Research Opportunities Highlights
Focuses on exploring optically active impurities or defect-centers within low-dimensional solid-state structures, including two-dimensional materials and quantum-dot (QD) heterostructures in semiconductors.
Materials research is using first principles density functional theory calculations, to predict material properties.
Two Year Course Plans
First Year Interdisciplinary Materials Investigation Concentration
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry Foundations for Material Science | 3 | |
| or Mathematical Methods of Physics | PHYS 3100 | |
| Material Structure | MSCI 6110 | 3 |
| First Year Materials Science Seminar | MSCI 6000 | 1 |
| Course Name | Course Number | Units | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Instrumentation and Experimentation in Materials Science | MSCI 6500 | 2 | |
| Material/Solid State Properties* | MSCI 6120 | 3 | |
| or Thermodynamics of Materials** | MSCI 6130 | ||
| Approved Elective of Choice |
Second Year Materials Investigation Concentration
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Second Year Materials Science Seminar | MSCI 6050 | 1 |
| Graduate Research in Materials Science | MSCI 6952 | 2 |
| Approved Elective of Choice |
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate Thesis | MSCI 6973 | 3 |
| Material/Solid State Properties* | MSCI 6120 | 3 |
| or Thermodynamics of Materials** | MSCI 6130 | |
| Graduate Research in Materials Science | MSCI 6953 | 2 |
First Year Entrepreneurial Concentration
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry Foundations for Material Science | CHEM 4800 | 3 |
| or Mathematical Methods of Physics | PHYS 3100 | |
| Material Structure | MSCI 6110 | 3 |
| First Year Materials Science Seminar | 1 |
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Instrumentation and Experimentation in Materials Science | MSCI 6500 | 2 |
| Material/Solid State Properties* | MSCI 6120 | 3 |
| or Thermodynamics of Materials** | MSCI 6130 | |
| Entrepreneurship and New Ventures | ENTR 6210 | 3 |
Second Year Entrepreneurial Concentration
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
| Second Year Materials Science Seminar | MSCI 6050 | 1 |
| Commercializing Entrepreneurial Innovation | ENTR 5410 | 3 |
| Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities | ENTR 6230 | 3 |
|
Course Name |
Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Materials Entrepreneurial MS Project | MSCI 6965 | 5 |
| Material/Solid State Properties* | MSCI 6120 | 3 |
| or Thermodynamics of Materials** | MSCI 6130 |
Required total: 30 units.
* Offered odd years spring semester starting 2025
**Offered even years spring semester starting 2026