ENGN1215 Introduction to Materials
First Year Course
| Offered By | Dept Engineering |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Engineering |
| Offered in | Second Semester, 2009 and Second Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
Introduction to materials science for structural, electrical, magnetic, and optical engineering applications. Atomic bonding, atomic basis of physical and chemical properties. The crystalline state; crystal structures and imperfections. The amorphous state; structure of metallic, inorganic and organic glasses. Multiphase materials, phase rule, binary phase diagrams of iron-carbon, aluminium-copper and ceramic examples. Kinetics of nucleation and crystal growth, atomic diffusion. Microstructures, TTT diagrams, heat treatment, hardening. Magnetism, hard and soft magnets, ceramic magnets. Electronic structure of solids; electronic conductivity, piezo- and pyro-electricity, solar cells. Materials in optical fibres, transparency, dispersion and IR absorption. Environmental degradation and corrosion of materials. |
| Learning Outcomes | On completion of this course, students will have been shown how a knowledge of materials can underpin practically any engineering activity. They will understand the relationship between structure, properties, processing and performance in an engineering context and develop these relationships for specific examples. Case studies from current media will be used to illustrate the contemporary importance of materials engineering to innovation and systems engineering in general. |
| Indicative Assessment |
Design eggcersise (20%); Artifacts lab (15%) Problem sets (5%); Quizzes (30%); Final Exam (30%) |
| Workload | 58 contact hours maximum + 30 hours non-contact |
| Areas of Interest | Engineering |
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Assumed Knowledge and Required Skills |
This course assumes a knowledge of basic physics and some limited chemistry, but has no formal prerequisites. |
| Requisite Statement |
Admission to the BE degree course, the BSEng degree course or approval of Head of Engineering. |
| Prescribed Texts | The definitive text for this unit is Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering by W.Callister. This text is currently in its 7th edition and comes with numerous online student resources. |
| Science Group | A |
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