2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic Material Science
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Haruhiko Ito
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- EEE.D311
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course addresses the essential thermodynamics for production and characterization of electronic materials. We learn the first and second law of thermodynamics with quantities of state of internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, and free energies. And, we study equilibrium and phase transition including chemical potential. We also refer to dielectric, metallic, magnetic bodies, and so on.
Course description and aims
Through the course, you are able to
- apply thermodynamic functions to understanding thermal characteristics of matter,
- examine chemical reaction and equilibrium based on the law of increase in entropy, and
- acquire mathematical techniques for deriving the relations among thermodynamic functions.
Keywords
equation of state, total derivative, the first law of thermodynamics, the second law of thermodynamics, the third law of thermodynamics, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, free energy, chemical potential, equilibrium, phase transition
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- ・Applied specialist skills on EEE
Class flow
Each lecture is delivered using an original handout. Do an exercise distributed after each class. The example solutions are given next class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Internal energy and enthalpy | Understanding the first law of thermodynamics and the quasi-static process. |
| Class 2 | and Joule-Thomson effect | Understanding the second law of thermodynamics and the law of increase in entropy. |
| Class 3 | Thermodynamic functions and equilibrium stability | Understanding how to derive the relations among thermodynamic functions. |
| Class 4 | Chemical potential and open system | Understanding the open system with the chemical potential. |
| Class 5 | Phase equilibrium and phase transition | Understanding the phase equilibrium conditions and phase transition. |
| Class 6 | Chemical potential and interface | Understanding the chemical equilibrium. |
| Class 7 | Various systems | Applying thermodynamics to dielectric, metallic, magnetic bodies, etc. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None specified
Reference books, course materials, etc.
A handout and an assignment are given in each class by TScience Tokyo LMS.
Evaluation methods and criteria
You are assessed by the comprehension of basic laws of thermodynamics, quantities of state and conditions determining the direction of chemical reaction, and mathematical techniques connecting thermodynamic functions.
The point allocation is 50 % for the final exam and 50 % for assignments.
Related courses
- EEE.D391 ： Semiconductor Fabrication Process
- EEE.D301 ： Electrical and Electronics Materials
Prerequisites
None in particular