🐯 Princeton Material Science & Engineering unofficial reading list, fall 2026
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| Junior level | |
|---|---|
| Structure & Properties of Materials MSE 324 |
• Materials Science & Engineering: An Intro. by Callister & Rethwisch |
| Matrix Structural Analysis & Intro. to Finite-Element Methods MSE 331 |
◦ An Intro. To Matrix Structural Analysis & Finite Element Methods by Prevost & Bagrianski |
| Origami Engineering MSE 345 / 535 |
• How to Fold It: The Mathematics of Linkages, Origami & Polyhedra by Joseph O’Rourke |
| Graduate level | |
|---|---|
| Intro. to Statistical Mechanics MSE 514 |
• Intro. to Modern Statistical Mechanics by David Chandler ◦ Random Heterogeneous Materials: Microstructure & Macroscopic Properties by Salvatore Torquato |
| Adv. Inorganic Chemistry MSE 592 |
◦ Chemical Applications of Group Theory by F. Albert Cotton ◦ Molecular Symmetry & Group Theory by Robert L. Carter |
| Inorganic Chem.: Modern Electrochem. MSE 594 |
• Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals & Applications by Bard et al. |