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This course is to build upon the foundation of good written communication skill acquired by the student in the Academic Writing I through exercises that consolidate the student’s knowledge, skills and strategies, and prepares the student for scientific written communication needs at the higher levels.

Credit Hours - 3

This course is designed to introduce students to the physical, mechanical, chemical, thermal, optical, electronic, electrical and magnetic properties of materials and their use or material identification, selection and applications. 

Students will learn how to undertakes measurements of mass, length, temperature, density etc; and materials identification. Experimental modules in metals, polymers, ceramics and composites are practised and the properties of these materials determined.  It involves laboratory modules designed to provide hands-on experience to students in identifying materials, measuring various materials properties and experiencing materials. Students are also introduced to the concepts and practice in health and safety.

Credit Hours - 3

The purpose of this course is to study the responses of condensed matter to electronic movement, light and magnetic fields and how these responses can be exploited in engineering materials with peculiar properties for various applications. 

This course is for the study of the responses of condensed matter to electronic movement, light and magnetic fields and how these responses can be exploited in engineering materials with peculiar properties for various applications. It also provides a study of the electrical and magnetic properties of all materials. The differences with regard to the type of magnetic property are discussed. It also deals with certain aspects of semiconductor Physics: defects and impurities control through physical purification. This is then extended to semi-conductor devices. Optical properties of materials in terms of their refractive index, birefringence, etc are also discussed.

Credit Hours - 2

This course provides students with the tools requisite to understanding the energies of systems at various states and the concept of free energy and driving forces for reactions and processes.

The undergraduate thermodynamics of Materials course will involve the treatment of the laws of thermodynamics with emphasis on the first and second laws and their applications to systems in equilibrium and the properties of materials. It develops relations pertaining to solution thermodynamics and treats the thermodynamic origin of phase diagrams. Treatment will include thermodynamic variables and relations, thermodynamics of electrochemical systems and surfaces. It introduces aspects of statistical thermodynamics as they relate to macroscopic equilibrium phenomena.

Credit Hours - 2

This course introduces students to the world of Engineering Materials and how these materials have influenced our work historically and perceive the horizon of materials technology in the unknown future. 

The course will cover what engineering materials are; historical material technology development; properties of engineering materials; applications of materials; materials in our world today; materials and the environment; sustainable materials technologies; materials of the future; identification of engineering materials and various materials technology. This course is intended to be delivered through demonstrations, student projects, discussions and presentations.

Credit Hours - 3

This course introduces students to the basic concepts of kinetic processes in materials and develops basic mathematical skills necessary for materials research. 

Students are introduced to the fundamentals of chemical kinetics, diffusion, phase transformations and adsorption. Kinetics of reaction including nucleation, growth and phase transformations will be discussed. Additional topics to be discussed include Field and Gradient, Driving Forces and flux for diffusion, Diffusion processes, Kinetics and equilibrium theory, Nucleation and Growth Processes; homogenous and heterogenous nucleation, Nucleation and growth in vapour condensation. Kinetics of electrochemical reactions, introduction to surface phenomenon; surface forces, adsorption and introduction to colloid systems.

Credit Hours - 3

This course is designed to introduce students to the structures and properties of metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, electronic materials and nanomaterials. 

 Students will also gain an understanding of the processing, design limitations and applications of materials. Some of the areas covered by the course include bonding in materials, crystal structures, imperfections and diffusion in solids, mechanical properties, dislocation and strengthening mechanisms. Other topics to be treated are phase transformations and phase diagrams; Introduction to metal alloys and their properties; Applications and processing of ceramics; Cement; Polymer structures; applications and processing of polymers; introduction to composites; introduction to failure of materials; Optical, Electrical and magnetic properties of materials.

Credit Hours - 3

This course offers an excellent introductory programming class for engineering students. The course mainly deals with the applicative aspects of programming, and students will acquire necessary programming skills

It leverages computational methods that permeate the sciences and engineering through the use of the Python programming language and its extensive libraries for data manipulation, scientific computing, and visualization. Topics to be treated include Python concepts: expressions, values, types, variables, programs and algorithms, control flow, file I/O, Python execution model, data structures: Lists, set, dictionary (mapping), tuples, graph, list slicing, list-comprehension, mutable and immutable data structures, functions, data abstraction, testing and debugging.

Credit Hours - 3

This course is to build upon the foundation of good written communication skill acquired by the student in the Academic Writing I through exercises that consolidate the student’s knowledge, skills and strategies, and prepares the student for scientific written communication needs at the higher levels.

Credit Hours - 3

This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics. The course provides an appreciation of energy conversion processes in the context of engineering applications and to introduce the laws of thermodynamics, analyze and solve problems in a methodical fashion

It will treat the first law of thermodynamics and apply the law to simple systems involving solids, liquids, and gases. The second law of thermodynamics will also be introduced, including Carnot, gas, vapor, and Rankine power cycles. Practical application of thermodynamics in different fields of engineering will be considered.

Credit Hours - 3

This course is designed to introduce students to the theory and application of engineering mechanics as it relates to statically determinant and indeterminate structural systems; that involves determination of stresses, deformations, and strains. The course includes the use of computational software to solve practical engineering problems numerically.

The course will cover internal resultant loadings in simple plane trusses and beams, elastic properties of solids under tensile and torsional loads, stress, strain, and deformation due to axial, torsional, bending, transverse loads, and simple combined loading will be studied. Also, transformation of stress and stresses in thin-walled pressure vessels will be covered. 

Credit Hours - 4

The laws of nature are expressed as differential equations. It is therefore imperative for scientists and engineers to know how to model phenomena using differential equations. This course is therefore designed to introduce students to differential equations and the applications of differential equations in solving and modeling of scientific and engineering problems.

: The course covers differential equations (first and second order ordinary differential equations, series solutions, and system of ordinary differential equations), Initial-value problems (Laplace transforms, partial differential equations, boundary-value problems, Fourier series and transforms), and applications.

Credit Hours - 4

This course introduces students to single variable functions, polynomial functions, other functions, algebra of complex numbers, vectors, matrices, and linear transformations.

The course covers the concept of a function of a single variable, graphs of functions - linear, quadratic, and higher degree polynomial functions, rational functions, inequalities in one and two variables, binomial theorem, circular measure, trigonometric functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, hyperbolic functions. Algebra of complex numbers. Vectors and matrices, the solution of linear systems of equations, vector spaces and subspaces, orthogonality, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, linear transformations.