Spring Semester – Advanced Batteries, EN.510.425 / EN.510.625-(Undergraduate / Graduate -level)

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the principles underlying the development and operation of solid-state batteries, including the current state of the energy storage landscape. The course explores thermodynamics, kinetics, materials selection for solid-state battery design, interfacial electrochemistry, experimental methods, and practical considerations. Students will also gain hands-on experience by assembling and testing various Li-ion battery configurations and analyzing their electrochemical test results.

Pre-requisites:

• Structure of Materials, EN.510.601
• Thermodynamics of Materials, EN.510.602

Fall Semester – Materials Characterization, EN.510.653 – (Graduate-level)

This course introduces a variety of techniques for characterizing the structure, composition, and properties of engineering materials, including metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. In the second half of the course, students complete a hands-on “mystery materials” project in which they apply selected characterization techniques to identify unknown materials and evaluate how processing history influences structure, microstructure, and properties.