Engineering Materials Laboratory

Catalog description

Materials Science and Engineering is an organized investigation of engineering materials, including their classification, properties, and means of testing to determine their properties. In materials courses different topics such as atomic bonding, crystalline structure of materials, structural imperfections, solid state diffusion, plastic deformation, mechanical properties of engineering materials, systematic analysis of materials failure, phase diagrams and kinetics are discussed. The application of materials in manufactured products and construction, and the effects of both manufacturing processes and in-service stress on materials are considered. The laboratory subjects combine hands-on experiments with the materials which will be discussed in the lecture. Sample preparation, tension tests, hardness test, impact resistance, heat treatment, fatigue testing, torsion, shear, bending, etc. are some of the experiments which may be performed in the lab sessions. The report for the lab session is a necessary component which is a practice for written technical communication.