ENGM098

Module Catalogue

Module Code: ENGM098

Module Title: INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Module Provider: Engineering Teaching Group	Short Name: SE3M11	Previous Short Name: SE3M11
Level: M	Module Co-ordinator: YEOMANS JA Dr (Eng Str Mats)
Number of credits: 15	Number of ECTS credits: 7.5

Module Availability

Short course – Autumn Semester

Assessment Pattern

*Components of Assessment*	*Method(s)*	*Weighting*
Continuous assessment	Post-short course assessment package	100%

Module Overview

This module provides an introduction to the main classes of materials, the important properties and the techniques used in materials science and engineering.

Prerequisites/Co-requisites

None

Module Aims

This course aims to:

• introduce the different classes of engineering materials

• describe the structure and properties of a range of advanced materials

• give an overview of the processing routes which are available for manufacturing stock and products from different materials

• describe processing-microstructure-property relationships

• present the principles of engineering design including modelling and materials and process selection with reference to factors such as environmental impact and economics

Learning Outcomes

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to

• describe and comment on structure, processing and properties of the main classes of materials and the relationships between them

• support their understanding of the above areas with quantitative analyses where appropriate

• demonstrate an awareness of the principles underpinning engineering design

Module Content

ntroduction

Crystal Structures

Defects

Fundamental Properties of Materials

Functional Properties of Materials

Structural Properties of Materials

Surfaces and Interfaces

Phase Equilibria

Steels

Light Metals

Structure and Properties of Ceramics

Processing of Ceramics

Structure and Properties of Polymers

Processability of Polymers

Composites

Corrosion

Structural Analysis (Diffraction)

Structural Analysis (Imaging)

Introduction to Scanning Probe Microscopy

Corrosion

Surface Engineering

Joining

Introduction to Modelling

Materials for Bio-Medical Applications

Introduction to Nanotechnology

Methods of Teaching/Learning

Intensive five day teaching period including lectures, tutorials and problem solving sessions, followed by assessment package of a nominal 120 hours work, to be submitted within six months (part-time) or six weeks (full-time) of the end of the course week.

Total student learning time 150 hours.

Selected Texts/Journals

Required reading

Two textbooks supplied along with extensive course notes. The books are:

Ashby MF and Jones DRH, Engineering Materials 1: An Introduction to their Properties and Applications, 2nd ed, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996. (ISBN 07506 30817)

Ashby MF and Jones DRH, Engineering Materials 2: An Introduction to Microstructures, Processing and Design, 2nd ed, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998. (ISBN 07506 40197)