MSE 3190: Materials Processing I
3 Credits
Bordia, Mefford
Meeting Times: MW 2:30-3:45pm, Olin Hall 200
Instructors:
Prof. R. Bordia
office: 161 Sirrine Hall (MSE Main Office)
phone: 864.656.5228
email: rbordia@clemson.edu (Preferred method of contact)
Prof. O. T. Mefford
office: 201C Olin Hall (Right across the hall from your classroom) or
207 Advanced Materials Research Laboratory
phone: 864.656.4307
email: mefford@clemson.edu (Preferred method of contact)
Office Hours:
Bordia: MW 1:30-2:30 pm
Mefford: MW 1:30-2:30pm
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If you have classes scheduled during these times, you may email the instructors for an alternate
time. Please send your class schedule if this is the case.
If no one shows up to office hours within the first 20 minutes, office hours will be stopped for the
rest of the hour.
Teaching Assistants:
Mustafa Bahar (MBAHAR@clemson.edu)
Tucker McFarlane (tmcfarl@clemson.edu)
Course Description:
Introduction into the principles underlying the processing/manufacturing of ceramic, polymeric,
and metallic materials.
Co-requisites:
MS&E 210
Course objectives:
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To introduce students to polymer, metal and ceramic processing methods.
Define the differences between primary and secondary manufacturing.
Enforce the link between processing methods and material properties.
Highlight the materials commonly used in bio-medical applications
Expected student outcomes:
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Be able to discuss production cycles.
Be able to discuss considerations for materials selection based on cost and recycling.
Understand polymeric processing for fibers, films and bulk structures.
Discuss secondary metals and ceramics manufacturing methods.
Discuss semiconductor-processing methods.
Understand the role of surfaces and control of surface properties
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Required text:
There is no required text for this class. However, the instructors will post a large amount of
reading material on Blackboard. It is the student’s responsibility to monitor these folders for class
resources. Class notes are strongly encouraged.
Class policy:
You are expected to wait 10 minutes for the professors to arrive. If the professor is over 10
minutes late, you may assume there is no class and leave.
You are expected to attend every class. Unless you have a medical or family emergency, the
instructors will not review the class material you missed during office hours
During lecture, you are expected to give your complete attention to the lecture. You will be
dismissed from class if you become a distraction for other students or the instructor.
Unless otherwise instructed, you cannot have your laptop on or cell phone on ring (turned off or
on vibrate is fine). You may not answer your phone in class, but instead may walk into the hall to
answer.
Contacting the Instructors
Student should email the instructor to set up appointments or in instances of sickness, travel, etc.
When emailing the instructor, the following format will be used (EMAIL WILL NOT BE
RESPONDED TO WHEN THIS FORMAT IS NOT USED):
-subject line should include the name of course/section being taken (“MSE3190: YOUR NAME”)
-address faculty member by name (“Prof. Mefford or Prof. Bordia”)
-describe reason for contact in complete sentences.
-sign email with name, department and contact information (email, phone number)
Email should NOT be used for questions about course content or grades. To discuss these
topics, students should ATTEND OFFICE HOURS.
Homework:
12 homework assignments will be given over the course of the semester. You must complete
and turn in the homework at the beginning of class. Late homework will be marked off by 25
points. It must be turned into Sirrine 162 (MSE Student Services) to the mailbox on the top left
corner labeled “MSE 319”. Homework 2 days or more late will not be accepted. Homework will
be graded for completeness. You will be responsible for getting the key from Blackboard.
Exams:
There will be two 45-minute examinations and one final examination (which is a comprehensive
exam). There are no make up exams and there will no exemption for the final exam. With an
excused absence, your final exam grade will be substituted for the missed exam
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Grading:
Homework
Term Project
Exams
Final
10%
10%
25% each (2)
30%
Likely grade scale (downward adjustments only)
90-100% A
80-89% B
70-79% C
60-69% D
This course addresses the following outcomes listed in Criterion 3:
a) Knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
b) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
c) Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
d) The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,
economic, environmental, and societal context.
e) A knowledge of contemporary issues
Accommodations for students with disabilities: (Taken from Clemson University Academic
Policy):
Students with disabilities who need accommodations should make an appointment with Arlene
Stewart, Director of Student Disability Services, to discuss specific needs within the first month of
classes. Students should present a Faculty Accommodation Letter from Student Disabilities
Services when they meet with instructors. Student Disability Services is located in G-20 Redfern
(656-6848). Please be aware that accommodations are not retroactive and new Faculty
Accommocation Letters must be presented each semester.
