Course Outline
Course Overview
Description:
Modern science and technology are highly dependent on materials whose properties can be controlled to accommodate a wide range of applications. The multidisciplinary field of materials science and engineering outlines approaches to enhance the manipulation of existing materials and synthesis of new materials. Further, the study of materials science and engineering provides the basis for understanding material properties with respect to chemistry and atomic structure and specifically the ability to tailor chemistry and structure to bring about specific properties. The purpose of this course is to present to students the basic principles necessary to understand structure-property relations in engineering materials. The course assumes a basic knowledge of general physics, general chemistry, and mathematics.
- Atomic interactions
- Crystalline and non-crystalline structures- materials defects
- Metal alloy, Ceramic Structure
- Composite material principles
- Classification, preparation and properties; corrosion degradation mechanisms, Electrochemical reactions, and protection methods
- Electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and dielectrics; thermal properties of metals and non-metals; magnetic material
- Amorphous and crystalline structures in metals, ceramics and polymers, point defects in crystals, structure determination by X-ray diffraction
- Density dislocations, grain boundaries, surfaces and multiphase microstructures
- Optical and electron microscopic First three laws of thermodynamics; phase equilibria, Solution theory
- Metallographic, tensile testing, hardness testing, impact testing, heat treating, melting and casting. Polymer and processing, computational materials, nanocomposite materials, glasses, Biomaterials, chemical bonding, crystal structures, crystal chemistry, electrical properties, thermal behavior, defect chemistry. engineering ceramics, glasses, dielectrics, superconductors, aerogels, macroscopic
- Metallographic, tensile testing, hardness testing, impact testing, heat treating, melting and casting. Polymer and processing, computational materials, nanocomposite materials, glasses, Biomaterials, chemical bonding, crystal structures, crystal chemistry, electrical properties, thermal behavior, defect chemistry. engineering ceramics, glasses, dielectrics, superconductors, aerogels, macroscopic.
- Integration of structure, properties, processing and performance principles to formulate and implement solutions to materials engineering problems.
- From Atoms to 3-D Structures
- Investigating 3D Structures Using X-rays
- Imperfections in Our World
- How Atoms, Ions, and Molecules Move Through a Solid
- Phase Diagrams: Maps to Engineered Materials
- Phase Transformations
- Mechanical Properties (Concepts and Tensile Testing) (Stress-Strain Metals and Testing Brittle Materials)
- Thermal Properties
- Electrical, Magnetic, and Optical Properties: Making the Gadgets
- Conductive Metallic Materials (Electrical Conductivity in Semiconductors)
- Corrosion
Course Learning Outcomes
The course aims to understand the material sciences, which form the basic foundation for the study of other fields inside and outside the condensed matter physics. The course provides a clear picture about the development of the subject and how the knowledge about the materials and their properties used to change our society.
by Dr. Muhammad Hasnain Jameel