3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper DivisionData from last updated 7/15/2025
Fall 2025
Fall 2025 Instructors:
Fundamental of radiation interaction with materials and applications, types of radiation and radiation sources, physical mechanisms of radiation interaction with solids, radiation damage, ion mixing, applications in nuclear fission and fusion reactors, applications in materials synthesis.
Learning Outcomes1Learn the types and sources of radiation.
2Understand the physical mechanisms of radiation interaction with materials and model these interactions quantitatively.
3Understand and model the phenomenon of radiation damage to bulk, surfaces and interfaces.
4Relate the concepts of radiation damage to neutron interaction with solids in both fission and fusion reactors.
5Understand the technological applications of radiation interaction with materials.
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