voltametry and impedance spectroscopy). Applications: electrowinning, electrorefining, electroplating, and electrosynthesis, as well as electrochemical power sources (batteries and fuel cells). D. R. Sadoway 3.55J Ionics and Its Applications
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(Same subject as 22.76[J]) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Discusses valence states of ions and how ions and charge move in liquid and solid states. Introduces molten salt systems and how they are used in nuclear energy and processing. Addresses corrosion and the environmental degradation of structural materials. Examines the applications of ionics and electrochemistry in industrial processing, computing, new energy technologies, and recycling and waste treatment. Staff 3.560 Industrial Ecology of Materials
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(Subject meets with 3.081) Prereq: 3.20 or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Covers quantitative techniques to address principles of substitution, dematerialization, and waste mining implementation in materials systems. Includes life-cycle and materials flow analysis of the impacts of materials extraction; processing; use; and recycling for materials, products, and services. Student teams undertake a case study regarding materials and technology selection using the latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials process. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. J. Gregory, K. Daehn, A. Arowosola 3.57 Materials Selection, Design, and Economics
()Not offered regularly; consult department Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 A survey of techniques for analyzing how the choice of materials, processes, and design determine properties, performance, and cost. Topics include production and cost functions, mathematical optimization, evaluation of single and multi-attribute utility, decision analysis, materials property charts, and performance indices. Students use analytical techniques to develop a plan for starting a new materials-related business. Staff 3.64J Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces
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(Same subject as 9.670[J]) (Subject meets with 3.056[J], 9.67[J]) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Builds a foundation of physical principles underlying electrical, optical, and magnetic approaches to neural recording and stimulation. Discusses neural recording probes and materials considerations that influence the quality of the signals and longevity of the probes in the brain. Students then consider physical foundations for optical recording and modulation. Introduces magnetism in the context of biological systems. Focuses on magnetic neuromodulation methods and touches upon magnetoreception in nature and its physical limits. Includes team projects that focus on designing electrical, optical, or magnetic neural interface platforms for neuroscience. Concludes with an oral final exam consisting of a design component and a conversation with the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Staff 3.65 Soft Matter Characterization
()Not offered regularly; consult department Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Focuses on the design and execution of advanced experiments to characterize soft materials, such as synthetic and natural polymers, biological composites, and supramolecular nanomaterials. Each week focuses on a new characterization technique explored through interactive lectures, demonstrations, and practicum sessions in which students gain experience in key experimental aspects of soft matter sample preparation and characterization. Among others, topics include chemical characterization, rheology and viscometry, microscopy, and spectroscopic analyses. Limited to 15. Staff 3.69 Teaching Fellows Seminar
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Prereq: None Units: 2-0-1 Provides instruction to help prepare students for teaching at an advanced level and for industry or academic career paths. Topics include preparing a syllabus, selecting a textbook, scheduling assignments and examinations, lecture preparation, "chalk and talk" vs. electronic presentations, academic honesty and discipline, preparation of examinations, grading practices, working with teaching assistants, working with colleagues, mentoring outside the classroom, pursuing academic positions, teaching through technical talks, and successful grant writing strategies. R. Macfarlane 3.691 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering
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Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 0-1-0 [P/D/F] TBA. Provides classroom or laboratory teaching experience under the supervision of faculty member(s). Students assist faculty by preparing instructional materials, leading discussion groups, and monitoring students' progress. Limited to Course 3 undergraduates selected by Teaching Assignments Committee. Fall: J. Hu Spring: J. Hu No textbook information available 3.692 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering
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Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged TBA. Provides classroom or laboratory teaching experience under the supervision of faculty member(s). Students assist faculty by preparing instructional materials, leading discussion groups, and monitoring students' progress. Credit arranged on a case-by-case basis and reviewed by the department. Limited to Course 3 undergraduates selected by Teaching Assignments Committee. Fall: J. Hu Spring: J. Hu No textbook information available 3.694 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering
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Prereq: None Units arranged 3.694: TBA. Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under the supervision of a faculty member. Students selected by interview. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments. R. Macfarlane 3.694: No textbook information available 3.699: No textbook information available 3.693-3.699 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering
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Prereq: None Units arranged 3.694: TBA. Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under the supervision of a faculty member. Students selected by interview. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments. R. Macfarlane 3.694: No textbook information available 3.699: No textbook information available 3.70 Materials Science and Engineering of Clean Energy
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(Subject meets with 3.18) Prereq: 3.20, 3.23, or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: TR1.30-3 (4-261) Develops the materials principles, limitations and challenges in clean energy technologies, including solar, energy storage, thermoelectrics, fuel cells, and novel fuels. Draws correlations between the limitations and challenges related to key figures of merit and the basic underlying thermodynamic, structural, transport, and physical principles, as well as to the means for fabricating devices exhibiting optimum operating efficiencies and extended life at reasonable cost. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. H. Tuller, I. Abate, Y. Chiang No textbook information available 3.903J Seminar in Polymers and Soft Matter
