MSE 2001: Principles and Applications of Engineering Materials

Summer2017

Georgia Tech Lorraine

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Tom Sanders, Room 205

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS?

This course is designed to fulfill the materials component of those in AE, BME, ChBE, ME/NE, and MS and therefore restricted to those students.

LECTURES:

Thelectures follow the material presented in the text and on the power point slides on T-Square. The course will coverChapters 1 through 10 in the textbook. The textbook is essential to this class.

CLASS ATTENDANCE:

Attendance is necessary to successfully complete this class with a good grade. The material comes fast and we will cover many different concepts in each chapter.

USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES:

There will be no cell phones or computers in class. If you have them with you, please turn them off BEFORE class starts.

HOMEWORK:

Homework will be regularly assignedbut not collected. It is the responsibility of each student to keep up with all assignments. It is your responsibility to ask questions in class or the chat room on T-square.

EXAMINATIONS:

There will be three in-class, closed book examinations during the semester, and a comprehensive final exam given during final week. If there is a legitimate excuse for missing an examination it must be communicated first to Professor Voss and if he approves he will inform me. The final exam will be given during the scheduled exam period, TBD.

QUIZZES:

There will pop quizzes during the semester. Only legitimate excuses will be accepted for missed quizzes. Please see Professor Voss to request a legitimate excuse.

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL:

A complete set of prerecorded video lectures are available. The chapters are broken up in to lecture between 7 and 15 minutes. Titles and contents for ease of searching topics.

GRADE:

Your final grade will be computed based upon your performance on the in-class examsand daily quizzes scaled according to the following proportions:

Examination 1-25%

Examination 2 -25%

Quizzes20%

Final-30%

CATALOG DATA for MSE 2001:

Credits 3 (3-0-3).

Prerequisites: CHEM 1310.

Description: Basic principles describing the structure and properties of engineering materials and the application of the basic principals directed toward understanding the relationships between the development of microstructure and the effects of microstructure on the properties discussed. The properties discussed include mechanical, chemical, electrical, thermal, magnetic, and optical. Materials processing techniques and materials selection in design are emphasized.

Textbook: James P. Schaffer, Ashok Saxena, Stephen D. Antolovich, Thomas H. Sanders, Jr. and Steven B. Warner, The Science and Design of Engineering Materials, Second Edition, Irwin, Chicago, IL, 1999.

GOALS:

Teach the fundamentals of structure-property-processing relationships in engineering materials. Relate these fundamentals to the performance of the materials. Discuss the major properties of ceramics, metals, polymers and composites. Present failure mechanisms, such as fatigue, creep, and fracture. Introduce the microstructural basis for electrical and mechanical properties of materials.

PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC:

1. Fundamental laws and theories of chemistry, thermodynamics and kineticsof reactions.

  1. Fundamental laws and theories of physics, including physical principles ofmechanics and the atomic and electronic structure of matter.

CORE TOPICS, BOOK CHAPTER, LECTURES:

  1. Introduction, Chapter 1
  2. Major Mechanical Properties of Materials, Chapter 9
  3. Atomic Structure and Bonding, Chapter 2
  4. Crystalline Structure, Chapter 3
  5. Electrical Properties, Chapter 10
  6. Point Defects and Diffusion, Chapter 4
  7. Linear, Planar and Volume Defects, Chapter 5
  8. Noncrystalline and Semicrystalline Materials, Chapter 6
  9. Phase Diagrams and Phase Equilibria, Chapter 7
  10. Kinetics and Structural Transformations, Chapter 8
  11. Review of Properties in Light of the Structure, Chapters 9 and 10

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

I expect all students in this class to respect the Georgia Tech honor code and behave in a professional manner. Engineers have a responsibility to the public who ultimately will use the products of their intellectual creations. Any students violating the honor code will be turned over to the office of Academic Integrity, Dean of Students to investigate the incident(s).