Lecture
Nuclear Materials
Course and term details
- Sequence
- 01
- Part of term
- 1
- Term
- Fall 2026
- Delivery
- Traditional
- Delivery code
- TR
- Linked section
- No
- Open section
- Yes
Fall 2026
ME5203 CRN 14005Nuclear Materials
LectureMainMon Wed Fri 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Section data from the UW course catalog via uwyoschedule. Confirm seats and meeting times in WyoWeb before you register.
Schedule
Mon, Wed, Fri
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Engineering Building 1044
08/31/2026 – 12/11/2026
Meeting type
Class · LEC
Seats
25
open of 30 seats
Enrollment and waitlist
- Enrollment
- 5
- Maximum enrollment
- 30
- Seats available
- 25
- Wait capacity
- 5
- Wait count
- 0
- Wait seats available
- 5
Course description
An overview of materials commonly employed in nuclear reactors and their interactions with radiation. Topics covered will include atomic-level mechanisms responsible for radiation damage, the formation and transport of defects in materials, a survey of important oxide, ceramic, and metallic materials employed in fuel assemblies, and corrosion in nuclear reactors. Dual-listed: ME 4203 Cross-listed: ERS 5203 Prerequisites: ME 3450 is required for ME/ESE students; non-ME/ESE majors need CHEM 1030
Credits
3
3
All credit fields
- Credit hours
- 3
- Credit range
- 3
See every section of ME5203? Open the course page. Want to plan a full week? Open the planner.