BS in Material Science and Engineering Curriculum
| Course (Department, Number, Title)
All courses in the program listed by term starting with the first term of the first year and ending with the last term of the final year. |
Indicating whether the course is Required, Elective, or a Selected Elective by an R, an E, or an SE.1 | Subject Area (Credit Hours) | ||||
| Math & Basic Sciences | Engineering Topics:
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| YEAR 1, SEMESTER 1 | ||||||
| FLEN 1011 | Communicative English Language Skills I | R | 5 | |||
| PHYS 1011 | General Physics | R | 5 | |||
| PSCH 1011 | General Psychology | R | 5 | |||
| MATH 1011 | Basic Mathematics for Natural Sciences | R | 5 | |||
| LOCT 1011 | Critical Thinking | R | 5 | |||
| SPSC 1011 | Physical Fitness | R | P/F | |||
| GEES 1011 | Geography of Ethiopia and the Horn | R | 5 | |||
| YEAR 1, SEMESTER 2 | ||||||
| FLEN 1012 | Communicative English Language Skill II | R | 5 | |||
| ANTH 1012 | Social Anthropology | R | 4 | |||
| MATH 1022 | Applied Mathematics I | R | 5 | |||
| MGMT 1012 | Entrepreneurship | R | 5 | |||
| EMTE 1012 | Introduction to Emerging Technologies | R | 5 | |||
| MCiE 1012 | Moral and Civic Education | R | 4 | |||
| ECEG 2052 | Computer Programming | R | 5 | |||
| HIST 1012 | History of Ethiopia and the Horn | R | 5 | |||
| YEAR 2, SEMESTER 1 | ||||||
| MENG 2041 | Engineering Drawing | R | 5 | (✔) | ||
| MATH 2012 | Applied Mathematics II | R | 7 | |||
| MSE 2081 | Introduction to MSE | R | 5 | |||
| SNIE 1012 | Inclusiveness | R | 3 | |||
| CENG 2031 | Engineering Mechanics I-(Static) | R | 5 | |||
| GLTR 1012 | Global Trends | R | 3 | |||
| ECON 1011 | Economics | R | 5 | |||
| TCBTP 2003 | Demographic Survey & Problem Identification | R | 5 | |||
| YEAR 2, SEMESTER 2 | ||||||
| MSE 2111 | Thermodynamics of Materials (I) | R | 5 | |||
| MATH 2022 | Applied Mathematics III | R | 7 | |||
| MSE 2141 | Crystallography | R | 5 | |||
| CHEM 2061 | General Chemistry I | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 2101 | Mechanics of Materials | R | 5 | |||
| MEEG 2032 | Engineering Mechanics -II (Dynamics) | R | 5 | |||
| TCBTP 2004 | Appropriate Technology and Professional Ethics | R | 5 | |||
| YEAR 3, SEMESTER 1 | ||||||
| CHEM3062 | General Chemistry II with Lab | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 3112 | Thermodynamics of Materials II | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 3161 | Fundamentals of ceramics | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 3142 | Solid state science | R | 6 | |||
| MSE 3151 | Fundamentals of polymer | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 3131 | Fundamentals of metallurgy | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 3072 | Magnetism and magnetic materials | R | 5 | |||
| YEAR 3, SEMESTER 2 | ||||||
| MSE 3134 | Physical metallurgy | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 3122 | Composite materials | R | 5 | (✔)
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| MSE 3171 | Fundamentals of semiconductor | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 3091 | Fundamentals of electrochemistry | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 3121 | Optical materials | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 3162 | Ceramic processing with lab | R | 5 | |||
| TCBTP 3006 | Action Plan and Implementation | R | 5 | |||
| YEAR 4, SEMESTER 1 | ||||||
| MSE 4143 | Material characterization | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 4071 | Electricity and electronic materials | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 4123 | Biomaterials | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 4133 | Metal Processing with lab | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 4153 | Selected industrial polymers and their application | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 4163 | Glass Technology | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 4135 | Advanced metals and Alloys | R | 5 | |||
| YEAR 4, SEMESTER 2 | ||||||
| MSE 4132 | Extractive metallurgy | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 4082 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 4181 | Materials Selection and product design | R | 5 | (✔) | ||
| MSE 4092 | Materials for energy | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 4153 | Polymer processing with lab | R | 5 | |||
| MSE 4052 | Computational material science | R | 5 | (✔) | ||
| TCBTP4007 | Intervention and Evaluation | R | 5 | |||
| YEAR 5, SEMESTER 1 | ||||||
| INEN 4202 | Internship | R | 25 |
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| YEAR 5, SEMESTER 2 | ||||||
