MATE
370/375
Kinetics
of Materials
atomic
transport & phase transformations
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MATE
370/375 |
| MATE
370 Course Syllabus (pdf file) MATE 375 Course Syllabus |
| Science Direct (online journals) |
| Labs | date |
| Experimentation &
Technical Reports Lab report rating guide Writing Guidelines (checklist) Technical Writing Guidelines (by B. London) Engineer's Guide to Tech Writing (ASM International) writing examples (virginia tech website) Tips on what NOT to do for lab reports in this class link to Science Direct (must be through Cal Poly) for journal articles Scientific Fraud flawed science falsified data |
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| Carburization | Week 1-3 due 4/24, 4/25 |
| Rapid Solidification |
Week 4 due 5/1, 5/2 |
| Superconductors:
combustion synthesis, powder processing example of memo |
Week 5-9 |
| NiTi executive summary executive summary 2 common mistakes of exec summaries examples of good and bad exec summaries |
Week 5-10 due 6/5 |
| Lectures | notes |
| Diffusion | |
| In-Class Example Problems | print out and bring to class |
| Outline 1 | |
| Learning Objectives (Midterm 1) | |
| Equations | to be used for exams |
| HW #1a | |
| HW #1b | |
| HW #2 | JOM:
Kirkendall Experiments |
Mini-Project 1: New Student Day Displays and Demos: |
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| superalloys video activity | |
| Midterm 1 | Thursday, 4/27/06 |
| Phase Transformations | |
| Outline 2 | |
| Learning Objectives (Midterm 2) | |
| Mini-Project 2: MatE example of Kinetics assignment |
due 5/09/06 – topic |
| HW #3 (see articles posted on Blackboard) | superalloys
shape memory alloys materials in toys |
| HW #4 (see Blackboard for posted articles) | silicon amorphous metal liquid metal |
| Midterm 2 | Thursday, 5/25/06 |
| Final Exam | Friday, June 9, 2006, 10:10 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |