Introductory Principles of Materials Engineering. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: CHEM 126 , PHYS 121 or PHYS 122 , MATH 112 . This course introduces the basic concepts of Materials Engineering, with introductory topics including structure, property, performance, and processing of materials. This course focuses on conventional materials including metallic materials and their alloys, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Relationship between structure and material properties, such as mechanical, electronic, thermal, optical, magnetic, and electrochemical, are investigated.