MATE 220
Structure of Materials
how atoms are arranged


Three-year old Mari explains 6-fold symmetry of snowflakes.

Course Syllabus (pdf file)
Electronic Coursepack: 220ecp
Laboratory: MATE 225
MESS: Materials Engineering Student Socieites

Homework due date extras
HW #1: Team Contracts 1/10, M self test on learning styles
slackers on teams
ground rules for groups
leadership and teamwork
HW #2: Bonding 1/10, M bonding (chem review)
MATE 210 review on bonding
diamond vs. graphite (Chime plug-in req'd.)
HW #3: Bond Energy and Material Properties 1/19, W Composites of Opposites (pdf article) or go to: http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes/PoissonACS.pdf
Quiz #1 1/21, F W 2003 Quiz 1
Outline of lecture topics 1
HW #4: Crystallographic Planes, Directions, Systems 1/28, F MATE 210 review on directions and planes
MATE 210 review on crystal structures
HW #5: Hexagonal Systems 2/2, W Hexagonal Miller Bravias Indices
Miller Indices
Quiz #2: planes & directions 2/7, M practice with Callister CD-ROM
HW #6: Symmetry and Crystallography 2/9, W Point Groups
Cubic Model with symmetry
Crystal Structures
Escher Web Sketcher
Midterm 1 2/14, M Outline 2
HW #7: CaRIne 2/18, F BCC structure
CsCl structure
HW #8: Team Checkup 2/18, F  
HW #9: Atomic Packing 2/23, W Atomic Packing
HW #10: Point Defects 3/2, W MATE 210 review on Defects
Intro to Point Defects

MATE 210 review on Phase Diagrams
Phase Diagram Tutorial
HW #11: Dislocations 3/9, W MATE 210 review on Defects
MATE 210 review on Dislocations
Dislocations
Microstructures lecture
Midterm 2   Outline 3
Outline 4
HW #12: Team Evaluations 3/11, F  
Final Exam    


Homework and Exam Solutions (posted on Blackboard)

Handouts (pdfs)
to be activated as appropriate
length scales worksheet
unit cell grid
crystal systems and Bravais lattices
worksheets for planes and directions (cubic)
worksheets for planes and directions (hexagonal)
symmetry operations
ceramic structures and radius ratios
more ceramic crystal structures
interstital sites
vacancy problems
dislocations