Spring 2027

Transport Phenomena in Materials

Introduces basic principles of fluid flow, heat transfer, and diffusion with examples for designing and processing metals, semiconductors, glasses, polymers, and ceramics.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Michael Arnold4.1/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.00 GPA, 40.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.08 GPA, 41.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.00 GPA, 27.8% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply mathematics, chemistry, physics, and materials science and engineering principles to quantitatively describe fluid flow, heat transport, mass transport, and their interplay during materials processing and production

  • Identify materials transport related problems and formulate plans to solve such problems pertaining to the synthesis, fabrication, and purification of materials

  • Analyze transport phenomena and processes using both analytical and computational (finite element) methods

  • Develop the mathematical and scientific principles to be able to design materials and the processes needed to produce them to meet desired needs within realistic constraints

  • Broadly apply transport principles to understand the impact of materials science and engineering production in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context

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Prerequisites

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M S & E 330 and (MATH 319, 320, 376, or concurrent enrollment), or member of Engineering Guest Students

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Spring 2027

Michael Arnold

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.00 GPA, 40.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.08 GPA, 41.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.00 GPA, 27.8% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MICHAEL ARNOLD is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.00 GPA, 40.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.08 GPA, 41.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.00 GPA, 27.8% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Fluid flow, heat transfer, and diffusion
  • Design and processing of metals, semiconductors, glasses, polymers, and ceramics
  • Global, economic, environmental, and societal impacts of materials production

Skills

  • Quantitatively describe fluid flow, heat transport, and mass transport
  • Formulate plans to solve materials transport problems in synthesis, fabrication, and purification
  • Analyze transport phenomena using analytical and finite element methods

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MS&E 331 · Spring 2027

Transport Phenomena in Materials

Recorded 2026-10-14
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