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BME 530. Biomedical Materials
ME 4875. Introduction to Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
ME 531. Properties and Performance of Engineering Materials
ME 5311. Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials
ME 5312. Properties and Performance of Engineering Materials
ME 5356. Smart Materials
ME 5358. Plastics
ME 5359/MTE. Biomedical Materials
ME 5361. Mechanical Behavior and Fracture of Materials
ME 5370. Surface Metrology
ME 5371. Fundamentals of Surface Metrology
ME 5385. Metal Additive Manufacturing
ME 5390. Solar Cells
ME 5420. Fundamentals of Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Processes
ME 543. Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Processes
ME 5847. Materials for Electrochemical Energy Systems
MFE 520. Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Processes
MFE 520/MTE. Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Processes
MFE 5385/MTE. Metal Additive Manufacturing
MFE 5420/. Fundamentals of Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Processes
MFE 545. Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing
MFE 5843/MTE. Fundamentals of Surface Metrology
MTE 511. Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials
MTE 512. Properties and Performance of Engineering Materials
MTE 520/ME. Axiomatic Design of Manufacturing Processes
MTE 5390. Solar Cells
MTE 545. Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing
MTE 556. Smart Materials
MTE 558. Plastics
MTE 561. Mechanical Behavior and Fracture of Materials
MTE 575. Introduction to Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
MTE 5841/MFE. Surface Metrology
MTE 5847. Materials for Electrochemical Energy Systems

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