2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
Introduction to metallurgy of engineering materials
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Kunio Takahashi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TSE.A321
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course gives fundamental knowledge of the metallurgy (material science) of engineering materials, mainly for the students who are learning the transdisciplinary science and engineering.
The aim is to let the students to understand the logic of material science required to select the material beyond the border of discipline, The mechanism of the various properties of the materials is focused in order to realize the transdisciplinary design by reasonable and rigorous material selection.
Course description and aims
Out-comes are the knowledge and the skills
1) To understand the types and the design concept of the various materials used in engineering, such as steels, stainless steels, aluminums, aluminum alloys, ceramics, etc…
2) To understand the mechanism which express the characteristics of materials
3) To select materials in engineering design
Keywords
Phase diagram, quenching, heat treatment, micro-structure, intermetallic compound, strength, conductivity, thermal expansion
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lecture and exercises
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Steels : Phase diagram and mechanism of quenching | Understanging of types, mechanism of heat treatments |
| Class 2 | Steels : Types and their design concept (high tensile strength steels, steels for low and high temperatures, weather resistance steel) | Understanging of types, design concept, and characteristics |
| Class 3 | Steels : Processing and important points (SS,SM,SN) | Understanging of important points in engineering design |
| Class 4 | Stainless steels : Mechanism of stainless and types (Schaefller’s and DeLong’s diagrams) | Understanging of types, design concept, characteristics, and processing |
| Class 5 | Stainless steels : Characteristics, processing, and important points (Martensite, Austenite, Ferrite, Sigma phase brittleness, Sensitization) | Understanging of types, design concept, characteristics, and processing |
| Class 6 | Aluminum and its alloys : Types, characteristics, processing, and important points | Understanging of types, design concept, characteristics, and processing |
| Class 7 | Ceramics : Types, characteristics, processing, and important points and Perspective of engineering materials | Understanging of types, design concept, characteristics, and processing |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
pdfs in T2Schola
Reference books, course materials, etc.
pdfs in T2Schola
Evaluation methods and criteria
exercise 30% + final exam. 70% ( + bonus point for contribution to the lecture )
Related courses
- TSE.A201 ： Material and Molecular Engineering
- TSE.A308 ： Basic Thermodynamics (TSE)
- TSE.A302 ： Mechanics of strength
Prerequisites
Material and Molecular Engineering