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Syllabus ( MSE 519 )


   Basic information
Course title: Electron Microscopy
Course code: MSE 519
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yavuz ORAL
ECTS credits: 7.5
GTU credits: 3 (3+0+0)
Year, Semester: 1/2, Fall and Spring
Level of course: Second Cycle (Master's)
Type of course: Area Elective
Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Pre- and co-requisites: None
Professional practice: No
Purpose of the course: This course provides students as well as practitioners with a comprehensive introduction to the field of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray microanalysis. Students also learn the practical aspects of the techniques described. Topics discussed include user-controlled functions of scanning electron microscopes and x-ray spectrometers and the use of x-rays for qualitative and quantitative analysis. It covers SEM sample preparation methods for hard materials, polymers, and biological specimens. In addition techniques for the elimination of charging in non-conducting specimens are detailed
   Learning outcomes Up

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. List the most general EM-techniques and the relevant areas they are presently used.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Materials Science and Engineering
    2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
    3. Design and conduct research projects independently
    4. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
  2. Practise the methods and use the instruments, proving them with a basis for microstructural lnterpretation in their future studies and research assignments.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Materials Science and Engineering
    2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
    3. Design and conduct research projects independently

    Method of assessment

    1. Laboratory exercise/exam
  3. Enhance their experience to become authorised users of the microscopes.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Materials Science and Engineering
    2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
    3. Design and conduct research projects independently

    Method of assessment

    1. Laboratory exercise/exam
   Contents Up
Week 1: General Optics
Week 2: Electron Gun
Week 3: Magnetic Lenses
Week 4: Electron optics
Week 5: Specimen Beam interactions
Week 6: Lab I-Introduction and sample loading
Week 7: Detectors
Week 8: Lab II-Sample coating
Week 9: Lab III-Focusing and stigmation
Week 10: Back Scattering electron imaging
Week 11: Lab IV-Contrast and brigthness and image optimization
Week 12: Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
Week 13: İmage Processing
Week 14: Lab VII-Work under supervision for the term project
Week 15*: Lab Final Exam
Week 16*: Written Final Exam
Textbooks and materials: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis [Hardcover]
Joseph Goldstein , Dale E. Newbury , David C. Joy , Charles E. Lyman , Patrick Echlin , Eric Lifshin, Linda Sawyer, J.R. Michael
Springer Science 2003
Recommended readings: Physical Principles of Electron Microscopy: An Introduction to TEM, SEM, and AEM21 Jul 2018
by R.F. Egerton
  * Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
Assessment Up
Method of assessment Week number Weight (%)
Mid-terms: 0
Other in-term studies: 5-14 10
Project: 0
Homework: 3,5,7,9,11 20
Quiz: 2-12 30
Final exam: 16 40
  Total weight:
(%)
   Workload Up
Activity Duration (Hours per week) Total number of weeks Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching): 3 14
Own studies outside class: 3 14
Practice, Recitation: 3 2
Homework: 3 5
Term project: 0 0
Term project presentation: 5 1
Quiz: 2 11
Own study for mid-term exam: 0 0
Mid-term: 0 0
Personal studies for final exam: 18 3
Final exam: 2 1
    Total workload:
    Total ECTS credits:
*
  * ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25.
(1 ECTS = 25 work hours)
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