Material Kinetics: Transport and Rate Phenomena

engineering. Despite the ubiquitous importance of kinetics in materials

science, a comprehensive textbook on this topic has been sorely lacking. I

hope the current volume will fill this gap, providing a textbook that covers

the full breadth of materials kinetics, spanning all classes of materials and

covering both the liquid and solid states from the macroscale down to the

atomic level. In writing this book, I have attempted to strike a balance

among

fundamental

theory,

modeling

and

simulation

techniques,

experimental methods, and practical applications in materials design.

The book is written in a pedagogical fashion, aiming to provide a rigorous

treatment of materials kinetics in a format that is accessible to both first-year

graduate students and upper-level undergraduates in materials science and

engineering. It should also be useful as a reference for professionals in the field.

Emphasis has been placed on developing the fundamental concepts of

materials kinetics and the importance of these concepts in the understanding

and design of materials. Real-world examples are given throughout the text,

and each chapter ends with a series of exercises that are meant to stimulate

critical and creative thinking around relevant concepts.

This volume emerged from teaching MATSE 503, “Kinetics of

Materials Processes,” my first-year graduate course at Penn State. The

organization of the book follows exactly how I teach the course. I am

happy to provide additional course content including lecture slide to

any instructors who ask. Please feel free to email me at jcm426@psu.edu to

request a copy of this material.