Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

-    The student knows the capabilities and limitations of major materials and surface characterization techniques
-    The student can select the most proper materials characterization methods for particular sample
-    The student can critically evaluate the material characterization methods used in research papers
-    The student can perform data analysis on the results obtained in laboratory experiments

Credits: 5

Schedule: 07.09.2022 - 15.12.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Yanling Ge, Roman Nowak, Girish Tewari

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    In this course, the student can exploit the most common materials characterization methods to characterize the structure and physical properties of materials. The student can evaluate the capabilities and limitations of major materials and surface characterization techniques such as: Optical microscopy, nanoindentation, Raman, Electronic Transport, XRF, XRD, AFM, TEM, SEM, EDS, WDS, XPS.

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Weekly lecture, 5 laboratory projects, written reports (five laboratory reports with each report is of 12 marks and in total 60 marks), examination (36 marks), feedback (4 marks)

    Examination: Casse study (mid-semester) 6 marks (presentation of 15 minutes)+Endsemester exam(30 marks)

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    5 cr = 135 h

    Contact teaching which includes a lecture by the expert before every topic (Major and minor)

    5 Laboratory works for the major topics

    Independent work and reporting

    Reporting

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language : English

    Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I - II
    2023-2024 Autumn I - II

    Enrollment :

    The maximum number of students is 30

    Functional materials major students are a priority 

    A course implementation may be cancelled if the number of students enrolled to the course implementation does not meet the required minimum of five students. In the case of cancelled course implementations, the students enrolled to them must be provided with an alternative way of completing the course or be advised to take some other applicable course.