Materials Laboratory

Calendar

THEMES	TOPICS	INSTRUCTORS	KEY DATES
Before Labs Begin
Safety Training	Hazardous Chemical Training	Bob Edwards and Bill Trabilicy, EHS Office
	Radiation Safety Training	Thomas Hasselbacher, EHS Office	Pass safety course (online)
Lab Week 1
α Amorphous Polymers	α1 Polymer Structures	Dr. Meri Treska
	α2 Polymer Conformation	Prof. Francesco Stellacci
β Glass Materials	β1 Structure of Borate Glasses	Mr. Benjamin Hardy Wunsch
	β2 Structure of Borate Glasses	Prof. Linn Hobbs/Mr. Dilan A. Seneviratne
γ Quantifying Thermodynamic Properties of Materials	γ1 Thermal Energy Storage	Dr. Geetha P. Berera
	γ2 Magnetic Work	Prof. Silvija Gradecak
Two Recitations	Lab Week 1 Discussion	Course TAs	Week 1 report due Friday of following week
Lab Week 2
α Quantifying Thermodynamic Properties	α1 Liquid Crystal	Prof. Silvija Gradecak
	α2 Mechanical Work	Mr. Benjamin Hardy Wunsch
β Crystalline Structures	β1 Radius Ratios in Ionic Crystals	Prof. Francesco Stellacci
	β2 Crystal Polymorphs	Dr. Geetha P. Berera
γ Diffraction Principles	γ1 Derivative Structures	Dr. Meri Treska
	γ2 Laser Diffraction	Prof. Linn Hobbs
Two Recitations	Lab Week 2 Discussion	Course TAs	Week 2 report due Friday of following week
Lab Week 3
α Materials as “Particle in a Box” Models	α1 F-centers	Mr. Benjamin Hardy Wunsch
	α2 Quantum Dots	Prof. Francesco Stellacci
β Visualizing Gibbs Free Energy	β1 Batteries	Dr. Geetha P. Berera
	β2 Corrosion	Prof. Linn Hobbs
γ Phase Transitions	γ1 Phase Separation	Dr. Meri Treska
	γ2 Ferromagnetic Transitions	Prof. Silvija Gradecak
Two Recitations	Lab Week 3 Discussion	Course TAs	Week 3 report due Friday two weeks later
Lab Week 4
α Bonds and Wavefunctions	α1 Electron Wavefunctions	Prof. Silvija Gradecak
	α2 Delocalization	Mr. Benjamin Hardy Wunsch
β Vibration in Materials	β1 Phonon Curves	Prof. Francesco Stellacci
	β2 Mechanical Strength and Vibrations	Prof. Linn Hobbs
γ Phase Diagrams	γ1 Eutectics	Dr. Geetha P. Berera
	γ2 Order Disorder Transitions	Dr. Meri Treska
Two Recitations	Lab Week 4 Discussion	Course TAs
Final Exam	Week 4 Lab Report (Memo) Written During Final Exam Period		Week 4 report due