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(Same subject as 10.960[J]) Prereq: None Units: 2-0-0 [P/D/F] Lecture: W3-5 (56-114) A series of seminars covering a broad spectrum of topics in polymer science and engineering, featuring both on- and off-campus speakers. Fall: A. Alexander-Katz Spring: A. Alexander-Katz No textbook information available 3.930 Internship Program
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Prereq: None Units: 0-6-0 [P/D/F] TBA. Provides academic credit for first approved materials science and engineering internship. For reporting requirements, consult the faculty internship program coordinator. Limited to Course 3 internship track majors. Fall: A. Allanore Spring: A. Allanore Summer: A. Allanore No textbook information available 3.931 Internship Program
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Prereq: 3.930 Units: 0-6-0 TBA. Provides academic credit for second approved materials science and engineering internship in the year following completion of 3.930. For reporting requirements consult the faculty internship program coordinator. Limited to Course 3 internship track majors. Fall: A. Allanore Spring: A. Allanore Summer: A. Allanore No textbook information available 3.932 Industrial Practice
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Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged Provides academic credit to graduate students for approved internship assignments at companies/national laboratories. Restricted to DMSE SM or PhD/ScD students. R. Macfarlane 3.941J Statistical Mechanics of Polymers
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(Same subject as 10.668[J]) Prereq: 10.568 or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Concepts of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics applied to macromolecules: polymer conformations in melts, solutions, and gels; Rotational Isomeric State theory, Markov processes and molecular simulation methods applied to polymers; incompatibility and segregation in incompressible and compressible systems; molecular theory of viscoelasticity; relation to scattering and experimental measurements. G. C. Rutledge, A. Alexander-Katz 3.942 Polymer Physics
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(Subject meets with 3.063, 10.568) Prereq: 3.013 or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: TR11-12.30 (24-115) The mechanical, optical, electrical, and transport properties of polymers and other types of "soft matter" are presented with respect to the underlying physics and physical chemistry of polymers and colloids in solution, and solid states. Topics include how enthalpy and entropy determine conformation, molecular dimensions and packing of polymer chains and colloids and supramolecular materials. Examination of the structure of glassy, crystalline, and rubbery elastic states of polymers; thermodynamics of solutions, blends, crystallization; liquid crystallinity, microphase separation, and self-assembled organic-inorganic nanocomposites. Case studies of relationships between structure and function in technologically important polymeric systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. A. Alexander-Katz, G. Rutledge No textbook information available 3.963J Biomaterials Science and Engineering
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(Same subject as 20.463[J]) (Subject meets with 3.055[J], 20.363[J]) Prereq: 20.110 or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Covers, at a molecular scale, the analysis and design of materials used in contact with biological systems, and biomimetic strategies aimed at creating new materials based on principles found in biology. Topics include molecular interaction between bio- and synthetic molecules and surfaces; design, synthesis, and processing approaches for materials that control cell functions; and application of materials science to problems in tissue engineering, drug delivery, vaccines, and cell-guiding surfaces. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. D. Irvine, K. Ribbeck 3.971J Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics
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(Same subject as 2.798[J], 6.4842[J], 10.537[J], 20.410[J]) (Subject meets with 2.797[J], 3.053[J], 6.4840[J], 20.310[J]) Prereq: Biology (GIR) and 18.03 Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: TR1-2.30 (4-237) Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. P. So, R. Raman No textbook information available Archaeology and Archaeological Science3.981 Communities of the Living and the Dead: the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
() Not offered regularly; consult department Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Examines the development of complex societies in Egypt over a 3000-year period. Uses archaeological and historical sources to determine how and why prehistoric communities coalesced into a long-lived and powerful state. Studies the remains of ancient settlements, tombs, and temples, exploring their relationships to one another and to the geopolitical landscape of Egypt and the Mediterranean world. Considers the development of advanced technologies, rise of social hierarchy, expansion of empire, role of writing, and growth of a complex economy. Staff 3.982 The Ancient Andean World
() Not offered regularly; consult department Prereq: None Units: 3-0-6 Examines development of Andean civilization which culminated in the extraordinary empire established by the Inka. Archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistorical approaches. Particular attention to the unusual topography of the Andean area, its influence upon local ecology, and the characteristic social, political, and technological responses of Andean people to life in a topographically "vertical" world. Characteristic cultural styles of prehistoric Andean life. staff 3.983 Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization
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Prereq: None Units: 3-0-6 Examines origins, florescence and collapse of selected civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica using archaeological and ethnohistoric evidence. Focuses on the Maya, including their hieroglyphic writing. Themes include development of art and architecture, urbanism, religious and political institutions, human-environment interactions, and socio-political collapse. Representations of Maya society in contemporary film and media. Limited to 10. F. Rossi 3.984 Materials in Ancient Societies: Ceramics
