Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering
1-5 October 2012
This course is for anyone wanting to acquire an overview of materials science and engineering. It is taught at postgraduate level so will be of maximum benefit to delegates with industrial experience of materials and/or degree-qualified engineers, chemists and physicists who interact with materials scientists/engineers or who are moving into the materials area. There will be plenty of opportunities for discussion with lecturers and other delegates.
Overview of the Course
The lecture content is grouped into four blocks dealing with fundamental principles, specific classes of materials, characterisation techniques and application related topics, as outlined below:
- Introduction
- 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
- Structure and Properties of Polymers
- Processability of Polymers
- Composites
- Corrosion
- Structural Analysis (Diffraction)
- Structural Analysis (Imaging)
- Surface Engineering
- Joining
- Introduction to Modelling
- Materials for Biomedical Applications
The course will provide:
- a systematic understanding of the different classes of engineering materials, their key properties and their principal application areas
- a knowledge of the major techniques used to characterise materials and evaluate their properties, including the quantitative treatment of data where appropriate.
- an appreciation of the importance of processing-microstructure-property relationships through the use of illustrative examples
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:
- describe and account for the structure, processing routes and key properties of the main classes of materials
- explain how materials are characterised
- construct processing-structure-property relationships for existing and potential materials.
- assess the suitability of a material for a given purpose, using quantitative analyses where appropriate
Required reading
Two textbooks are supplied along with extensive course notes.
The books are:
Ashby MF and Jones DRH, Ashby MF and Jones DRH, |
The library has a wide range of textbooks that support the Materials Science and Engineering curriculum, including:
| Callister WD Jr, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 7th ed, John Wiley & Sons, 2007 (ISBN 0471 73696 1) |
| Callister, WD and Rethwisch, DG Materials Science and Engineering 8th ed, John Wiley & Sons, 2011 (ISBN 978-0-470-50586-1) |
Course Directors
The joint directors are Professor Julie Yeomans, who is a Chartered Engineers and Fellows of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and Dr Mark Whiting. They will be joined by colleagues from across the University of Surrey’s materials activity.
Short Course Brochure
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Registration form
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