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Doctor and Master of Materials Science and Engineering
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Doctor and Master of Materials Science and Engineering

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Overview

The School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) was established on the basis of the original Department of Mechanical Engineering (founded in 1952) of Jiaotong University (the university’s original site was located in Shanghai). Currently, MSE consists of 3 departments: Material Science, Material Engineering, Material Physics and Chemistry. The School has several well equipped teaching/researching laboratories, including the State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials.

Many distinguished material scientists have worked in MSE, including members of Chinese Academy of Sciences or Chinese Academy of Engineering, among which are Prof. Zhou Zhihong, Prof. Zhou Huijiu, Prof. Tu Mingjing, and others. Now there are over 150 staff members in MSE, including 82 professors and lecturers.

At present there are about 500 undergraduate and 700 graduate students enrolled to pursue their degrees in MSE. More than 400 research projects have been carried out since 1999, including over 100 state-level programs, such as National Basic Research Program of China (973), High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863), National Key Technologies Research and Development Program, and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Up to now, the School and its faculty have published more than 3000 research papers, authorized more than 300 patents, and won more than 70 high-level academic awards, including 10 National awards of Science and Technology Achievement Prize.

MSE has carried out academic exchanges and research cooperation with many oversea universities and research centers in USA, UK, Japan, Germany, Belgium, France etc. The school has regularly invited renowned scholars from home and abroad to deliver lectures.

1. Objectives

Graduate students should master the basic scientific knowledge of Materials Science and Engineering. With the skillful technology of engineering and expertise in laboratory and equipment operating, the students should be knowledgeable in the research and study of materials, material processing, testing and analyzing abilities and so on. Education for Doctors’ Degree aims at cultivating professional researchers and scientists who can exceed in the world-wide material-related fields. Students should be innovative and creative enough to contribute and achieve valuable scientific results in Materials Science and Engineering. Students are expected to learn some basic Chinese after their study at Xi’an Jiaotong University.

2. Length of Study

Duration of study lasts two to three years for master’s degree and four to six years for doctoral degree.

3. Courses Studies

All the required and elective courses of the school level are English-based, while the two courses, “Comprehensive Chinese” and “The Outline of China” are Chinese-based.  

Curriculum Structure for Master of Materials Science and Engineering

Course Module

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

Minimum Requirement

University

Fundamentals

LITE6102

Comprehensive Chinese

2

4

LITE6101

The Outline of China

2

 

Required Courses

MATH6001

Computational Method A

3

8

MATL7503

Phase Transitions in Solids

2

PHYS7401

Solid State Physics

2

MATL7402

Frontiers of Materials Science

2

MATL7121

Structure-property Relations of Materials

2

MATL7403

Mechanical Behavior of Materials

2

MATL7502

Modeling and Simulations

of Advanced Materials: An Introduction

2

Elective

Courses

MATL7113

Smart Materials

2

10

MATL7404

Electron Microscopy and its Application in Materials Science

2

MATL7406

Advanced Energy Materials

2

MATL7405

Functional polymer materials

2

MATL7117

Theory of Defects in Materials

2

Elective courses from other schools

Compulsory

BXHJ6007

Mid-term Examination

3

29

BXHJ6003

Seminar

1

BXHJ6008

Thesis

25

Total

 

51

 

Curriculum Structure for Doctor of Materials Science and Engineering

Course Module

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

Minimum Requirement

University

Fundamentals

LITE6102

Comprehensive Chinese

2

4

LITE6101

The Outline of China

2

 

Required Courses

MATH6001

Computational Method A

3

6

MATL7503

Phase Transitions in Solids

2

PHYS7401

Solid State Physics

2

MATL7402

Frontiers of Materials Science

2

MATL7121

Structure-property Relations of Materials

2

MATL7403

Mechanical Behavior of Materials

2

MATL7502

Modeling and Simulations

of Advanced Materials: An Introduction

2

Elective

Courses

MATL7113

Smart Materials

2

4

MATL7404

Electron Microscopy and its Application in Materials Science

2

MATL7406

Advanced Energy Materials

2

MATL7405

Functional polymer materials

2

MATL7117

Theory of Defects in Materials

2

Elective courses from other schools

Compulsory

BXHJ8003

Seminar

2

76

 

