Teaching Experience (TA)
MSE 201: Material Science
  • Fall 2014 with Prof. Amit Bandyopadhyay
  • Duties included: conducting TA office hours, proctoring exams, discussing problems with students and grading.
  • Topics Covered: Introduction to Materials Science; Atomic Structure and Bonding; Crystal Structure; Crystal Defects; Diffusion; Mechanical properties; Concept of dislocation and strengthening mechanisms; Fracture and failure; Phase Diagrams; Phase transformation; Metals; Ceramics; Polymers and Composites; Concept of Corrosion.
  • Textbook: Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction by William D. Callister Jr.
MSE 302: Electronic Materials
  • Spring 2015 with Prof. Amit Bandyopadhyay
  • Duties included: grading, proctoring exams, discussing problems with students, and conducting TA office hours
  • Topics Covered: Introduction to Materials Science: Types of Materials; Atomic Structures: electronic configuration; Types of bonding and resulting materials; Structure of non-crystalline materials and semiconductors; Defects in solids: Point defects and line defects; Electrical conduction in solids; Thermal conduction in solids; Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors; Conductivity in semiconductors; Semiconductor devices: Ideal pn junction, BJT, JFET and MOSFET; Dielectric Materials; Ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials and structures; Magnetic materials and devices; Superconductivity; Optical properties of materials; Thin films and semiconductor device fabrication; Thin films and semiconductor device fabrication / Overall review.
  • Textbook: Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices by Prof. S. O. Kasap, McGraw-Hill