May 17, 2025  
Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog

ESM 521 - Kinetics of Materials


This Kinetics of Materials course will discuss important kinetic phenomena in materials science and engineering. The studies of kinetics explore how materials evolve and change in structure, morphology and composition. The understanding of kinetics in materials leads to a broad impact in all scientific and engineering fields concerning materials design and processing. This course will cover topics ranging from core knowledges such as various diffusion phenomena and motions of defects and interfaces, to more complex subjects such as phase transformations and development of microstructure. It emphasizes the comprehension of fundamentals, leading to a better understanding of processing-structure-property relationships.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.) ​