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1. Master of Philosophy
Materials Modelling
www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans/2000/mres.html

5. Interdisciplinary Course
Materials Science & Metallurgy
Physics
Engineering
(Mathematics)
(Earth Sciences)

6. Student Intake
• Materials • Chemistry
Science • Chemical
• Physics Engineering
• Astrophysics • Mechanical
• Mathematics Engineering
• Statistics • Paper Science

12. Major Components
Written Examination
Research Project
Other Components
Literature Survey
Team-work project

13. Taught Subjects
• Electron theory • Kinetics
• Molecular dynamics • Finite Element
• Monte Carlo • Selection
• Mesoscale • Business
• Thermodynamics

14. Electron distribution around GaN
containing a carbon atom (Bristowe)

15. 1991 Sumio Iijima studied soot,
found nanotubes, nested like
Russian dolls.
Grow efficiently from gas
with iron as catalyst.

19. (Yates, Jerath) Wheel Rail
Bainite
Martensite
Pearlite
0 20 40 60 80 100
Rolling Contact Wear Rate
(mg/m of slip)

20. hydroxyapatite

22. Helical grains
Capdevila & Bhadeshia, 2000

23. Teaching materials freely available:
www.msm.cam.ac.uk/Teaching/online.html
Lecture notes, questions and answers
Slides, Presentations, Seminars
Images, Movies
Examination papers & answers
Theses