Trainee Program Requirements

Trainees in the DIGI-MAT program must complete 20 hours of selected course work over the duration of the 5-year program. Trainee’s 20 hours of course work must include two DIGI-MAT required courses, and at least one elective "each" from category A and B.

We ask that all trainees elect the 1-credit-hour Professional Development Seminar for at least 3 to 4 semesters.

All trainees are encouraged to partner with their advisor on course selection to assure selection aligns effectively with their research focus and future goals.

Required Courses

ME/MSE 598 DM: Introduction to Digital Materials (4hrs)

ME/MSE 598 A1: Research Writing and Communication  (DIGI-MAT Capstone Course) (4hrs)

MSE 590 - Professional Development Seminar (1hr)

Electives List - A

Data, Computer Science, Statistics

CS 412: Introduction to Data Mining - 3 or 4 hours

CS 446: Machine Learning - 3 or 4 hours

CS 481/IE 410: Advanced Topics in Stochastic Processes & Applications               3 or 4 hours

CS 441: Applied Machine Learning - 3 or 4 hours

CS 511: Advanced Data Management - 1–4 hours

STAT 448: Advanced Data Analysis - 4 hours

STAT 525: Computational Statistics - 4 hours

STAT 542: Statistical Learning - 4 hours

STAT 545: Spatial Statistics - 4 hours

STAT 571: Multivariate Analysis - 4 hours                                                                                                                                 STAT/CS/CSE 4XX half-semester courses, TBA - 2 hours

Electives List - B

Materials, Physics, Mechanics

 PHYS 427: Thermal and Statistical Physics – 4 hours

PHYS 460: Condensed Matter – 4 hours

PHYS 486: Quantum Physics I (upper level undergrad) – 4 hours

PHYS 565: (same as ECE 535) – 4 hours

MSE 443: Design of Engineering Alloys - 3 hours

MSE 481: Intro to Transmission Electron Microscopy - 3 or 4 hours

MSE 485: Atomic Scale Simulations - 3 or 4 hours

MSE 487: Materials for Nanotechnology - 3 or 4 hours

CSE 450: Computational Mechanics - 3 or 4 hours (same as TAM 470;
see TAM 470)

TAM 451: Intermediate Solid Mechanics – 4 hours

TAM 551: Solid Mechanics I – 4 hours

TAM 552: Solid Mechanics II – 4 hours 

TAM 559: Atomistic Solid Mechanics - 4 hours

ENG 498IM: Interdisciplinary Methods in Research Computing - 4 hours

CHEM 483: Solid State Structural Analysis - 4 hours

MSE/PHYS/TAM/CSE 4XX half-semester courses, TBA - 2 hours