MICRO Student Curriculum
Each week, you will find a short assignment that allows you to explore the field of Materials Science & Engineering or gives you the opportunity to practice your written and oral technical communications skills. Please check back at the beginning of the week to find the current assignment!
Week 1: An Introduction to Materials Science and Enginnering
Watch this presentation from Mark Miodownik called Stuff Matters.
Week 2: Exploring Applications
Watch The Intersection of Materials and Medicine from Prof. Michael Cima and Hey Atoms, What Have You Done for Me Lately? from Prof. Jeff Grossman.
Week 3: Crystallography
Watch Introduction to Crystallography and Crystallographic Notation, both from Prof. Jeff Grossman’s course Introduction to Solid State Chemistry.
Week 4:
Watch Point and Line Defects I and Point and Line Defects II, both from Prof. Jeff Grossman’s course Introduction to Solid State Chemistry.
Week 5:
Watch Binary Phase Diagrams: Complete Solubility and Binary Phase Diagrams: Limited Solubility, both from Prof. Donald Sadoway’s course Introduction to Solid State Chemistry.