SYLLABUS

EMS-180: MATERIALS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN

Winter 2015

Catalog Description: Quantitative treatment of materials selection for engineering

applications. Discussion of design and material selection strategy; processing and
process selection strategy; process economics; life-cycle thinking and eco-design.
Prerequisite: ENG-45 or consent of instructor.
Textbook: Michael F. Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Third
Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann as an imprint of Elsevier, Burlington, 2005.
Reference Books: J. F. Shackelford, Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers,
Sixth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2005.
Required: 4 units
Instructor: Huong T.T. Tong, email: tonghuongz@gmail.com
Office Hours: Thursday: 10:30 11:30: Room 808 C12 building, HUMG, and
by appointment.
Teaching Assistant: Dr. Toan - Vu Van
Office Hours: by appointment.
Tentative Course Topics
- Introduction to materials selection and design
- Materials categorization and properties
- Composites, hybrids, alloys, ceramics
- Materials selection
- Green engineering
- Processing methods and categorization
- Process selection
- Process economics
- Contemporary issues related to materials selection
Grading
Homework: 10 %
Midterm Exams and Quizzes: 30 %
Final Exam: 60 %
Course Outcomes
- A knowledge of contemporary issues.
- An ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary
for engineering practice.
- 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.
Course policies for students
- No open laptops or phones
- Questions welcome
- No late homework
- All assignments written with pen, NOT pencilassignments written with
pencil will not be accepted (including homework, midterms, final exam).
- Home-works, midterms and final exam present in A4 sheet.
- For final exam: The only thing allowed is a pen/pencil, calculator (without
internet capabilities) and a straight edge; note: one side A4 sheet. We will
supply everything else.