Introduction to Materials Science (MATS 301)
         Offered By: 
             Engineering and Materials Science Faculty
     
    
    
        
            Description
        
        
    - Basic Characteristics of metals, ceramics, polymers, composites and engineering design
    - Elastic and plastic deformation of metals and alloys
    - Atomic structure and the role of dislocation in deformation
    - Cold working, recrystallization and grain growth, strengthening mechanisms
    - Fracture toughness, ductile-brittle transitions, fatique, creep