Mission The Graduate Program in Emerging Material Technologies is aimed at advanced analysis, testing and modeling of the properties of traditional and new materials. Participants are expected to seek quantitative measures of physical efficiency--mechanical, structural, thermal, optical, etc., and qualitative criteria of sensorial performance--auditory, haptic, kinetic, visual, etc. A final purpose is to establish a dual protocol of precise observation and imaginative experimentation, where the material becomes plastic in the laboratory space, available to the free and ordered play of invention, where a conservation of force as well as a conservation of material is realized, obtaining a true economy of production—conceptual, ethical and aesthetical.
Facilities and Resources The program has the traditional array of laboratories for testing and fabrication with wood, metals, and concrete as well as basic equipment for glass annealing and ceramics casting and forming. The School has recently acquired rapid prototyping and digital fabrication equipment with capacity for CNC milling, 3D printing, cutting and routing for precise production of surfaces of complex curvature. Interdisciplinary collaboration by means of shared curriculum offerings and joint faculty appointments are being pursued with the UA Departments of Materials Science and Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics.
Curriculum Fall 1 ARC 601: Experimental Laboratory/Research Studio 6 credits Required support courses: ARC 561i: Materials; Properties and Tests 3 credits ARC 597a: Research Methods 3 credits 12 credits
Spring 1 ARC 900: Graduate Research 6 credits Required support course: ARC 561j: Materials; Modeling 3 credits Elective* course: ARC 597b: Special Projects in Architecture Architecture advanced elective Landscape Architecture advanced elective Engineering elective 3 credits 12 credits
Fall 2 ARC 909 or ARC 910: Graduate Thesis 8 credits Elective* course: Architecture advanced elective Elective from other discipline, as relevant 3 credits 11 credits
TOTAL 35 credits
*Choice of electives is made in consultation with faculty advisor. NOTE: Graduate College policy stipulates that a maximum of 3 credit units of an internship or independent study course may be counted toward the degree.
For further information concerning the graduate program concencentration in emerging material technologies, please contact:
Alvaro Malo, Professor and Coordinator, Graduate Program in Emerging Material Technologies School of Architecture Architecture 212 The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0075 520.626.3545 malo@u.arizona.edu
