Chabot College Fall 2002
Course Outline for Engineering Technology 60
ENGINEERING MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
Catalog Description :
60 - Engineering Materials Technology 2 units
Introduction to physical mechanical characteristics of material used in engineering applications.
Includes metals, ceramics, and polymers; basics of metallurgy, tension testing, hardness testing, and heat treatment. Strongly recommended: Industrial Technology 74 and Mathematics 36 or
Mathematics 37. 1 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
1. demonstrate knowledge of all testing equipment in the laboratory;
2. interpret with metallurgical terminology involving ferrous and non-ferrous metals;
3. define some of the properties of plastics, wood, and concrete;
4. identify physical and metallurgical basics involved in limited material selection.
Course Content:
1. Materials selection principles
2. Properties of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, ceramics, concrete, wood, glass, and polymers
3. Various laboratory experiments involving preparation and testing of above materials
4. Theory and computations; stress-strain diagrams; tension and fractures
5. Solid solution and eutectics
6. Phase and equilibrium diagrams
Methods of Presentation:
1. Lecture
2. Lecture-demonstration in the testing laboratory
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments: a. Read assigned chapters b. Participate in class discussions c. Write lab reports
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress: a. Midterm b. Final Exam c. Lab Report
Textbook(s) (Typical):
Engineering Materials Technology , James A. Jacobs and Thomas F. Kilduff, Prentice Hall
Publishing,
Special Student Materials:
Engineering computation paper
Cindy Stubblebine August 2001
ENGR Outline Fall 2002