Course Syllabus

Course Information – Spring 2011

MECH 4v95 / MECH 7v80
Materials Design and Manufacturing
Room: FO 2.404
Time: TR 10:00 – 11:15
Final: Materials Design Project due Thursday April 28 @ 11:55 p.m.

Professor Contact Information

Prof. Walter Voit
Office: NSERL 4.710
Phone: 972.883.5788
Email: walter.voit@utdallas.edu (preferred method of contact)
Office Hours:
By appointment (set up via email)
Or when my office door is open

Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions

Prerequisite: MECH 3310 Thermodynamics

Course Description
MECH 4v95 / MECH 7v80
Materials Design and Manufacturing (3 semester hours) Lecture course. This course
provides an in-depth analysis of design problems faced in the development and mass
manufacture of advanced materials. This course will explore the interplay among
mathematical modeling, CAD, mold creation and manufacturing processes for polymers,
ceramics and metals. Tradeoffs among various thermomechanical properties, cost and
aesthetics will be studied.

Learning Objectives/Outcomes
It is expected that you will gain a fundamental physical and mathematical understanding of
materials properties rather than memorizing the equations and specific problems. By this,
it is implied that you will be able to correctly apply the course content (given in an outline
below) to new situations so as to evaluate potential industrial applications through both
physical induction and mathematical analysis/computation. Such inductive and analytical
reasoning will be taught through classroom examples and homework, and tested on
examinations.

Mechanical Properties of Matrials (Stress-strain response) Ch. 9

After this first lesson the course will take on a flavor depending on the interests and
background of the students. Other topics for discussion from the textbook include:

FUNDAMENTALS
Atomic Structures
Crystal Structures
Point Defects and Diffusion
Linear, Planar and Volume Defects
Noncrystalline and semicrystalline materials

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 MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams
Kinetics and Microstructure

OTHER PROPERTIES
Electrical Properties
Optical and Dielectric Properties
Magnetic Properties
Thermal Properties
Composite Materials
Materials-Environment Interactions

MATERIALS SYNTHESIS and DESIGN

Materials Processing
Materials Engineering and Design

At the end of the course students will be familiar with the tradeoffs in properties in materials
design. Beyond funamental properties tradeoffs, cost as the driving factor in real world
industrial and manufacturing applications will be analyzed. Processes including extrusion, hot
and cold working, sintering, hot isostatic pressing, cold isostatic pressing, injection molding,
blow molding, vacuum assisted resin transfer molding, Vulcanization and Mnemosynation will
be discussed.

Current literature will be heavily utilized and discussed. Students will be expected to find and
utilize self-selected journal articles toward completion of their final project. Additional depth
on examiniation and on the final project will be expected from the graduate students.

Required Textbooks and Materials

The Science and Design of Engineering Materials
Schaffer, Saxena, Antolovich, Sanders and Warner (6th ed)

Selected Journal Articles

Suggested Course Materials (For Fun)

The Design of Everyday Things; The Design of Future Things both by Donald Norman
How It’s Made – Discovery Channel

Assignments & Academic Calendar

(Topics, Reading Assignments, Due Dates, Exam Dates)

1 T Jan. 11
2 R Jan. 13
3 T Jan. 18
4 R Jan. 20 (Talk at Princeton) – Taylor Ware Lecture
5 T Jan. 25
6 R Jan. 27
7 T Feb. 1 – Test #1
8 R Feb.3

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9 T Feb. 8
10 R Feb. 10
11 T Feb. 15
12 R Feb. 17 (Atlanta, Talk at Georgia Tech) - TBD
13 T Feb. 22
14 R Feb. 24
15 T Mar. 1 (San Diego, TMS Conference) – Test #2
16 R Mar. 3 (San Diego, TMS Conference) – Guest Lecture
17 T Mar. 8
18 R Mar. 10
19 T Mar. 15 – Spring Break – NO CLASS
20 R Mar. 17 – Spring Break – NO CLASS
21 T Mar. 22
22 R Mar. 24
23 T Mar. 29 – Test #3
24 R Mar. 31
25 T Apr. 5
26 R Apr. 7
27 T Apr. 12
28 R Apr. 14 (Orlando, Society for Biomaterials Conference) – Test #4
29 T Apr. 19
30 R Apr. 21
31 T Apr. 26 (San Francisco – MRS Conference) - Project Day with TA
32 R Apr. 28 (San Francisco – MRS Conference) - Project Due – NO CLASS; Last Official Day of Class
33 T May 3 – Study time for other exams
34 R May 5 – Other exams begin (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Expert Mission for IAEA)

Grading Policy

Choose 3 of First 4 Tests

Test 1 25% Tuesday, February 1
Test 2 25% Tuesday, March 1
Test 3 25% Thursday, March 29
Test 4 25% Tuesday, April 14

Final Project (Handed out March 10) 25% Due Thursday, April 28

Homework* 33% toward each test Due as assigned

*Homework is optional. Homework handed in after the due date will not be counted.
All homework before each test can count up to 33% towards that specific test grade.
Example 1 - If you score an 80 on your first test, and received a 100 average on the
homework turned in before that test, your new test score will be 80*(2/3) + 100*(1/3)
= 86.67.
Example 2 – If you score a 95 on your first test, and received a 93 average on all
homework, you will still receive a 95 for that test, because doing the homework cannot
hurt your grade.
Example 3 – You choose not to do homework. Your test grade will be what you earn.
Homework will be averaged separately between each test and the next.

(This means that homework must be handed-in before class)

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Course & Instructor Policies
(make-up exams, extra credit, late work, special assignments, class attendance, classroom citizenship, etc.)
You must have a certified (doctor or otherwise) excuse for missing a test date. I am willing
to work with you for university sanctioned travel or in other circumstances at least one
week BEFORE the test date.

Off-campus Instruction and Course Activities

Below is a description of any travel and/or risk-related activity associated with this course.
None anticipated

Policies and Procedures for Students

The University of Texas at Dallas provides a number of policies and procedures designed to provide students
with a safe and supportive learning environment. Brief summaries of the policies and procedures are
provided for you at http://provost.utdallas.edu/home/index.php/syllabus-policies-and-procedures-text and
include information about technical support, field trip policies, off-campus activities, student conduct and
discipline, academic integrity, copyright infringement, email use, withdrawal from class, student grievance
procedures, incomplete grades, access to Disability Services, and religious holy days. You may also seek
further information at these websites:
http://www.utdallas.edu/BusinessAffairs/Travel_Risk_Activities.htm
http://www.utdallas.edu/judicialaffairs/UTDJudicialAffairs-HOPV.html
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm
http://www.utdallas.edu/disability/documentation/index.html

These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.

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