Academic Integrity (Taken from Clemson University Academic Policy):
“As members of the Clemson University community, we have inherited Thomas Green Clemson’s
vision of this institution as a ‘high seminary of learning.’ Fundamental to this vision is a mutual
commitment to truthfulness, honor, and responsibility, without which we cannot earn the trust and
respect of others. Furthermore, we recognize that academic dishonesty detracts from the value
of a Clemson degree. Therefore, we shall not tolerate lying, cheating, or stealing in any form.”
“When, in the opinion of a faculty member, there is evidence that a student has committed an act
of academic dishonesty, the faculty member shall make a formal written charge of academic
dishonesty, including a description of the misconduct, to the Associate Dean for Curriculum in the
Office of Undergraduate Studies. At the same time, the faculty member may, but is not required
to, inform each involved student privately of the nature of the alleged charge.”
Tentative Topic Outline:
Date
Day
8/21/13
Wednesday
8/26/13
Monday
8/28/13
Wednesday
9/2/13
9/4/13
Monday
Wednesday
Section
Introduction to
Syllabus/ Text
Processing
Overview
Processing
Overview
Polymers
Topic
Introduction to
Course
Casting, Machining,
Finishing
Materials Cost,
Recycling
Introduction to
Polymers
Extrusion
3
Homework
Instructor
Homework 1
Bordia/ Mefford
Mefford
Homework 2
Mefford
Homework 3
Mefford
Mefford
9/9/13
Monday
9/11/13
9/16/13
Wednesday
Monday
9/18/13
Wednesday
9/23/13
Monday
9/25/13
9/30/13
Wednesday
Monday
MSE 3190: Materials Processing I
3 Credits
Bordia, Mefford
Injection Molding
Blow Molding /
Thermoforming
Rotamolding
Foaming / Transfer
Molding
Rapid Prototyping
Techniques
Composite
Manufacturing
Exam 1
10/2/13
Wednesday
Project
Overview/ Jan
Comfort
10/7/13
Monday
Metals
10/9/13
10/14/13
Wednesday
Monday
Fall Break
BRING YOUR
LAPTOP TO CLASS
Overview of
inorganic materials
processing
Liquid metal to solid
metal: casting
10/16/13
Wednesday
Solid state metal
processing (forging
extrusion etc)
10/21/13
Wednesday
Phase diagram and
heat treatments
10/23/13
10/28/13
10/30/13
11/4/13
Monday
Monday
Wednesday
Ethics
Exam 2
Monday
Project
Presentations
Movie Editing/
Uploading with
CCIT
11/6/13
Wednesday
11/11/13
Monday
11/13/13
Wednesday
11/18/13
Metals: Case
Study
Monday
Mefford
Homework 4
Mefford
Mefford
Homework 5
Mefford
Mefford
(No HW)
Mefford/ Comfort
Homework 6
Homework 7
Bordia
Homework 8
Bordia
Bordia
Ethical use of
plastizsizer in
medical devices
Mefford
Bordia/Mefford
Homework 9
Ceramics
Semiconductors
Ceramic Processing
II: Densification
Semiconductor
Processing
Coatings
Surface
Modification:
Coatings
4
Bordia
Bordia
Case study: metallic
hip and knee
implants
Ceramic Processing
I: Forming
Mefford
Mefford
Bordia/Mefford/CCIT
Bordia
Homework
10
Bordia
Bordia
Homework
11
Bordia
MSE 3190: Materials Processing I
3 Credits
Bordia, Mefford
11/20/13
Wednesday
11/25/13
Monday
11/27/13
Wednesday
12/2/13
Monday
12/4/13
Wednesday
12/12/13
Thursday
Project
Presentations
Mefford
Project
Presentations
Thanksgiving
Break
Ceramics: Case
Study
Ceramics: Case
study
Exam 3:00 pm 5:30 pm, Olin
200
Mefford
Case Study:
Alumina in
biomedical
applications
Case Study: Dental
Ceramics
5
Bordia
Homework
12
Bordia