| SRP5252 | BS Thesis | R | 12 | (✔) | ||
| MOE 4254 | Exit Exam | R | P/F | |||
| Electives for material science and engineering | ||||||
| MSE 5211 | Smart materials | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5212 | Semiconductor device technology | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5213 | Catalysis | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5224 | Carbon based nanomaterials and applications | SE | 5 | |||
| ELECTIVES FOR POLYMER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | ||||||
| MSE 5221 | Polymer Rheology and morphology | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5222 | Rubber science and technology | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5223 | Paint and surface coating technology | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5224 | Conducting polymers | SE | 5 | |||
| Electives for Ceramics Engineering | ||||||
| MSE 5231 | Cement technology | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5232 | Refractory materials | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5233 | Advanced ceramics | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5234 | Ceramic matrix composites | SE | 5 | |||
| ELECTIVES FOR METALLURGY ENGINEERING | ||||||
| MSE 5241 | Electrometallurgy and Corrosion | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5242 | Metal matrix composites | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5243 | Advanced Steel Technology | SE | 5 | |||
| MSE 5244 | Powder Metallurgy | SE | 5 | |||
| TOTALS (in terms of ECTS) | 401 | 64 | 263 | (32✔) | 74 | |
| TOTALS (in terms of semester credit hours) | 236 | 38 | 154 | (9 ✔) | 44 | |
| Total must satisfy minimum credit hours | Minimum Semester Credit Hours | 30 Hours | 45 Hours | |||
BS in Material Science and Engineering Course Description
MSE 2081—Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering (5). Fundamental Concepts in atomic structure; Properties of Metals, Ceramics and Polymers; Phase diagrams; advanced materials.
MSE 2111—Thermodynamics of Materials (I) (5). Laws of thermodynamics; Heat, Work, Internal Energy, and Enthalpy; Auxiliary Functions and Thermodynamic Potentials.
MSE 2141—Crystallography (5). Prerequisites: MSE 2081. Crystals and lattices; Crystal Morphology; Space groups and symmetry; Crystal defects.
MSE 2101—Mechanics of Materials (5). Concept of Stress; Axial Loading and Pressure Vessels; Torsional loading; Beam stresses and strains
MSE 3112—Thermodynamics of Materials II (5). Prerequisites: MSE 2111. Thermodynamics of reactions; Phase transformations; Thermodynamics of solutions; Thermal properties of crystals and polymers.
MSE 3161—Fundamentals of ceramics (5). Prerequisites: MSE 2141. Ceramics; Structure and properties of ceramic materials; Sintering and Grain growth; Diffusion; Phase equilibrium.
MSE 3142—Solid state science (6). Prerequisites: MSE 2141. Lattice vibrations; Semiconductors; Free electron models; Dielectric and magnetic properties of solids;
MSE 3151—Fundamentals of polymer (5). Prerequisites: CHEM2061. Polymers; Polymer chemistry; Thermodynamics of polymer solutions; Polymerization mechanisms and techniques; Applications of polymers.
MSE 3131— Fundamentals of metallurgy (5). Prerequisites: MSE 2141. Metallurgy; Thermodynamics and phase diagrams; Solidification and crystallization in metals and alloys; Transport phenomena.
MSE 3072—Magnetism and magnetic materials (5). Prerequisites: MSE 2081, MSE 3131. Magnetism; Magnetism of thin films, surfaces and fine particles; Molecular magnets; Magneto resistive sensors; Nanomagnetism.
MSE 3134—Physical metallurgy (5). Prerequisites: MSE 3131, MSE 3142. Solidification of pure metal and alloys; Heat treatment; Thermo-mechanical processing; Characterization techniques.
MSE 3122—Composite materials (5). Prerequisites: MSE 2081. Composite materials; Manufacturing processes; Mechanical properties and applications; Design Project.
MSE 3171—Fundamentals of semiconductors (5). Prerequisites: MSE 3142. Semiconductors; Quantum mechanics; Electronic transport properties; pn-junction.
MSE 3091—Fundamentals of electrochemistry (5). Prerequisites: CHEM2061, CHEM3062. Electrochemistry; Electrochemical cells; Kinetics and transport phenomenon; Electroanalytical techniques.
MSE 3121—Optical materials (5). Prerequisites: MSE 2081. Optical materials; Synthesis and characterization techniques; Properties and applications of optical materials.
MSE 3162—Ceramic processing with lab (5). Prerequisites: MSE 3161. Synthesis of ceramic powders; Powder characterization; ceramic forming; Sintering and microstructure.
