Undergraduate Level
ESS 450000: Mechanical properties of Materilas (材料機械性質)
Course description: This couse will focus on the mechanical properties of materials, including tensile response of materials, elements of dislocation theory, slip and twinning in crystalline solids, strengthening mechanism in metlas, fracture, and elements of fracture mechanics.
Prerequisite: Physical Metallurgy
Offered in Fall 10’
ESS 250001 & ESS 250002: Introduction of Materilas Science I (材料科學導論一)
Course description: Introduce fundamental concepts in Materials Science. You will learn about material structure, how structure dictates properties and how processing can change structure. The topic would be included as following.
Chapter 1: general introdcution
Chapter 2: Atomic bonding
Chapter 3: Crystalline Structures
Chapter 4: Imperfections, including interstitial, substitional, dislocation, volume defects etc.
Chapter 5: Diffusion in solids
Chapter 6: Mechanical properties
Chapter 7: Strengthening mechanisms
Chapter 8: Failure
Chapter 9: Phase diagrams
chapter 10 & 11: Phase transformation, application and processing of metal alloys
Prerequisite: N/A
Offered in Spring 11’; Spring 12’; Spring 13; Spring 14
Course description: Introduce fundamental concepts in Materials Science. You will learn about material structure, how structure dictates properties and how processing can change structure. The topic would be included as following.
Chapter 1: general introdcution
Chapter 2: Atomic bonding
Chapter 3: Crystalline Structures
Chapter 4: Imperfections, including interstitial, substitional, dislocation, volume defects etc.
Chapter 5: Diffusion in solids
Chapter 6: Mechanical properties
Chapter 7: Strengthening mechanisms
Chapter 8: Failure
Chapter 9: Phase diagrams
chapter 10 & 11: Phase transformation, application and processing of metal alloys
Prerequisite: N/A
Offered in Spring 11’; Spring 12’; Spring 13; Spring 14
ESS 250100: Introduction of Materilas Science II (材料科學導論二)
Course description: Introduce fundamental concepts in Materials Science. You will learn about material structure, how structure dictates properties and how processing can change structure. The topic would be included as following.
Chapter 12 & 13: Ceramic: structures, characteristics, application and processes
Chapter 14 & 15: Polymer: structures, characteristics, application and processes
Chapter 16: Composites
Chapter 17: Corrosion and degradation of materials
Chapter 18: Electrical properties
Chapter 19: Thermal properties
Chapter 20: Magnetic properties
Chapter21: Optical properties
Prerequisite: Introduction of Materilas Science I
Offered in Fall 11’; Fall 12’; Fall 13’
Course description: Introduce fundamental concepts in Materials Science. You will learn about material structure, how structure dictates properties and how processing can change structure. The topic would be included as following.
Chapter 12 & 13: Ceramic: structures, characteristics, application and processes
Chapter 14 & 15: Polymer: structures, characteristics, application and processes
Chapter 16: Composites
Chapter 17: Corrosion and degradation of materials
Chapter 18: Electrical properties
Chapter 19: Thermal properties
Chapter 20: Magnetic properties
Chapter21: Optical properties
Prerequisite: Introduction of Materilas Science I
Offered in Fall 11’; Fall 12’; Fall 13’
ESS 2441000: Green Energy (綠色能源)
Course description: 自工業革命以來,人類生產力大增,帶來了經濟繁榮與便利的生活,卻也伴隨著大量的環境汙染。而根據各大研究機構之研究,溫室氣體的排放,更是造成全球氣溫不斷上升。自京都議定書生效以來,各國已逐漸了解到節能減碳是人類能永續發展的重要關鍵,各式新能源、能源關聯技術更是下一個世代人類科技發展的重點。本課程將介紹當前各種能源技術之原理、現況及未來發展潛力等,使學生能對各種能源技術擁有較完整的概念,並能對有興趣之技術做進一步之研究。
Prerequisite: N/A
Offered in Fall 11’;
Course description: 自工業革命以來,人類生產力大增,帶來了經濟繁榮與便利的生活,卻也伴隨著大量的環境汙染。而根據各大研究機構之研究,溫室氣體的排放,更是造成全球氣溫不斷上升。自京都議定書生效以來,各國已逐漸了解到節能減碳是人類能永續發展的重要關鍵,各式新能源、能源關聯技術更是下一個世代人類科技發展的重點。本課程將介紹當前各種能源技術之原理、現況及未來發展潛力等,使學生能對各種能源技術擁有較完整的概念,並能對有興趣之技術做進一步之研究。
Prerequisite: N/A
Offered in Fall 11’;
Graduate Level
ESS 501004 & ESS 502004: Seminar (書報討論) - offered in English
Course description: This course is designed to provide students with opportunity to practice their professional presentation skill, partically in the scientific and technical areas. The students are expected to give a presentation in English on the topic related to their researches.
Prerequisite: N/A
Offered in Fall 10’; Spring 11’; Fall 11’; Spring 12’; Fall 12’; Spring 13’; Fall 13’
Course description: This course is designed to provide students with opportunity to practice their professional presentation skill, partically in the scientific and technical areas. The students are expected to give a presentation in English on the topic related to their researches.
Prerequisite: N/A
Offered in Fall 10’; Spring 11’; Fall 11’; Spring 12’; Fall 12’; Spring 13’; Fall 13’
ESS 556500: Electronic Thin Film (電子薄膜科技)
Course description: It is well known that thin films are widely used in the electronic industry. Due to the trend on miniaturization of electronic devices, nanosclae electronic devices are needed and the technology and reliability of thin films have recently attracted increasing attentions. This course will focuses on the science and process of thin films, and reliability science for thin film application in the electronic industry. The topics will cover:
1. Fundamental topic in thin-film process: deposition, surface energy and atomic diffusion
2. Application of diffusion equations (Fick’s first law and Fick’s second law)
3. Theoretical and practical understanding of electronic thin-film reliability: electromigration, thermomigration and stress-migration
Prerequisite: 習薄膜工程導論 (Introduction to Thin Film Engineering)
Offered in Fall 11’
Course description: It is well known that thin films are widely used in the electronic industry. Due to the trend on miniaturization of electronic devices, nanosclae electronic devices are needed and the technology and reliability of thin films have recently attracted increasing attentions. This course will focuses on the science and process of thin films, and reliability science for thin film application in the electronic industry. The topics will cover:
1. Fundamental topic in thin-film process: deposition, surface energy and atomic diffusion
2. Application of diffusion equations (Fick’s first law and Fick’s second law)
3. Theoretical and practical understanding of electronic thin-film reliability: electromigration, thermomigration and stress-migration
Prerequisite: 習薄膜工程導論 (Introduction to Thin Film Engineering)
Offered in Fall 11’