2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

ENGR 212 Materials (Lec/Lab)

Materials examines the relationship between the structure of materials and the subsequent mechanical, electrical, optical, and thermal properties. Topics covered will also include bonding, atomic structure and arrangement, crystal structure, symmetry, and defects, phase equilibria, and microstructural development.

Credits

3/1

Prerequisite

CHEM 133

Offered

Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Understand the importance and materials selection in engineering
  2. Understand the relationship between the microstructure of a material and its propertites
  3. Understand how various processing techniques impact micro structure
  4. Classify materials according to structure properties, and behavior
  5. Explain the different atomic bonding types and their impact on materials
  6. Describe and account for failure modes of major materials classes
  7. Describe the role and types of imperfections common to materials
  8. Discuss the importance and physics of diffusion in materials
  9. Interpret a stress-strain diagram
  10. Describe strain hardening, deformation classes and grain growth
  11. Understand crack propagation in ductile and brittle materials
  12. Understand phase diagrams and their use
  13. This course addresses ABET student outcomes 1, 6, and 7