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DETAILED LIST OF TOPICS AND THEIR DURATION 1. Introduction to materials science and engineering, classification of materials and Processing/Structure/Properties/ Performance Correlations – 16 h - Metal Alloys - Ceramics Materials - Polymer Materials - Composite Materials 2. Introduction: Materials and Design – 6h - Materials in Design - The Design Process - Types of Design - Design Tools and Materials Data - Function, Material, Shape and Process 3. Engineering end Eco Materials and Their Properties – 6h - The Families of Engineering and Eco Materials - Materials Information for Design - Material Properties and Their Units 4. Materials Property Charts – 6h - Exploring Material Properties - The Material Property Charts 5. Materials Selection – The Basics – 7h - The Selection Strategy - Attribute Limits and Material Indices - The Selection Procedure - Computer-Aided Selection - The Structural Index 6. Processes and Their Effect on Properties – 7h - Classifying Processes - The Processes: Shaping, Joining, Finishing - Process–Property Trajectories 7. Processes Selection and Cost – 8h - Process Selection: The Strategy - Implementing the Strategy: Selection Matrices - Limitations and Quality - Ranking: Process Cost - Computer-Aided Process Selection 8. Selection of Material and Shape – 8h - Shape Factors - Limits to Shape Efficiency - Exploring Material-Shape Combinations - Material Indices That Include Shape - Graphical Coselecting Using Indices - Architectured Materials: Microscopic Shape 9. Materials and the Environment – 8h - The Material Life-Cycle - Material and Energy-Consuming Systems - The Eco-Attributes of Materials - Life-Cycle Assessment, Eco-Audits and Energy Fingerprints - Eco-Selection 10. Materials and Industrial Design – 8h - The Requirements Pyramid - Product Character - Using Materials and Processes to Create Product Personality 11. Sustainable Response to Forces for Change – 10h - Market-Pull and Science-Push - Growing Population and Wealth, and Market Saturation - Product Liability and Service Provision - The Information Economy, Critical Materials and Circularity - Response to Forces for Change: Sustainable Development

The materials field represents an interdisciplinary subject, spanning the physics and chemistry of matter, engineering applications and industrial manufacturing processes. Therefore, the students are expected to have a good knowledge of maths and fundamental sciences including chemistry, physics and mechanics of materials.

- Michael F. Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design 5th Edition, BH, Elsevier - Michael F. Ashby, Materials and the Environment, Eco-informed Material Choice, 3rd Edition, BH, Elsevier

Class attendance is not compulsory, even though it is highly recommended.

The assessment will be based on the results of an oral interview, aimed at verifying the acquisition of the following knowledge and skills: - knowledge of microstructure, properties, design, production and transformation processes, use, analysis, characterization, degradation and recycle of materials of interest for industrial engineering; - ability to apply this knowledge to select the materials suitable for different applications, to recognize the conditions of potential in- service risks, to choose the most appropriate tests to evaluate the performance of materials. The minimum grade for passing the exam (18/30) is achieved only if the student is able to correctly classify and discuss the physical-mechanical properties of the main classes of materials of interest for industrial engineering. For the final evaluation the following aspects will be considered: - the level of knowledge - the ability to securely correlate different topics - the ability of applying knowledge to the solution of problems of limited complexity in the field of materials engineering - the ability to communicate the acquired knowledge and to illustrate the technical solutions proposed with clarity using a proper technical vocabulary. In order to obtain the highest mark (30/30 cum laude), the student must demonstrate that he/she has acquired excellent knowledge of all the topics covered in the course, and that he/she can apply this knowledge to the solution of problems in the field of industrial engineering, proposing original solutions and showing the results of an autonomous extension of knowledge.

The teaching activities are organized in traditional lecture-based classes for the acquisition of knowledge. Students will be actively engaged by collecting information and asking questions. Numerical exercises will be solved in class in order to make theory more easily learned.