• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

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

1. Explain advanced concepts related to the dielectric properties of materials

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Materials Science and Engineering
   2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
   3. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
2. Identify fundamental dielectric phenomena and explain their basic principles

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Materials Science and Engineering
   2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
   3. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Seminar/presentation
3. Develop an awareness regarding the applications of electroceramics

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Materials Science and Engineering
   2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
   3. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing

   Method of assessment

   1. Seminar/presentation
   2. Term paper

Contents
Week 1:	Introduction, periodic structures and interatomic forces, lattice vibrations: thermal, acoustic and optical properties.
Week 2:	Energy band in solids, Maxwells's equations, review of basic formula of dielectrics.
Week 3:	Electric polarization and relaxations in static electric fields; Magnetization.
Week 4:	Electric polarization and relaxations in time-varying electric fields
Week 5:	Applications: Low, medium and high permitivity ceramics.
Week 6:	Optical and electro-optic processes: Interaction btw radiation and matter.
Week 7:	Optical and electro-optic proceses: Luminescence, photoemission, photovoltaic effects.
Week 8:	Applications: Electro-optic ceramics.
Week 9:	MIDTERM
Week 10:	Concepts of electrical contacts, charge carier injection from electrical contacts, potential barriers. Tunneling through thin dielectric films btw electrical contacts. Electrical conduction and photoconduction.
Week 11:	Applications: Conductive ceramics: Superconductives, ionic conductives.
Week 12:	Electrical aging, discharge and breakdown.
Week 13:	Applications: Piezoelectrics and pyroelectrics.
Week 14:	Applications: Magnetic ceramics.
Week 15*:	GENERAL REVIEW
Week 16*:	FINAL EXAM
Textbooks and materials:	• Dielectric Phenomena in Solids, Kao, Elsevier, 2004. • Electroceramics, Herbert & Moulson, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, England, 2003. Others: • Dielectric and Magnetic Properties of Ceramic Materials (CerSc 508 Course Notes), Newnham, Pennsylvania State University, 1993.
Recommended readings:	• Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials, Solymar & Walsh, Oxford University Press, 1993.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	9	35
Other in-term studies:		0
Project:	0	0
Homework:	3,6,12	15
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	50
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	14
Own studies outside class:	5	14
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	0	0
Term project:	20	2
Term project presentation:	0	0
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	15	1
Mid-term:	2	1
Personal studies for final exam:	15	1
Final exam:	2	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)