EMS 180: Materials in Engineering Design
Spring 2014
Syllabus
Description: Quantitative treatment of materials selection for engineering applications. Discussion of
Course Details: design and material selection strategy; processing and process selection strategy; process economics; life-cycle thinking and eco-design. Use of materials selection software tools.
MWF 9:00-9:50 AM Art 217
F 10:00-10:50 AM Art 217 (Discussion)
Total Units:
CRN:
Website:
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22190
Course SmartSite
Key Participation Dates:
(tentative)
Mon., May 12 – Individual presentations of current events – materials
Monday, June 2 – Individual presentations of current events – processes
Instructors: Professor Julie M. Schoenung, 2017 Kemper Hall, x2-5840, jmschoenung@ucdavis.edu
Office hours: Wednesday s 11:00 am-12:00 noon, and by appointment
Dr. Kaka Ma, 1120 Bainer, kkma@ucdavis.edu
Office hours: Thursdays, 4:00-5:00pm, and by appointment
Teaching Assistant: Mr. Hanry Yang, 1120 Bainer Hall, hxyang@ucdavis.edu
Office hours: by appointment
Reader:
Text & Software:
Mr. Rob Mitchell, rbmitchell@ucdavis.edu
Office hours: by appointment
M.F Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, 4 th Edition
2011; ISBN-10: 1856176630 | ISBN-13: 978-1856176637
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Butterworth-Heinemann as an imprint of Elsevier, Burlington, MA, USA;
Cambridge Engineering Selector , Granta Design Limited, Cambridge, UK, 2012, www.grantadesign.com.
Software Access:
Reference Books:
Academic Surge; login with Kerberos
J. F. Shackelford, Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers, Sixth Edition,
Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2005.
M.S. Peters, K.D. Timmerhaus, R.E. West, Plant Design and Economics for
Chemical Engineers, Fifth Ed ., McGraw-Hill (2003). ISBN: 0-07-239266-5.
M.F. Ashby, Materials and the Environment: Eco-Informed Material Choice ,
Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier (2009). ISBN: 978-1-85617-608-8.
ASM Handbook Volume 20 . Available online at: http://products.asminternational.org/hbk/index.jsp
Various other selected readings throughout the quarter.
© Prof. J. M. Schoenung, 2014

EMS 180: Materials in Engineering Design
Syllabus (continued)
Prerequisites:
Grading:
Course Outcomes:
1.
A knowledge of contemporary issues.
2.
An ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
3.
4.
ENG 45; ENG 105 or EMS 160.
Homework (seven homework sets, lowest grade dropped)
Quizzes (seven, lowest grade dropped)
Current Event/Design Project Reports (two)
Includes in-class participation and peer evaluation
Midterm Exam (Friday, May 2, 9:00-10:50AM )
Final (Saturday, June 7, 1:00-5:00 PM )
15%
15%
20%
25%
30%
An ability to apply and integrate knowledge from the four major elements of the field
(structure, properties, processing, and performance) to solve materials selection, and design problems.
An ability to utilize experimental, statistical and computations methods consistent with the program educational objectives.
Course Policies:
1.
Homework must be dropped off in the homework box in date due . No late homeworks will be accepted.
2131 Kemper Hall by 5 PM on the
2.
3.
No makeup exams will be given. Missed exams will be prorated, provided the absence was due to illness documented by a physician’s statement.
Unless you are instructed otherwise, you may discuss homework problems and current event project topics with other students in the class, but submitted work must be your own. The UC
Davis Code of Academic Conduct will be strictly enforced (see http://sja.ucdavis.edu/cac.html).
4.
It is expected that students will abide by the UC Davis Principles of Community (see http://principles.ucdavis.edu/).
Tentative Course Topics
Introduction to materials selection and design
Materials categorization and properties
Composites, hybrids, alloys, ceramics
Materials selection
Green engineering
Eco-design and life cycle assessment
Processing methods and categorization
Process selection
Process economics
Contemporary issues related to materials selection
© Prof. J. M. Schoenung, 2014