ME 270 - Engineering Materials

3 cr.

(Prerequisite: CHEM 112, Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment in ME 260)

An introduction to materials science dealing with the structure and properties of materials covering phase diagrams, phase transformation, heat treatment, metallography, mechanical behavior, atomic bonding, corrosion, and imperfections in materials. The economic, environmental, and social issues will be discussed as related to materials science and engineering.