Minor in
Physical Metallurgy
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Chairperson: Michael Dudley, Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Program Director: Gary P. Halada
Administrative Assistant: Gertha Benoit-Hollis
Office: 314 Engineering
Phone: (631) 632-8484
E-mail: ghollis@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Web address: www.matscieng.sunysb.edu/


The Department of Materials Science and Engineering offers the minor in Physical Metallurgy, suitable for Engineering Science students or for non-Engineering Science students who seek to obtain a more thorough understanding of the engineering sciences. Physical metallurgy is the study of the structure of metals and its influence on material properties and performance. It is an essential component of many areas of mechanical, manufacturing, civil, and materials engineering in the aerospace, automobile, transportation, energy, environmental, biomedical, and electronics industries as well as in engineering research and design for military and government applications. The courses in the minor provide the student with a broad introduction to the engineering science principles and applications associated with physical metallurgy.

Computer engineering, engineering science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and applied mathematics and statistics students can assemble a sequence of courses with 18-24 credits to satisfy an engineering science minor. Courses used to satisfy the requirements of the minor may not be used to satisfy requirements of another minor in engineering science. The student's program must be approved by the Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Building, Room 314.

Requirements for the Minor in Physical Metallurgy (PME)
Completion of the minor requires 18-24 credits.

Requirements for students majoring in Engineering Science:

1. ESM 334 Materials Engineering
   ESM 335 Mechanical Properties of Materials
   ESM 353 Biomaterials: Manufacture, Properties, and Applications
2. Four courses chosen from:
   ESG 201 Engineering Responses to Society
   ESM 309 Thermodynamics of Solids
   ESM 325 Diffraction Techniques and Structure of Solids
   ESM 488 Cooperative Industrial Practice
   ESM 499 Research in Materials Science
   MEC 305 Heat and Mass Transfer

1. ESG 201 Engineering Responses to Society
2. ESG 100 Introduction to Engineering Science
   or MEC 100 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
   or ESE 123 Introduction to Electronic Design
3. ESM 334 Materials Engineering
   ESM 335 Mechanical Properties of Materials
   ESM 353 Biomaterials: Manufacture, Properties, and Applications
4. Two courses chosen from:
   ESM 488 Cooperative Industrial Practice or ESM 499 Research in Materials Science
   ESM 309 Thermodynamics of Solids
   ESM 325 Diffraction Techniques and Structure of Solids