Materials Science

The objectives of this course include: (1) Learn concepts of engineering design including integrated product/process development, Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and DFX (Design for manufacturability, quality, affordability, etc.); (2) Learn to contribute effectively to multidisciplinary design teams in the real world. (3) Fundamental training for entrepreneurship.

This is a special studies course involving an internship with a corporate, public, governmental, or private organization, arranged with the Study Center Director or Liaison Officer. Specific internships vary each term and are described on a special study project form for each student. A substantial paper or series of reports is required. Units vary depending on the contact hours and method of assessment. The internship may be taken during one or more terms but the units cannot exceed a total of 12.0 for the year.

This is an independent research course with research arranged between the student and faculty member. The specific research topics vary each term and are described on a special project form for each student. A substantial paper is required. The number of units varies with the student’s project, contact hours, and method of assessment, as defined on the student’s special study project form.

This course teaches students to appraise engineering with alloys, and evaluate multi-objective engineering design problems (cost, temperature, performance – e.g. creep, fatigue, strength, processability, light weighting, material costs & lifecycle). Students discuss approaches to engineering design and lifing, where failure and optimisation of alloys dominate function (drawing in ideas of process-microstructure properties) in solid stage metal components and consider the science of alloys as a microstructure system with an engineering goal. 

This course focuses on the principle of chemical thermodynamic of refining process of metals and specific knowledge of the process for each metal. The course first analyzes the principle of equilibria of chemical reaction of metal processing, and then the refining process of steels, copper, aluminum and other metals to understand their basic procedure and characteristics. The course aims to understand the thermodynamic equilibrium of metal refining process and understand the basic knowledge of various refining process of metals.