Materials Engineering

Course contents

Introduction to materials engineering:
- Structures and defects of solids
- Mechanical properties, material testing and material failure
- Criteria for material selection

Metallic materials:
- Properties of relevant ferrous and non-ferrous materials
- Changes in the properties of steels (hardening and annealing)
- Phase diagrams for alloy formation

Plastics:
- Structure and properties of polymers (crystallinity, tacticity and copolymerization)
- Glass transition temperature of plastics
- Classification into thermoplastics, elastomers and thermosets
- Production, properties and use of relevant plastics
- Recycling of plastics

Department

Bachelor's program Environmental, Process & Energy Engineering