BXHJ8004

Opening Report

2

 

BXHJ8001

Mid-term Examination

6

 

BXHJ8005

Final Academic Report

6

 

BXHJ8004

Dissertations

60

Total

 

90

4. The requirement of graduation

For Master Degree:

Master students must complete their course study according to the Curriculum shown in Section 3. They shall join one or few research groups, and conduct research under the guidance of their supervising professor. They must complete a master thesis, which should be based on an individual or group research project. The master thesis will be evaluated by the experts in the field of materials science and engineering. The candidates are also required to give an oral presentation summarizing their achievement at XJTU-MSE by the end of their study. Candidates who fail to write a comprehensive master thesis or do not complete their course study will not be approved to obtain the Master Degree.

For Doctor Degree:

Doctoral candidate must complete their course study according to the Curriculum shown in Section 3. They must conduct research under the guidance of their supervising professor on a well-defined research topic. A comprehensive dissertation with original and novel findings must be achieved. To ensure the quality of the dissertation, the candidates must spend at least two years on investigation and writing. The candidate is required to publish at least one academic paper on well-known journals. The candidate shall also present their research results in international conferences for at least once. Finally, the candidates must do an oral presentation to defend themselves for the Doctor Degree. In case any of the above requirements are not fulfilled, the candidates will not be approved to obtain the Doctor Degree.

5. Research Centers

The State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials

The Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials was established on the basis of Research Institute for Strength of Metals founded in 1963. The laboratory was approved by the State Education Committee in 1985. It was constructed with the support of the World Bank in 1990, and was available to the public in 1995. This lab is engaged in the research of fundamental rules of mechanical behavior, peculiar phenomena and performance under various service conditions. The research focuses on four areas: characterization and evaluation of mechanical properties; strength of surface layer and inter facial strength; high-performance materials and their application; materials performance under harsh conditions.

In addition to this national level laboratory, more than 10 research centers and laboratories are established or being established, including Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano), Center for Spintronics and Quantum System, Laboratory of Material Strength, Laboratory for Advanced Carbon-based Electronic Materials, Laboratory of Surface Engineering, Laboratory of New Materials, Laboratory of Thermal Spray, Laboratory of Casting and Abrasion Resistant Materials, Laboratory of Biomaterials, Shannxi International Joint Research Center for Soft Matter.

6. Description of Courses

 

MATL7503 Phase transitions in Solids 

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

Phase transitions in solids is of vital interest for physicists, chemists and metallurgists, which is not only of academic importance but also of technological relevance. The course covers: thermodynamics of phase transitions; crystal symmetry and its effects on phase transitions; various kinds of phase transitions such as martensitic transitions, order-disorder transitions and spinodal decompositions; statistical mechanics and its role in phase transitions; soft modes in phase transition; physical properties associated with phase transitions. The course seeks to develop a general understanding of the thermodynamic driving force for phase transitions. A number of phase transformations are described, and treatments developed with a template framework so that students can extend the considerations of model systems to more complex cases. This is done to focus attention on fundamentals and not on the details and peculiarities of specific systems.

PHYS7401 Solid State Physics

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

This course aims at providing students with the essential concepts of solid state physics, in particular, the physical pictures of atoms, electrons and phonons in crystals. It is intended to show the relationship between the physical properties and the behaviors of solids. Main content includes: crystal lattice structure, atomic bonding in crystals, energy band theory of solid, free electron and transport theory, lattice vibration and thermal properties, magnetism and so on.

MATL7402 Frontiers of Materials Science

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

The course aims at introducing the research frontiers of materials science to graduate students. More than 10 research topics will be covered, including data storage and memory materials, nuclear materials, energy materials, advanced electrionic materials, biomaterials, smart materials, metal alloys, polymer materials, graphene, 2D materials, and functional oxides and so on.

