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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Subject: New course - Experimental Mechanics of Heterogeneous Materials</span></b><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif; background:yellow">New course for graduate and senior undergraduate students</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">(undergraduates must seek permission from instructor)<b></b></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Title:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> CIVE 7397-07 (19545)
<b><span style="background:yellow">Experimental Mechanics of Heterogeneous Materials</span></b></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.cive.uh.edu/faculty/krakowiak" id="LPlnk354963" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
Dr. Konrad J. Krakowiak</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Schedule:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> TuTh 2:30 – 4:00 pm</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Course Description:</span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This class is directed to students who are interested in experimental methods of materials characterization at microscale, in particular construction materials such as concrete, metals and
ceramics. This class is designed around two primary objectives: Objective 1 – introduce students to the instrumented indentation techniques in application to construction materials, Objective 2 – introduce and train students in the experimental techniques
of pore structure and materials texture assessment. The class is composed of lectures presenting fundamentals and practical consideration of instrumented indentation (IND), mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) as well as gas adsorption techniques (BET). Lectures
will be accompanied with labs where the students will be working on related case studies. In this class, I will also review the fundamental concepts in the topic of experimental design and measurements, including error analysis and propagation, error distribution
and hypothesis testing.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">If you have questions about the class please contact Dr. Krakowiak (<a href="mailto:kjkrak@uh.edu" id="LPlnk635110" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">kjkrak@uh.edu</a>, 713-743-8669)</span></p>
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