Professor Aris Christou
Department of Materials Science and Engineering | Department of Mechanical Engineering
A. James Clark School of Engineering | Universty of Maryland
Courses & Teaching
Professor Christou currently teaches or has taught the courses listed below. Syllabi (PDF) are provided as examples only. Please consult the MSE web site for the most up to date syllabi. Not all courses are taught each semester or each academic year. Please consult Testudo for current and upcoming course offerings.
- ENES 100: Introduction to Engineering Design
Students work as teams to design and build a product using computer software for word-processing, spreadsheet, CAD, and communication skills. - ENMA 300 / ENME 382: Introduction to Engineering Materials (formerly ENES 230)
Structure of materials, chemical composition, phase transformations, corrosion and mechanical properties of metals, ceramics, polymers and related materials. Electrical, thermal, magnetic and optical properties of materials. Materials selection in engineering applications. Syllabus » - ENMA 426 / ENRE 447: Reliability of Materials
The main objective of the course is to understand the basic degradation mechanisms of materials, devices and components through the understanding of the physics, chemistry, mechanics of such mechanisms. Mechanical failures are introduced through understanding fatigue, creep and yielding in materials, and devices. Physical or chemical related failures are introduced through a basic understanding of physical mechanisms such as diffusion, electromigration, defects and defect migration, surface trapping mechanisms, charge creation and migration. Failure mechanisms observed in engineering materials will also be presented as well as failure mechanisms in semiconductor devices. Syllabus » - ENMA 463: Macroprocessing of Materials in Electronic Packaging
Processing of modern, bulk engineering materials. Raw materials, forming, firing, finishing, and joining. More emphasis on metals and ceramics than polymers. Prerequisite: ENMA 300 or consent of instructor. Syllabus » - ENMA 626 / ENRE 600: Reliability Engineering (Fundamentals of Failure Mechanisms)
Introduces the student to some basic principles of reliability engineering and reliability physics. The approach is to provide a general tool set by which engineers can understand how to consider reliability in all phases of the design and manufacture of a product. The emphasis is on integrating statistics and probability with understanding the firmamental physics of processes that lead to failures. Syllabus »