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Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-6-3 Seminars and labs provide in-depth study of the technologies ancient societies used to produce objects from ceramic materials, including clays and mortars. Seminars cover basic ceramic materials science and engineering and relate materials selection and processing to environment, exchange, political power, and cultural values. A. Allanore, J. Meanwell, W. Gilstrap 3.985J Archaeological Science
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(Same subject as 5.24[J], 12.011[J]) Prereq: Chemistry (GIR) or Physics I (GIR) Units: 3-1-5 Lecture: M EVE (7-10 PM) (6-120) Pressing issues in archaeology as an anthropological science. Stresses the natural science and engineering methods archaeologists use to address these issues. Reconstructing time, space, and human ecologies provides one focus; materials technologies that transform natural materials to material culture provide another. Topics include 14C dating, ice core and palynological analysis, GIS and other remote sensing techniques for site location, organic residue analysis, comparisons between Old World and New World bronze production, invention of rubber by Mesoamerican societies, analysis and conservation of Dead Sea Scrolls. J. Meanwell, M. Tarkanian No required or recommended textbooks 3.986 The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology
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Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 From an archaeological perspective, examines ancient human activities and the forces that shaped them. Draws on case studies from the Old and/or New World. Exposes students to various classes of archaeological data, such as stone, bone, and ceramics, that help reconstruct the past. F. Rossi 3.987 Human Evolution: Data from Palaeontology, Archaeology, and Materials Science
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Prereq: None Units: 3-2-7 Lecture: MW1-2.30 (56-154) Lab: F1-2.30 (8-119) Examines human physical and cultural evolution over the past five million years via lectures and labs that incorporate data from human palaeontology, archaeology, and materials science. Topics include the evolution of hominin morphology and adaptations; the nature and structure of bone and its importance in human evolution; and the fossil and archaeological evidence for human behavioral and cultural evolution, from earliest times through the Pleistocene. Laboratory sessions include study of stone technology, artifacts, and fossil specimens. F. Rossi No textbook information available 3.989 Materials in Ancient Societies: Metals Laboratory
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Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-6-3 Meets 2/23 to 5/3. Lecture: F9-11 (4-251) Laboratory analysis of archaeological artifacts of metals. Follows on 3.984. A. Allanore, J. Meanwell, W. Gilstrap No textbook information available 3.990 Seminar in Archaeological Method and Theory
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Prereq: 3.985, 3.986, and 21A.00 Units: 3-0-6 TBA. Lecture: TBD (TBD) Designed for undergraduate seniors majoring in Archaeology and Materials. Critical analysis of major intellectual and methodological developments in American archaeology, including evolutionary theory, the "New Archaeology," Marxism, formal and ideological approaches. Explores the use of science and engineering methods to reconstruct cultural patterns from archaeological data. Seminar format, with formal presentations by all students. Non-majors fulfilling all prerequisites may enroll by permission of instructors. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. staff No textbook information available 3.991 Ancient Engineering: Ceramic Technologies
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(Subject meets with 3.098) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Explores human interaction with ceramic materials over a considerable span of time, from 25,000 years ago to the 16th century AD. Through the lens of modern materials science combined with evidence from archaeological investigations, examines ancient ceramic materials — from containers to architecture to art — to better understand our close relationship with this important class of material culture. Examines ceramics structure, properties, and processing. Introduces archaeological perspectives and discusses how research into historical changes in ancient ceramic technologies has led to a deeper comprehension of past human behavior and societal development. Concludes by considering how studies of ancient technologies and techniques are leading modern materials scientists to engineer designs of modern ceramic materials, including glasses, concretes, and pigments. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. J. Meanwell, W. Gilstrap 3.993 Archaeology of the Middle East
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Prereq: None Units: 3-0-6 Explores the long history of the Middle East and its role as an enduring center of civilization and human thought. Beginning over 100,000 years ago and ending up in the present day, tackles major issues in the human career through examination of archaeological and written materials. Students track the course of human development in the Middle East, from hunting and gathering to cities and empires. staff 3.995 First Year Thesis Research
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Prereq: None. Coreq: 3.202; permission of instructor Units arranged [P/D/F] TBA. Preparation for program of research leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Includes research presentation, in coordination with 3.202. R. Macfarlane No textbook information available 3.997 Graduate Fieldwork in Materials Science and Engineering
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Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged TBA. Program of field research in materials science and engineering leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Fall: staff Spring: staff Summer: staff No textbook information available 3.998 Doctoral Thesis Update Meeting
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Prereq: None Units: 0-1-0 [P/D/F] TBA. Thesis research update presentation to the thesis committee. Held the first or second academic term after successfully passing the Thesis Area Examination. Fall: R. Macfarlane Spring: R. Macfarlane No textbook information available 3.C01J Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering
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(Same subject as 10.C01[J], 20.C01[J]) (Subject meets with 3.C51[J], 7.C01, 7.C51, 10.C51[J], 20.C51[J]) Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) and 6.100A; Coreq: 6.C01 Units: 2-0-4 Credit cannot also be received for 1.C01, 1.C51, 2.C01, 2.C51, 3.C51, 7.C01, 7.C51, 10.C51, 20.C51, 22.C01, 22.C51, SCM.C51 Lecture: F11 (6-120) Building on core material in 6.C01, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without simultaneous completion of 6.C01. R. Gomez-Bombarelli, C. Coley, E. Fraenkel, J. Davis No required or recommended textbooks 3.C27J Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms
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