MATL7121 Structure-property Relations of Materials

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

This course is about structure–property relationships in nonmetal crystals. The course attempts to point out some of the crystallochemical parameters (such as symmetry, crystal field, ionic radius, bond lengths, and coordination numbers, etc.) that correlate with property coefficients. These relationships provide a qualitative understanding of the molecular mechanisms which underlie the choice of materials for various engineering applications.

MATL7403 Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

The class will focus on the mechanical behavior of structures and materials. It will cover elastic and plastic deformation, the hardness, fracture and fatigue, creep of materials from the continuum description of properties to the atomistic and molecular mechanisms that confer those properties to all materials. It also refers to the behavior of materials under some extreme environments, such as hydrogen enrichment, corrosion and irradiation environment. We will focus on the design and processing of materials from the atomic to the macroscale to achieve desired mechanical properties.

MATL7502 Modeling and simulations of advanced materials: An introduction.

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

This course will give an introduction to the applications of modeling and simulation approaches to the study of advance nanoscale materials. It will cover continuum methods (e.g. finite element analysis), atomistic simulation (e.g. molecular dynamics) as well as quantum mechanics (e.g. ab-initio calculations). These methods are new tools that allow one to predict material properties such as elastic modulus, strength, thermal properties, color, and others directly from the chemical makeup of the material. This approach is an exciting new paradigm that allows designing materials and structures from the bottom up: to make materials greener, lighter, stronger, more energy efficient, less expensive; and to produce them from abundant building blocks. These tools play an increasingly important role in modern engineering! In this subject you will get hands-on training in both the fundamentals and applications of these exciting new methods to key scientific problems.

MATL7113 Smart Materials

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

Smart materials refer to the materials which make response to the change of environment, possessing the sensing, actuating and controlling elements. It is one of the important directions of the new material development of the national medium and long-term science and technology. Present course is designed to teach several basic smart materials (including shape memory materials, piezoelectric materials, magnetostrictive materials), and focus on their characteristics, physical mechanism, the application and cutting-edge research, aiming to provide foundation and prospective of knowledge of smart material for the students, through the interdisciplinary nature of the course.

MATL7404 Electron Microscopy and its Application in Materials Science

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

This course is about analytical techniques developed based on (scanning) transmission electron microscopy and their application in microstructure characterization of materials. The course attempts to introduce the basic principle of electron microscope, electron diffraction and diffraction contrast, high-resolution electron microscopy, etc. In addition, the course will introduce the aberration-corrected electron microscopy and its application in materials science.

MATL7406 Advanced Energy Materials

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

This course mainly focuses on the advanced materials for energy storage. Here, we will give students an overview of energy storage materials and technologies. Topics include analysis of energy storage materials in thermochemical, electrochemical processes in existing and future power storage systems, with emphasis on efficiency, environmental impact and performance, the microstructure evaluation during the interface between electrodes and electrolyte for batteries and supercapactor. Energy technologies including Li ion battery, Li-Sulfur battery, Li-O2 battery, Na-S battery, fuel cell, supercapacitors and some novel energy storage technologies are discussed. We will introduce the principle and current research status of a variety of energy storage technologies and materials. This course will cover brief history of energy storage technologies, use real-world examples, and look forward into the future. The course will have interactive learning modules and lecture-oriented around current research found related to energy storage materials.

MATL7405 Functional polymer materials

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

The main aim of this course is to introduce essential concepts of polymer materials, including the basic concepts, the designing principles, the basic features, the characterization methods and typical applications. Through the study of this course, students are expected not only to learn about the latest developments of functional polymer materials, but also to grasp the cutting-edge technologies of the related research field.

MATL7117 Theory of Defects in Materials

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Description:

This course will systematically introduces the theory of defects in materials and their applications, including material defects classification, the discovery of dislocations, brief introduction to dislocation theory, typical materials problems solved by dislocation theory, materials strengthening and work hardening, fatigue dislocation structures, deformation twinning, interfaces in materials and radiation defects etc. The course will also introduces the latest progresses made in the field of materials sciences related to defects.

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