EGR 301 - Engineering Materials & Manufacturing, 4 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): EGR 201 and CHM 111
Introduction to the structure, properties, processing & manufacturing of materials used in engineering applications. Topics include: material structure (bonding, crystalline and non-crystalline structures, imperfections); equilibrium microstructures; diffusion, nucleation, growth, microstructure, properties, processing and manufacturing of: steel, ceramics, polymers and composites; creep and yield; fracture mechanics, modes of failure; and the selection of materials and appropriate performance indices. Includes a lab and design project.