COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE CODE：ME307
COURSE TITLE ： Principle of Engineering
Materials
HOURS/CREDITS：34/2
PRE-REQUISITES：Mechanics of Materials
REQUIRED OR ELECTIVE COURSE： TERMS OFFERED：
REQUIRED COURSE
Spring
STUDENTS ORIENTED：
Junior
COURSE OFFERED BY：
School of Mechanical Engineering
COURSE STRUCTURE/SCHEDULE：
1. 3 lecture hours per week at 50 minutes.
2. 1 recitation hours per week at 50 minutes.
TEXTBOOK/REQUIRED MATERIAL：
Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction,W.D. Callister, Jr., 7th edition, John
Wiley and Sons,Inc. (2006).
COURSE DESCRIPTION：
Introductory course to engineering materials and processing. Properties (mechanical,
thermal and electrical) of metals, polymers, ceramics materials. Correlations of these
properties with: (1) their internal structures (atomic structure, bonding, crystal structure,
micro-and macro); (2) service conditions (mechanical, thermal); and (3) processing
ASSESSMENTS TOOLS：
1. Weekly homework.
2. Period announced and/or unannounced quizzes.
3. One midterm and one final exam
Homework:15%;Quizzes:10%;Midterm:35%;Final exam:40%.
COMPUTER USAGE：
None
COORDINATING FACULTY：
Prof. LI Shuhui
Prof. Zhao yixi
REVISION UPDATE：September 24,2008
COURSE CODE：ME307
COURSE TITLE：Principle of Engineering Materials
COURSE OUTCOMES：[Related ME Program Outcomes in brackets]:
1. Recognize basic MSE nomenclature, basic microstructure, associate terms with the
appropriate structure/phenomena [1,3,4]
2. Understand the relation between properties, structure, and processing [1,4,5]
3. Ability to explain the fundamental basis for materials phenomena. [1,4,7,]
4. use materials properly [3,4,5,6]
5. Describe a processing sequence to produce materials with specific microstructures and/or
properties. [4,5,6,9]
6. Recognize new design opportunities offered by materials selection. [2,6,8,9]
RELATED ME PROGRAM OUTCOMES：
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
Engineering fundamentals
Team work and communication
Experimental skills
Analytical skills
Integ. of analy./prob solv./design skills
Open-ended design problem solving skills
Communication
Ethically responsible in a globally/social/intell./tech. context.
Curious and persistent continuous learners
COURSE TOPICS & DETAILED SCHEDULE：
Week
Date
Lecture
1
Mar.2
1
2
3
4
5
Mar.5
2
Mar.9
6
Mar.12
7
8
3
Mar.16
9
10
Mar.19
4
Mar.23
11
12
13
14
Mar.26
5
Mar.30
Apr.2
6
Apr.6
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Apr.9
7
Apr.13
Apr.17
8
Apr.20
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Topic
Introduction
Atomic bonding
Structure
Directions, & Planes
Point defects
Dislocations & other
defects
Diffusion
Diffusion, In class
problems
Mechanical
Properties-elastic
Mechanical
Properties-plastic
Plastic Deformation
Strengthening & hardening
Fracture
Fatigue, In class
problem
Creep
Review session
Exam #1
Phase Diagrams
Phase Diagrams
Phase
Transformations
Phase
Transformations
Heat treatment
Alloys
Reading
(chapter.se
ctions
1
2,19.3
3.1-3.7
3.8-3.15
4.1-4.4
4.5-4.18
5
5
6.1-6.6
6.7-6.12
7.1-7.7
7.8-7.13
8.1-8.6
8.7-8.11
8.12-8.15
Covering
chap1-8
9.1-9.10
9.11-9.15
10.1-10.4
10.5-10.8
11.7-11.9
11.1-11.3
Review session
Ceramics
Polymers-structure
Polymers-mechanic
properties
Composites
12.1-12.8
14.1-14.14
15.1-15.9
16.1-16.7
Apr.24
9
Apr.27
31
Composites, In class
problems
32
Review session
33
34
Exam #2
16.8-16.10
Covering
chap9-16