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Advanced Concepts in Metals (MREN90002)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Overview
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Students will develop an understanding of phase equilibria and transformations. Fundamental concepts in crystallography will be covered. Materials characterisation including phase analysis such as XRD and microstructure analysis including electron microscopy will be described. Students will be introduced to topics covering the mechanisms of corrosion and approaches to prevent it. Discussions on materials processing including casting, forging, extrusion, and heat treatment will be covered. Fabrication technologies including joining, welding, machining and additive manufacturing are described. Materials modelling including Integrated Computational Materials Engineering will be taught. Finally, students will be introduced to materials selection, design and safety.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Explain the concept of processing-structure-property relationships
- Identify and use materials characterisation techniques
- Link phase equilibria to development of microstructure
- Apply advanced concepts in materials science and engineering to tackle advanced topics in the field including, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers and metals
- Understand topics important to materials engineers such as corrosion, processing and fabrication
- Apply basic materials modelling techniques
- Select materials for particular designs in a safe and sustainable manner.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Fundamental concepts in materials science and engineering
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Written Assignment 1 (10%). Written assignment of no more than 5 pages (not including diagrams, graphs and raw data). Overall time commitment of 13 hours, due week 4. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1-7 assessed in the assignment.
- Practical Assignment (10%). Practical assignment of no more than 5 pages (not including diagrams, graphs and raw data). Overall time commitment of 13 hours, due week 8. ILOs 2-3 assessed in the assignment.
- Written Assignment 2 (10%). Written assignment of no more than 5 pages (not including diagrams, graphs and raw data); overall time commitment of 13 hours, due week 12. ILOs 1-7 assessed in the assignment.
- One three-hour end of semester written examination (70%), assesses ILOs 1 to 7. Held in the end-of-semester exam period.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Zhe Liu Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 200 Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
Materials Science and Engineering an Introduction, Callister, W. D. Jr. Ninth Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2014
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022