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Course #	Course Title	Term
3.00	Thermodynamics of Materials	Fall 2002
3.012	Fundamentals of Materials Science	Fall 2005
3.014	Materials Laboratory	Fall 2006
3.016	Mathematics for Materials Scientists and Engineers	Fall 2005
3.021J	Introduction to Modeling and Simulation	Spring 2008
3.032	Mechanical Behavior of Materials	Fall 2007
3.034	Organic & Biomaterials Chemistry	Fall 2005
3.042	Materials Project Laboratory	Spring 2008
3.044	Materials Processing	Spring 2005
3.051J	Materials for Biomedical Applications	Spring 2006
3.052	Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials	Spring 2007
3.053J	Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics	Fall 2006
3.063	Polymer Physics	Spring 2007
3.064	Polymer Engineering	Fall 2003
3.080	Economic & Environmental Issues in Materials Selection	Fall 2005
3.091	Introduction to Solid State Chemistry	Fall 2004
3.093	Information Exploration: Becoming a Savvy Scholar	Fall 2006
3.094	Materials in Human Experience	Spring 2004
3.14	Physical Metallurgy	Fall 2003
3.15	Electrical, Optical & Magnetic Materials and Devices	Fall 2006
3.155J	Micro/Nano Processing Technology	Fall 2005
3.172	Inventions and Patents	Fall 2005
3.185	Transport Phenomena in Materials Engineering	Fall 2003
3.986	The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology	Fall 2006
3.987	Human Origins and Evolution	Spring 2006
3.A08	Attraction and Repulsion: The Magic of Magnets	Fall 2005
3.A26	Freshman Seminar: The Nature of Engineering	Fall 2005
3.A27	Case Studies in Forensic Metallurgy	Fall 2007

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Graduate Courses

Course #	Course Title	Term
3.11	Mechanics of Materials	Fall 1999
3.20	Materials at Equilibrium (SMA 5111)	Fall 2003
3.205	Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials	Fall 2006
3.21	Kinetic Processes in Materials	Spring 2006
3.22	Mechanical Behavior of Materials	Spring 2008
3.225	Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Materials	Fall 2007
3.23	Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials	Fall 2007
3.320	Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials (SMA 5107)	Spring 2005
3.35	Fracture and Fatigue	Fall 2003
3.37	Welding and Joining Processes	Fall 2002
3.40J	Physical Metallurgy	Spring 2003
3.40J	Physical Metallurgy	Spring 2004
3.43J	Integrated Microelectronic Devices	Spring 2007
3.45	Magnetic Materials	Spring 2004
3.46	Photonic Materials and Devices	Spring 2006
3.53	Electrochemical Processing of Materials	Spring 2001
3.56	Engineering Systems Analysis for Design	Fall 2008
3.560J	Systems Perspectives on Industrial Ecology	Spring 2006
3.564J	Sustainable Energy	Spring 2005
3.577	Engineering Risk-Benefit Analysis	Spring 2007
3.60	Symmetry, Structure, and Tensor Properties of Materials	Fall 2005
3.80J	Proseminar in Manufacturing	Fall 2005
3.83J	System Optimization and Analysis for Manufacturing	Summer 2003
3.91	Mechanical Behavior of Plastics	Spring 2007
3.961J	Design of Medical Devices and Implants	Spring 2006
3.962J	Molecular Principles of Biomaterials	Spring 2006
3.96J	Biomaterials-Tissue Interactions (BE.441)	Fall 2003
3.97J	Cell-Matrix Mechanics	Spring 2004

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