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THEMES	TOPICS	INSTRUCTORS	KEY DATES
Before Labs Begin
Safety Training	Hazardous Chemical Training	Bob Edwards and Bill Trabilicy, EHS Office
Safety Training	Radiation Safety Training	Thomas Hasselbacher, EHS Office	Pass safety course (online)
Lab Week 1
α Amorphous Polymers	α₁ Polymer Structures	Dr. Meri Treska
α Amorphous Polymers	α₂ Polymer Conformation	Prof. Francesco Stellacci
β Glass Materials	β₁ Structure of Borate Glasses	Mr. Benjamin Hardy Wunsch
β Glass Materials	β₂ Structure of Borate Glasses	Prof. Linn Hobbs/Mr. Dilan A. Seneviratne
γ Quantifying Thermodynamic Properties of Materials	γ₁ Thermal Energy Storage	Dr. Geetha P. Berera
γ Quantifying Thermodynamic Properties of Materials	γ₂ Magnetic Work	Prof. Silvija Gradecak
Two Recitations	Lab Week 1 Discussion	Course TAs	Week 1 report due Friday of following week
Lab Week 2
α Quantifying Thermodynamic Properties	α₁ Liquid Crystal	Prof. Silvija Gradecak
α Quantifying Thermodynamic Properties	α₂ Mechanical Work	Mr. Benjamin Hardy Wunsch
β Crystalline Structures	β₁ Radius Ratios in Ionic Crystals	Prof. Francesco Stellacci
β Crystalline Structures	β₂ Crystal Polymorphs	Dr. Geetha P. Berera
γ Diffraction Principles	γ₁ Derivative Structures	Dr. Meri Treska
γ Diffraction Principles	γ₂ Laser Diffraction	Prof. Linn Hobbs
Two Recitations	Lab Week 2 Discussion	Course TAs	Week 2 report due Friday of following week
Lab Week 3
α Materials as "Particle in a Box" Models	α₁ F-centers	Mr. Benjamin Hardy Wunsch
α Materials as "Particle in a Box" Models	α₂ Quantum Dots	Prof. Francesco Stellacci
β Visualizing Gibbs Free Energy	β₁ Batteries	Dr. Geetha P. Berera
β Visualizing Gibbs Free Energy	β₂ Corrosion	Prof. Linn Hobbs
γ Phase Transitions	γ₁ Phase Separation	Dr. Meri Treska
γ Phase Transitions	γ₂ Ferromagnetic Transitions	Prof. Silvija Gradecak
Two Recitations	Lab Week 3 Discussion	Course TAs	Week 3 report due Friday two weeks later
Lab Week 4
α Bonds and Wavefunctions	α₁ Electron Wavefunctions	Prof. Silvija Gradecak
α Bonds and Wavefunctions	α₂ Delocalization	Mr. Benjamin Hardy Wunsch
β Vibration in Materials	β₁ Phonon Curves	Prof. Francesco Stellacci
β Vibration in Materials	β₂ Mechanical Strength and Vibrations	Prof. Linn Hobbs
γ Phase Diagrams	γ₁ Eutectics	Dr. Geetha P. Berera
γ Phase Diagrams	γ₂ Order Disorder Transitions	Dr. Meri Treska
Two Recitations	Lab Week 4 Discussion	Course TAs
Final Exam	Week 4 Lab Report (Memo) Written During Final Exam Period		Week 4 report due

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