Syllabus

Course title: Survey of Materials (Introduction to Materials Science)

Class hours and location: Term 1B, Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 12:30-15:30, room R2-B5-2026 (access via Zoom is available for critical activities)

Course website: zhugayevych.me/edu/Materials

Course Canvas site: skoltech.instructure.com/courses/3465, use it to

Educational: code MA06063, 4 weeks by 40 hours, 6 ECTS, graduate level (MSc/BSc), max 20 students per TA, core course in Materials Science

Skoltech address: Main Campus at 30 Bolshoy Blvd, Blue Bldg at 3 Nobel St, see also public transportation


Instructor: Andriy Zhugayevych

Office: Blue Bldg 223b (closed during COVID outbreak)

Office hours: in class after 15:30, or by appointment in class before 12:30, or other time by Zoom-appointment

Phone: 3343

E-mail: a.zhugayevych@skoltech.ru, student emails will usually be answered in class


Co-Instructors: Artem Abakumov, Evgeny Antipov, Stanislav Fedotov, Sergey Levchenko, Victoria Nikitina, Keith Stevenson, Olga Ushakova

T.A.: Vasilii Vasilchenko (2021)


Description: The course teaches fundamentals of modern Materials Science (Part I of the course) and provides a survey of materials (Part II, per-material-class introduction to Materials Science), covering all relevant Skoltech research areas and beyond, with brief explanation of structural, electronic, physical, chemical or other properties of materials relevant for their practical use, with focus on utilizing their unique properties in applications, briefly explaining also relevant methods of materials synthesis and characterization, device fabrication and optimization.

It is a core course in Materials Science educational track providing a reference knowledgebase for the rest of material-specific courses as well for student research.

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Prerequisites: The course relies on basic knowledge of physics or chemistry including quantum mechanics and statistical physics at undergraduate level, though most of the lectures should be understandable with only a general physics or chemistry background. See also Background textbooks and Required/optional software.

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