Course syllabus

Materials Engineering (IMS 115)

(Materialteknik)

(LP1 2024)

Examiner:    Uta Klement (772 1264; uta.klement@chalmers.se)

Teachers:     Roland Kádár (772 1256; roland.kadar@chalmers.se)

Lars Nyborg (772 1257; lars.nyborg@chalmers.se)

Emmy Yu Cao (772 1252; yu.cao@chalmers.se)

Aim

To understand the interdependence between material, function and manufacturing method is central for the utilization of our limited resources. Materials Engineering is about balancing the conditions for the material selection, manufacturing, and manipulation methods in the most appropriate way to make it possible to create functions, systems and products that can meet the need in the society in a sustainable way.

The course aims to create a wide understanding of the relationship between material properties, product function and the manufacturing constraints, which build the foundation for deepening of the knowledge needed by different engineering roles engaged in the different phase of the life cycle from idea to recycling. Central to the understanding is the connection between the overall challenges and the opportunities offered by the material and process.

Learning outcomes

• Understand and describe the overall connection between the nature and properties of different materials and how these can be manipulated with available processes both generally, and specifically for metals and polymers.
• Describe, and to some extent apply, working procedures to ensure the right material with the right form for the right function in the right way to meet overall sustainable challenges (corporately and socially).
• Be able to break down overall opportunities and challenges into material engineering concepts and requirements that can drive technical material, product, and process development.
• Establish certain insight regarding aspects of gender, equality, and diversity for the role as material engineer.

Content

The course runs in co-operation with the following courses:

• Module A: IMS130 Challenges in materials technology
• Module B: IMS120 Metals Engineering
• Module C: IMS125 Polymer Engineering

These courses are divided into lectures, exercises, and lab work. Moreover, a series of presentations will be given by company representatives, see course details on each course, respectively. In Module A, participants will be able to reflect on aspects of gender, equality, and diversity in the role as material engineer and learn about challenges in materials engineering. Moreover, a first, broader perspective to commercialization aspects is provided. Modules A and B provide relevant deepening of the knowledge within each part.

Literature: Literature and handouts will be mentioned/provided by the respective teachers.

Examination: In this course, each module is worth 5 credits. Therefore, examination is changed from the individual 7.5-credit courses (IMS120, IMS125 and IMS130). For example, in the Metals Engineering part, no project assignments are included. This will be communicated for each part/module in the beginning of the course. Otherwise, the three modules have equal shares in the final grade.