MSE 4143—Material characterization (5). Prerequisites: MSE 2141. Electromagnetic Spectrum; Spectroscopic techniques; Electron microscopy; Thermal Analysis.
MSE 4071—Electricity and electronic materials (5). Prerequisites: MSE 3161. Conducting, semi conducting and dielectric materials; Materials for electronic devices; Environmental impact of Electronic Materials.
MSE 4123—Biomaterials (5). Prerequisites: MSE 2081. Interaction of materials with biological systems; design and properties of different materials implants for biological applications.
MSE 4133—Metal processing with lab (5). Prerequisites: MSE 3131. Metal manufacturing processes; metal manufacturing techniques
MSE 4152—Selected industrial polymers and their application (5). Prerequisites: MSE 3151. Industrial polymers; synthesis and processing of industrial polymers; commodity, engineering and specialty polymers.
MSE 4163—Glass and Glass-Ceramics (5). Prerequisites: MSE 3161. Glass and glass ceramic formation; optical and Nano-glass; strengthening mechanism; properties, and applications of glasses.
MSE 4135— Advanced metals and Alloys (5). Prerequisites: MSE 3134. Advanced metals and alloys; Ultra-pure metals; light weight high strength, intelligent and magnetic alloys; applications of super alloys.
MSE 4132—Extractive metallurgy (5). Prerequisites: MSE 3131. Principles of metal extraction; methods of Metal extraction from ores and production of precious metals.
MSE 4082—Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (5). Nanoscience and nanotechnology; synthesis methods of nanomaterials; application of nanomaterials in different fields.
MSE 4181—Materials Selection and Product Design (5). Methodologies in material selection for engineering applications; design of engineering products; different manufacturing processes
MSE 4092—Materials for energy (5). Prerequisites: MSE 3121. Materials in energy-related applications; conventional and renewable energy sources; electrochemical energy storage devices; solar energy and fuel cell technologies.
MSE 4153—Polymer processing with lab (5). Polymer processing; post-treatment; polymer synthesis
MSE 4052—Computational material science (5). Prerequisites: ECEG 2052. Modelling and simulations for Study material behavior; Modelling and simulations approaches/methods (density functional theory, molecular dynamics simulation, Monte Carlo and first-principles methods, Matlab and Python)
MSE 5211—Smart materials (5) Smart material Properties; Sensors; Transducers; Shape memory alloys
MSE 5212—Semiconductor device technology (5). Semiconductor Device Physics; Semiconductor Device Fabrication; Advanced Semiconductor Devices; Semiconductor Device Characterization
MSE 5213—Catalysis (5). Types of catalysis; Thermodynamic principles of catalysis; Catalyst Characterization; Applications of Catalysis
MSE 5214—Carbon-based nanomaterials and applications (5). Carbon Nanotubes; Synthesis of graphene; Fullerenes; Carbon Quantum Dots
MSE 5221—Polymer rheology and morphology (5). Rheology and morphology in polymer processing; Polymer structure and behavior; Rheology of melts; Morphology, Additives, and their applications.
MSE 5222—Rubber science and technology (5). History and development of rubber; Properties and characterization; processing; Applications of rubber products.
MSE 5223—Paint and surface coating technology (5). Paint composition; Additives for paint; the physical chemistry of paint formation; the industrial paint-making process; Application
MSE 5224—Conducting polymers (5). Basic characteristics of conducting polymers; Classification and synthesis; Properties and characterization; Applications in various fields.
MSE 5231—Cement technology (5) Pozzolana cement; Portland cement; special cements; testing procedures; Concrete.
MSE 5232—Refractory materials (5). Silica refractories; Alumina refractories; basic and special refractories; properties and applications in high-temperature environments.
MSE 5233—Advanced ceramics (5). Electro-ceramics; Ceramic magnets; Green energy ceramics; Bio-ceramics
MSE 5234—Ceramic matrix composites (5). Fabrication and processing of CMCs; microstructure and properties; Testing techniques for CMC materials; Applications in various fields.
MSE 5241—Electrometallurgy and Corrosion (5). Electrodes and electrochemical reactions; Electroplating and Surface Finishing; Corrosion and its Manifestations; Thermodynamics and kinetics of corrosion; Forms of corrosion; Prevention methods
MSE 5242—Metal matrix composites (5). Classification of MMCs; Design considerations; Production methods; properties; testing; and applications.
MSE 5243—Advanced Steel Technology (5). Composition and metallurgical phases; Categories of steel; Steelmaking overview; Strengthening mechanisms; Application area of steel
MSE 5244—Powder Metallurgy (5). Metal powder characteristics; Metal powder production methods; Compaction and forming techniques; sintering; and application areas in various industries.
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