Materials Science is a relatively new field of study, growing out of the study of Physical Metallurgy at the turn of the century. Materials Engineering is even more recent, only coming of age in the past 20 years. Materials Scientists seek to understand, using chemistry, physics, and engineering, the behavior of materials by starting from the atoms of which they are comprised. Materials Engineers take that understanding a step further and use the relationship between structural changes and manufacturing processing to design materials with the properties desired for a particular application. A solid core of Materials Science and Engineering will provide you not only with the basic characteristics of a wide variety of engineering materials, but will also allow you insight into the possibilities and limitations of engineering with real materials.

ENGR 322 continues on with more Materials Engineering and the connection between materials processing, microstructure, and mechanical behavior. This class has to laboratory experiments which allow the students to get hands on experience in the world of Materials Science.

The class will meet for lecture three times per week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday as well as a weeky lab meeting on either Tuesday or Thursday. The required text is Callister, Third edition. Occasionally lectures will be based on lecture handouts when the text material provides insufficient coverage.

RESERVE BOOKS FOR ENGR 322

Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers,
J. F. Shackelford,
TA 403
.S515
1985

Science and Engineering of Materials,
D. R. Askeland,
TA 403
.A74
1985

Nature and Properties of Engineering Materials,
Z. D. Jastrzebski
TA 403
.J35
1977

Engineering Materials: An Introduction to
Their Properties and Applications,
M. F. Ashby, D. R. H. Jones
TN1
.I69
v34

Engineering Materials 2: An Introduction to Microstructures,
Processing and Design,
M. F. Ashby, D. R. H. Jones
TN1
.I69
v39