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Engineering Materials Option

Option Specifics
Students interested in the Engineering Materials Option begin their materials courses in the summer of the third year. A link to the undergraduate course descriptions is found at the left. The materials option consists of six courses.

Four required courses
· 89-330 Structure and Properties of Materials
· 89-331 Thermodynamics and Kinetics
· 89-420 Ceramic Materials
· 89-421 Deformation & Fracture

Two elective courses chosen from among the following
· 89-430 Materials Degradation: Corrosion & Wear
· 89-432 Modern Steels
· 89-433 Physical Metallurgical Processes
· 89-434 Polymers
· 89-450 Welding Engineering

Upon graduation, the students receive their BASc diploma in Mechanical Engineering specifying the Engineering Materials Option.

Learning Outcomes
Gradates of the program have developed the skills in the following areas:
· Select materials based on design requirements such as strength and formability
· Relate mechanical properties, such as strength and ductility, to the structure of the material and how it was processed
· Investigate the causes for failure of material components
· Analyze the effects of materials processes such as heat treatment by applying thermodynamic and kinetics fundamentals
· Utilize materials analysis techniques such as grain size determination, microhardness testing, and metallography.

Engineering Materials at the University of Windsor
The undergradaute program in Engineering Materials has been a part of the engineering faculty for over 30 years. Areas of particular interest to the faculty include casting, wear and tribology, polymer processing, welding, and materials for hydrogen storage. In January 2003, the materials program is adding a faculty member in the area of hydroforming, a manufacturing process of particular interest to the automotive industry whereby car frame componenets are shaped from metal tubes using water pressure.

The Engineering Materials Program at the University of Windsor boasts two industrially-funded research professorships. Canada’s National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Ford Motor Company sponsor a chaired professorship in light metal casting. NSERC and General Motors Corporation sponsor a chaired professorship in materials wear and tribology. Links to further information on these chaired professorships are found to the left under the heading Other Related Sites of Interest