Mse335h1s-materials Physics - Toronto, Canada - University of Toronto

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Description

Date Posted:10/31/2023

Req ID: 34756

Faculty/Division:
Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Department:
Dept of Materials Science & Engineering

Campus:
St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Position:
Sessional Lecturer I/II

Course Title and Code:
MSE335H1S: Materials Physics

Course Description:
Application of solid state physics to describe properties of materials

Thermal properties of solids:
lattice vibrations (phonons), heat capacity, thermal conductivity

Electrical properties of metals:
simple circuits, resistivity of metals (classical and quantum descriptions), Seebeck, Peltier, and Thomson effects

Electrical properties of semiconductors:
band structure and occupancy, conductivity, Hall effect, simple devices

Electrical properties of insulators:
polarization, capacitance, optical properties, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials

Magnetic properties:
diamagnetism and paramagnetism, ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials, magnetic domains, B-H curves.

Estimated Enrolment: 30

Estimated TA support:

TBD

Sessional date of appointment:
Winter Session, January to April 2024

Salary:
Minimum level of pay is $9, Sessional Lecturer I) and $10, Sessional Lecturer II), and may increase depending on applicant's level of experience and suitability for the position.

Qualifications:
A Ph.
D. in Materials Science and Engineering, or a closely related field is essential. Experience lecturing and/or coordinating laboratories at the university level are preferred.

Brief description of duties:

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering requires a lecturer to teach MSE335H1S: Materials Physics during the Winter semester.

The successful applicant will be responsible for effectively delivering the course with all of the attendant organizational issues of lecture preparation and delivery, setting, supervision and marking of exams, final course marks, course evaluations, and so forth.

Fanny Manousos

Director of Administration

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

184 College Street, Room 140, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E4

Closing Date: 11/20/2023, 11:59PM EDT

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement._
It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail._
Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement._