Undergraduate Program
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
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Course Outlines
While a freshman and sophomore, the Metallurgical & Materials
Engineering student is required to take a general education core of chemistry,
physics, mathematics, social sciences, and humanities, along with computer
applications to engineering design. Introductory MetE/M&ME courses
are then offered in conjunction with laboratory exercises and
demonstrations including presentations on safety and ethics.
In mineral
processing/extractive metallurgy, the basic educational emphasis is in mass
balancing, thermodynamics, modeling, and unit operations in size reduction,
classification, thickening, filtration, drying, flotation, gravity, electrostatic,
magnetic, leaching, solution concentration, solution purification, smelting
and refining. Extensive consideration is given to the economic and social
impact of all these processes and the student is trained in methods and
technologies that are environmentally friendly.
In physical metallurgy,
materials processing, and welding, the chemical, physical and mechanical properties of the various materials are introduced and related to bonding as
well as crystal, molecular and grain structures. Unit operations that are
used to control the bonding and structures and thereby the properties are
covered in detail and include, for examples, alloying, forging, extruding,
casting, rolling, joining, heat treating, surface engineering, and powdering.
Additional courses such as Transport Phenomena & Design, Mass Transfer & Chemical Kinetics, and Metallurgical & Materials Thermodynamics
also help build the foundation to the program. Having mastered these
courses, students will advance to the senior level to learn more about
diffusion and other mass transfer processes; high-temperature chemistry
of liquid and solid alloys, oxide/silicate solutions (slags), sulfide solutions
(mattes), fused salts, cement, and metal-bearing vapors; binary and ternary
phase diagrams; aqueous inorganic chemistry; heat-treating, casting, working and mechanical testing; plant and laboratory safety; elements of
process design; and fundamentals of ceramic and polymeric materials.
Basic scientific knowledge of analytical instrumentation, including
Inductive-Coupled Plasma (ICP) Spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD),
Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-Ray (SEM/EDX)
and Ion Chromatography (IC) is gained through Materials Characterization & Analysis. Environmental Degradation of Materials and Process
Instrumentation and Control are examples of required courses with a
relationship to each of the disciplines. During the junior and senior years,
increasing emphasis is placed on engineering design. The program culminates
with real-world design projects in the two-semester course Senior Design.
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