Crystallography: real space, reciprocal space, stereographic projections, symmetry, point groups, space groups, international tables, symmetries in tensors;

Diffusion in Solids: Fick's laws, Laplace transformation, random walk, diffusion mechanisms in crystals, Kirkendall effect, grain boundary diffusion;

Mechanical Behavior of Materials: elasticity, plasticity, slip systems, dislocation theories, displacive transformations, creep, fracture, fatigue, thin films, Weibull statistics

Neutron and Synchrotron Instrumentation: neutron & synchrotron sources, beamlines, optics, diffractometers, spectrometers, applications;

Dynamical Theory of Diffraction: wave equations, dispersion surfaces, band theory, interference effects, applications;

X-ray Diffraction: introduction, crystals, reciprocal space, lab tutorials, data acquisition and analysis;