Structural Ceramics and Hard Coatings
5-9 March 2012
The Course
The course will provide a detailed consideration of the fundamentals and underpinning science of the processing and
mechanical properties of engineering ceramics and hard coatings. Topics such as wear, thermo-mechanical behaviour and design will be addressed. Where appropriate, examples of actual materials and components will be used to illustrate these generic principles and new developments will be identified. The lecture content will be reinforced and
enhanced through tutorial/exercise class sessions.
Who Should Attend?
The course is designed for scientists and engineers seeking an understanding of engineering ceramics and hard coatings. It will be suitable for graduates with no or limited ceramic experience wishing to widen the scope of their knowledge. There are no formal prerequisites but some basic knowledge of materials science will be assumed.
Course Content
- Overview of Materials and Application Areas
- Processing of Ceramics: Powders and Green Bodies
- Processing of Ceramics: Sintering
- Processing of Coatings: Physical Vapour Deposition Methods
- Processing of Coatings;' Physical Vapour Deposition Methods II
- Thin Film Growth
- Mechanical Properties of Ceramics and Coatings: An Introduction
- Mechanical Properties of Ceramics: Statisctical Nature of Strength I and II
- Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour
- Interfaces and Adhesion of Coatings
- Mechanical and Wear Test Methods
- New Developments in Wear Resistant Coatings
- Joining of Ceramics
- Designing with Ceramics
The Course Directors are Professor Julie Yeomans who is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and Dr Mark Baker, who is a Chartered Scientist. They will be joined by colleagues from across the University of Surrey’s materials activity, as well as external experts, Prof Roger Morrell and Dr John Fernie.
Further information
- For enquiries see our contact details
- More about the MSc in Advanced Materials