Summary:

The purpose is to become familiar with the behavior of materials in specific applications. The technical paper will build upon course material; its technical difficulty and content should be comparable to Callister/Rethwisch textbook.

Topics for the Technical Paper

1. Gallium nitride semiconductors

2. Silicon Nanowires

3. Manufacturing high quality Graphene

4. Improvements (or replacement materials for) to Li rechargeable batteries

5. Juno or Orion Spacecraft

6. Investment Casting

7. Sapphire materials

8. Carbon nitride in optics or electronics

9. MEMS, NEMS

10. Desalination Processes

11. Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Single spaced with 1-inch margins. 10-12 inch font.

8 page maximum; content is more important than length.

Include figures and tables. All figures and tables MUST have appropriate captions.

All references must be appropriately cited throughout the text and listed using reference numbers cited at end of paper in references.