Course content

- Atomic structure, arrangement, and movement
- Controlling the microstructure and mechanical properties of materials
- Design materials (Steel, Light metals, Polymers and Composites)
- Processing and surface treatment examples
- Materials selection in design

Learning outcome

Knowledge
The student should:
- Have broad knowledge about basic materials science, especially about metals and in general for other design materials.
- Have knowledge about how to choose the right materials in design.
- Have knowledge about how to update their knowledge in the field.
- Have general knowledge of the subject's history.

Skills
The student should:
- be able to reflection their own professional practice and adjust this under supervision.
- be able to locate,assess and refer to information and subject matter that can be used in the problem.

General knowledge
The student should:
- carry out various problems in the subject as a participant in a group.
- propose and exchange views and experiences of an issue for a project within the course themes, and in a group implement the project throughout the semester with guidance.
- be able to communicate subject matter and the project results orally (by agreement) and in writing.

Learning methods and activities

- Lectures on Campus
- Guidance
- Exercises
- Teamwork
- Project
- Laboratory Exercises/Demonstrations on Campus

Students are responsible for establishing project groups, project and optionally contacting a manufacturing company.

Specific conditions

Course materials

Syllabus provided when the course starts.
Current support:
- Materiallære; Ørnulf Grøndalen; ISBN 9788276746211
- Essentials of Materials Science and Engineering; Donald R. Askeland and Pradeep P. Phule; ISBN 0-499-24442-2
- Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering, An Integrated Approach; William D. Callister Jr.; ISBN 978-0-471-47014-4

Credit reductions