Section 1: Description of a solid [7,8]

    electronic view, why important

    phononic view, why important

    atomic view, why important

    continuum view, why important

    length and time scales, difficulties 

Section 2: Deformation in solids [7,1,2,8]
    atomistic deformation
    continuum deformation

Section 3: Defects in solids [7,8]

    Why important

    Point defect (vacancies, localized impurity)

    Line defect (dislocation)

    Planar defect (surface)

    Disorder (alloying)      

Section 4: Concept of bands [7,3,4,5]

    Why important (for metals, semiconductors, insulators)

    Wavefunction 

    Confinement

    Bandgap

    Meaning of band curvature

    Anisotropy, its mechanics and importance

Section 5: Methods [8,7,9,6]

    Density functional theory

    DFT in Fourier/real space

    Molecular Statics/Dynamics

    Tight-binding theory

    Pseudopotential theory

    Finite Element Method

    Introduction to serial/parallel computation

Section 6: Applied problems [7,8]

   Computing energetics in solids (under stress)

   Meaning of stress to electrons 

   Stress and strain effects to particles (atoms, electrons) 

   Stress effects on transport (mass, momentum, energy)   

Section 7: Grand-summary [7,8]

    why did we learn sections 1-6

    when to use what

    an example with integration of different ideas taught in 1-6.

References
1). Applied Mechanics - Allan Bower
2). The Mechanics of Elastic Solids - Rohan Abeyaratne
3). Introduction to Solid State Physics - Charles Kittel
4). Elementary Electronic Structure - Walter Harrison 
5). Principles of Quantum mechanics - Ramamurti Shankar

6). Scientific Computing - Michael Heath

7). Lecture notes (zLN) - M. Z. Hossain

8). Journal Papers (to be added)

9). Web resources (to be added)

Required courses

(to be listed)