ME 6500 - Smart Materials

Smart materials revolutionized people’s lives in a wide-range of applications including artificial implants, underwater acoustics, pharmaceutical, aerospace, and many more. They include gel, ceramics, metallic alloys, polymers, and composites. This course will cover a variety of smart materials and their applications, explain the physical concepts that result in their “intelligence” and explore possibilities in design. Students must complete the prerequisite or have the instructor’s approval.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ME 5500 or instructor approval.

Credits: 3 hours

Notes: Open to graduate students only.