Advanced Physical Metallurgy (MS5050) 3 credits course

• General Introduction
• Structure of solids
• Characterization techniques- X-ray & Electron Diffraction
• Imperfections in solids including fundamentals of dislocations
• Strengthening mechanisms
• Phase and phase diagrams
• Diffusion in solids
• Phase transformation in materials
• Mechanical behavior of materials
• Materials degradation and corrosion
• Important Engineering materials

Thermo Mechanical Processing of Materials (MS5040) 3 credits course

• Introduction to thermo mechanical processing

• Hardening mechanisms
• Static and dynamic softening processes
• Crystallographic texture development during thermo mechanical processing
• Different thermo mechanical processing techniques
• Residual stress in thermo mechanical processing
• Defects in thermo mechanical processing
• Case studies: Thermo mechanical processing of steel, aluminum, magnesium, titanium and other advanced alloy systems
• Recent trends in thermo mechanical processing