MSE 209 – SPRING 2003
INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS
(January 13, 2003)
Course Objectives: To introduce the basic principles underlying the behavior of materials.
This course will provide the scientific foundation for an understanding of the relationships
among material properties, structure and performance for the classes of engineering solids
(metals, polymers, ceramics, semiconductors and composites). Concepts will be developed and
applied which allow for correlation between performance and aspects of structure, from atomic
through the macroscopic level, including ideas relating to atomic and larger size defects.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 111 or 141, principles of differentiation and integration, principles of
algebra, geometry and trigonometry.
Textbook:
Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction (Sixth Edition)
W. D. Callister, Jr. (John Wiley and Sons, @2003, ISBN 0-471-13576-3)
Class Notes: My class notes will be on my web site and it contains links to other notes Use
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rej/class209/mse209.html. I will also activate our class tookit
when I return. Comments and problem solutions will be posted there.
Grading: The course grade will be determined from homework, test and final exam grades.
Homework will account for 20%, the three one-hour tests for 50%, and the final exam for 30%
of the course grade. Attendance will be taken and will be used if students are on borderline
between grades
Homework: Eleven problem sets will be assigned during the semester. Each assignment will
be due at the beginning of class about one week after it is assigned (please check class toolkit
webpage regularly for HW schedule updates). Homework submissions should be stapled, neat
and with your name listed on every page. While students may cooperate and discuss concepts
necessary to solve homework problems, copying another student’s work is not permitted. Your
pledge should reflect this stipulation. Late homework hand-ins are acceptable only with an
approved excuse.
Class Sessions:
Sections
#1 MWF 1100-1150
#2 TR 1100-1215
#3 MWF 0900-0950
#4 TR 1100-1215
#5 TR 0930-1045
Instructor
Reinke
Jesser
Cahen
Mulder
Johnson
Classroom
OLS 011
OLS 009
OLS 009
THN E303
OLS 005
Final Exam_____________________
Fri. May 2, 2003 @ 0900-1200
Wed. May 7, 2003 @ 0900-1200
Tue. May 6, 2003 @ 1400-1700
Wed. May 7, 2003 @ 0900-1200
Thur. May 8, 2003 @ 1400-1700
Office Hours will be scheduled and individual hours with students can be arranged.
Problem Sessions:
Three teaching assistants (TAs) will be available for scheduled problem sessions:
Name
Tom Schamp
Elodie Leveugle
Ben Teolis
E-mail
cts2v
el8d
bdt4z
Office
THN B104
Phone
Week day
Time
Location
982-4595
243-7754
924-1059
Wednesday
Thursday
Wednesday
4-5 PM
9-10 AM
2-3 PM
MEC 215
MEC 345
MEC 215
MSE 209 COURSE OUTLINE – SPRING 2003
Weeks
Chapter and Topic
½
½
1
½
½
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Introduction
Atomic Structure and Inter-atomic Bonding
The Structure of Crystalline Solids
Imperfections in Solids
Diffusion
TEST #1 – Chapters 1  5
1
1
½
1½
6.
7.
8.
9.
Mechanical Properties of Metals
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
Failure
Phase Diagrams
TEST #2 – Chapters 6  9
½
½
½
1
1
1
10. Phase Transformations in Metals: Development of Microstructure and
Alterations of Mechanical Properties
11. Applications and Processing of Metal Alloys
12. Structure and Properties of Ceramics
13. Applications and Processing of Ceramics
14. Polymer Structures
15. Characteristics, Applications and Processing of Polymers
TEST #3 - Chapters 10  15
2
18. Electrical Properties
Honor System:
Every student in this course must comply with all provisions of the UVA honor system.
On tests and exams, you are to pledge that you have neither received nor given aid. Your
signature below this pledge affirms that you have not accessed notes, study outlines, old exams,
answer keys, or textbooks while taking the tests and the exam and that you have not obtained any
answers from another students exam.
On homework, you are to pledge that the work is your own. Your signature by this pledge
indicates that while you may have discussed the assigned problems with fellow students at the
concept level, the calculations and answers are your own.
Alleged honor violations brought to my attention will be forwarded to the Honor Committee. If,
in my judgment, it is beyond a reasonable doubt that a student has committed an honor violation,
that student will receive an immediate grade of 'F' for the affected work, irrespective of any
subsequent action taken by the Honor Committee.
MSE 209 – Spring 2003
Homework Assignments
HW#
Date Assigned
Date Due
Assigned Problems
1.
Jan. 30, 31
Feb. 6, 7
Ch. 2: 2.3, 2.17, 2.20
Ch. 3: 3.3, 3.8, 3.9, 3.15
2.
Feb. 6, 7
Feb.13, 14
Ch. 4: 4.2, 4.7, 4.8, 4.18
Ch. 5: 5.7, 5.22, 5.23
Test #1, Feb. 27, 28 ; In-class, Chapters 1  5
HW#
Date Assigned
Date Due
Assigned Problems
3.
Feb. 13, 14
Feb. 20, 21
Ch. 6: 6.3, 6.7, 6.9, 6. 23, 6. 28
4.
Feb. 20, 21
Feb. 27, 28
Ch. 7: 7.4, 7.12, 7.27, 7.D4
5.
Feb. 27, 28
Mar. 13, 14
Ch. 8: 8.3, 8.5, 8.29, 8.43, 8.44
6.
Mar. 13, 14
Mar. 20, 21
Ch. 9: 9.6, 9.12, 9.15, 9.20, 9.33, 9.53
Test #2, April 3, 4 ; In-class, Chapters 6  9
HW#
Date Assigned
Date Due
Assigned Problems
7.
Mar. 20, 21
Mar. 27, 28
Ch. 10: 10.12, 10.15
Ch. 11: 11.D6
8.
Mar. 27, 28
Apr. 3, 4
Ch. 12: 12.3, 12.15, 12.32, 12.38 (*)
9.
Apr. 10, 11
Apr. 17, 18
Ch. 14: 14.3, 14.9, 14.11, 14.26
10.
Apr. 17, 18
Apr. 24, 25
Ch. 15: 15.12, 15.26, 15.40, 15.50
Test # 3, April 28, 29 ; In-class, Chapters 10  15
HW#
Date Assigned
Date Due
Assigned Problems
11.
Apr. 17, 18
Apr. 28, 29
Ch. 18: 18.5, 18.11, 18.13, 18.29, 18.31,
and 18.54W
(*) Note: No problems are assigned for Chapter 13!
CONTACT LIST
INSTRUCTORS
Name
Office
Phone
E-mail (@Virginia.edu)
George Cahen
Bill Jesser
Bob Johnson
Bob Mulder
Petra Reinke
THN A123
MSE 119
THN B103
NRF
TBD
982-2313
glc
982-5654
waj
924-3244
rej
982-5446
rum
TBD
for now:
petra.reinke@phys.uni-goettingen.de
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Name
E-mail
Office
Tom Schamp
Elodie Leveugle
Ben Teolis
cts2v@virginia.edu THN B104
el8d@virginia.edu
bdt4z@virginia.edu
Office Phone Home Phone
982-4595
243-7754
924-1059
984-1804
244-3302
243-0868
The TAs will hold the following problem help sessions:
Wed. 2-3 PM (Ben)
Wed. 4-5PM (Tom)
Thurs. 9-10 AM (Elodie)
GRADERS
Four graders be hired; each will be responsible for about 60 students.