2024-Fall Materials Laboratory (AMSE301-02) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. AMSE301 Section 02 Credit 3.00
Category Major elective Course Type Classroom Course prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence
Hours TUE / 17:00 ~ 21:00 / Science Bldg.I Lecture Room [118] Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Kang Byoung Woo Name Kang Byoung Woo Department Dept. of Materials Science & Eng.
Email address bwkang@postech.ac.kr Homepage http://amee.postech.ac.kr
Office Office Phone 010-4920-2367
Office Hours

3. Course Objectives

Objectives

The purpose of this laboratory is to familiarize students with more basic techniques used in materials science such as microstructural analysis, mechanical testing, nanofabrication, photonic glasses, soft matters, and organic solar cells.

4. Prerequisites & require

5. Grading

Evaluation

1. Attendance 10%

2. Lab. Report 80%

3. Attitude 10%

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition
ISBN

7. Course References

Texts

L.H. Van Vlack; "Elements of Materials Science and Engineering", 6th Ed., (Addison-Wesley, 1989).

8. Course Plan

Course Outline

1. Introduction, 1 week

Lab. Safety



2. Microstructure of Steels, 3 weeks

Metallography (OM) – Steel (0.2%C, 0.8%C)

Vickers Hardness

SEM

Structural (EBSD)

Compositional (EDS/WDS)

3. Mechanical Properties of Steels, 2 weeks

Tensile Test

Fractography (SEM)



4. Nanofabrications, 1.5 weeks

Optical Lithography



5. Photonic Glasses, 1.5 weeks

Optical Conversion



6. Soft Matters, 1.5 weeks

Characterization of Smart Poly(N-isopropyl Acrylamide), PNIPAAm



7. Organic Solar Cells, 3.5 weeks

Solar Cell Characteristics (Solar Simulator)

9. Course Operation

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10. How to Teach & Remark

Special Remarks

* Pre-report for each subject is required.

* Main report

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance