The purpose of this course is fundamentally focused on the structures and properties of materials including atomic structure and bonding, structure of metals, defects and diffusion in solids, mechanical properties, dislocations and strengthening mechanisms, phase diagrams, and phase transformations.

The purpose of this course is fundamentally focused on the structures and properties of materials including atomic structure and bonding, structure of metals, defects and diffusion in solids, mechanical properties, dislocations and strengthening mechanisms, failure, phase diagrams, and phase transformations.

Textbook:
W. D. Callister, Jr., Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 7Th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2007.

References:
1. W. F. Smith, Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
2. J. P. Schaffer, A. Saxena, S. D. Antolovich, T. H. Sanders, Jr., and S. B. Warner, The Science and Design of Engineering Materials, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
3. K. G. Budinski and M. K. Budinski, Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection, 9th Edition, Pearson, 2010.
4. R. E. Hunnel, Understanding Materials Science, Springer, 1998.