AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is to give to the student basic skills on the microstructural and mechanical properties of materials.

The student will acquire the ability to identify which materials are suitable in a given application and which treatments improve their characteristics and extend their life time.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal teaching lessons: 10 hours

Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, shall reach out to the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liase and arrange the specific teaching methods and ensure proper achievement of the learning aims and outcomes.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• Materials classification: metals, ceramics, polymers and composites
• Microstructural characterization of the metals, metal alloys
• Microstrructural characterization of the ceramics and forming techniques
• Macrostructural characterization of the polymers, polymerization process and plastic forming process
• Mechanicals properties of the materials and methods to investigation
• Rheology

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

W.D. Callister Jr., D.G. Rethwisch, Materials Science and Engineering

W.F. Smith, J. Hashemi, Foundation of Materials Science and Engineering, McGraw-Hill

Notes and material provided in class

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

According the Academic Calendar 2025-26

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Multiple choice quiz

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam evaluates the student's knowledges of the topics covered in class.