Syllabus for MECH 203 Materials Science, Fall 2015
Instructor:
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Halidun Keleştemur
hkelestemur@meliksah.edu.tr
Course Hours:
Mo; 08.30 - 09.45, Th; 15.15 - 16.35
Office Hours:
Mo; 09.45-11.00 or by appointment (Engineering Faculty Building, 5. Floor)
Teaching Assistant:
Teaching Assistant (TA) Hasan Yeşilyurt, B04 Materials Science Lab
Required Text:
MATERIALS SCIENCE and ENGINEERING:
An introduction by W.D. Callister (sixth edition or later editions)
Scope:
To introduce the materials science and engineering of ceramics, polymers, and electronic materials
as well as metals. Topics include: introduction, bonding, crystallography, imperfections, diffusion,
mechanical properties of metals, dislocations and strengthening mechanisms, Mech Eng; phase
diagrams, corrosion and degradation of materials. Civil Eng; Structures and Properties of Ceramics,
Applications and Processing of Ceramics
Objectives:
To develop an awareness of materials and their properties that, as an engineer, you must rely on in
the future
To introduce basic ideas, terminology and testing of materials
To reveal relationships amongst processing -> structure -> properties -> performance
To provide some background in Materials Science (structure - property relationships)
To introduce Materials Engineering (designing set of properties based on these relationships)
To develop ideas regarding materials selection and design
Grading Policy:
Class Participation:
5%
Assignment: 10 X 1,0; total 00%
Quiz: 10 X 2.5;
total 25%
Midterm Exam: 2x15 ; total 30%
Final Exam:
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40%
The combination of class participation, assignments, quiz and midterm exams will make up 60%
of the final mark with the remaining 40% based on the final exam.
The final exam will be of 3 hours duration, covering entire course material and a “Closed Book"
exam.
The midterm tests are MANDATORY and covering only the certain chapters; students are
responsible from first four weeks courses material at the first midterm exam and second four
weeks courses material at the second midterm exam.
There will be 12 assignments (homework, HW) and 12 quizzes throughout the semester.
Students encourage working independently. Weekly homework will not be collected, but at least
one HW question will be asked as one of the quiz questions. Best graded 10 quizzes will be
considered.
At the every beginning of the weeks (Monday) you will have a quiz covering the former week(s)’s
course material. Quiz questions will be on reading assignments.
Please see the Schedule for dates of assignments, quiz and exams.
Midterm and Final Exam questions are mostly taking and modified from HW and examples solved
in class.
Every student is responsible for all materials covered in class and assigned reading material.
HW, Quizzes, and Exams will be held for Academic Integrity.
Students caught cheating will receive failing grade (F) and will be sent to the discipline committee.
Course Calendar for MECH 203: Introduction to Engineering Materials, FALL 2015
SEPTEMBER
Sep/07–10 Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Atomic Structure and Interatomic Bonding
HW assignment reading: Ch. 1, Reading: Ch. 2
Sep/14 Chapter 2: Atomic Structure and Interatomic Bonding
Quiz-1 (Chapter 1); September 14th , Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 3
Sep/17-21 Chapter 3: The Structure of Crystalline Solids
Sep 24-25-26-27 EID EL-ADHA BREAK (Kurban Bayramı)
Sep/28 Chapter 3: The Structure of Crystalline Solids
Quiz-2 (Chapter 2); September 28th , Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch 3
OCTOBER
Oct/01 Chpt. 3: Crystal Structure: Planes and Miller Indices
HW assignment reading: Ch.3 and 4
Oct/5-8 Chpt. 3: Crystal Structure: Crystallography and Diffraction
Quiz-3 (Chapter 3); Oct 5th , Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 4
Oct/12-15 Chpt. 4: Imperfections in Solids
Quiz-4 (Chapter 3); October 12th, Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 4
Oct/19-22 Chpt. 4: Imperfections in Solids
Quiz-5 (Chapter 4); October 19th, Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 4-5
Oct/26 SET TIME for Exam I (Tentative)
Oct/29 Holiday
NOVEMBER
Nov/2-5 Chpt. 5: Diffusion, Chpt. 6: Mechanical Properties
HW assignment reading: Ch. 6
Nov/9-12 Chpt. 6: Mechanical Properties
Quiz-6 (Chapter 5); Nov 9th, Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 6
Nov /16-19 Chpt. 6: Mechanical Properties
Quiz-7 (Chapter 6); November 16th, Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 6
Nov/23-26 Chpt. 6: Mechanical Properties
Quiz-8 (Chapter 6); November 26th, Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 8
Nov/30 Chpt. 7: Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
Quiz-9 (Chapter 6); November 30th, Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 8
DEC/3 SET TIME for Exam II (Tentative)
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DECEMBER
Dec/7-10 Chpt. 9: Phase Diagrams
Quiz-10 (Chapter 7); November 7th, Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 9
Dec/14-17 Chpt. 10: Phase Transformations: Dev. of Microstructure and Alteration of Mech. Prop.
Quiz-11-12 (Chapter 9-10); November 14th, Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 10
CIVIL ENGINEERING
DECEMBER
Dec/7-10 Chpt. 12: Structures and Properties of Ceramics
Quiz-10 (Chapter 7); November 7th, Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 12
Dec/14-17 Chpt. 13: Applications and Processing of Ceramics
Quiz-11-12 (Chapter 12-13); November 14th, Monday
HW assignment reading: Ch. 13
FINAL EXAM