Materials Science

MEEN 3344 Introduction to Material Science

Spring 2012

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All lecture notes, exam reviews, other content etc, on this web page are for the sole use of MEEN 3344 students at Texas A&M University - Kingsville. Student "Show & Tell" presentations are for reference purposes only. All show & tell data should be verified independently, and should not be used for other courses without permission.

Spring 2012 Course Syllabus

syllabus (updated 1/17/12)

Spring 2012 Final Exam Schedule

Please note that even if you qualify to waive the final exam score, you must show up at the final exam, this is a TAMUK requirement.

Updated WileyPlus instructions Spring 2012

Helps & Notes

Log-Linear Plot example
FE exam sample review questions
Several good Periodic Charts

All documents are in a pdf format, unless noted.

See Prof. Peel for passwords to documents.

If you need to leave class early, please leave without disturbing other students. Notify me of tight schedules, and sit in an outside chair.

Exam Review sheets and samples

Exam 1 review sheet

Exam 1 sample #2

Exam 2 review sheet (F08)

Exam 2 sample #2

Exam 3 review sheet (F09)

Exam 3 sample #2

Final exam review sheet (F09)

Final exam sample

Lecture Notes for Callister's Fundamentals 3e.

Chapter 1 (updated Fall 2011)

Chapter 2 (Updated F11) b&w text 2nd ed, password protected

Chapter 3 (updated F11)

Chapter 4 (updated F11)

Chapter 6 (diffusion software w/ passwd)

Chapter 7 (updated to 3rd ed)

Chapter 10 (shortened), Video- lecture

Chapter 11 (shortened), ch11 lecture-mp4, ch11 lecture -wmv, Ch 11 lecture-avi

Chapter 13 & 14

Chapter 15 composites

Chapter 16 (corrected PowerPoint file, modified Wiley lecture on corrosion) (Corrosion Fundamentals website with good pictures)

Corrosion Examples (Eduardo Hernandez, Lina Du, John Martinez, Stephen Bump, Michael Bauer)

Chapter 12 (mod Wiley lecture)

Material Selection & Design Tips

Wiley/Penn State Lect. Notes for Callister's 6th ed. (ppt). These lectures notes are publicly available.

Chapter 14 & 15

Chapter 22 (Materials Selection & Design)

Student "Show & Tell" (They include references, may be errors, but were reviewed.)

*Presentations from Previous Semesters*

Activated Carbon (Favio Rodriguez)

Aerogels (John C Martinez)

Aluminum Foam (George Pena)

Aluminum Welding (Cory Whidden)

Anion Exchange Resin (Juan Gonzales)

Aramid Fibers (Kim Miranda)

Artificial Corneas (Aditi Bandyopadhyay)

Artificial Skin (Michelle Brubacher)

Auto Tires (John Paul Jordan)

Auxetic Materials (Zahra Elkassabgi)

Auxetics again (Blake Hudgeons)

Ballistic Gel (Oscar Santos)

BAM (Robert Gomez)

Baseball bat materials (Wendy Wagster)

Baseball Bats (Emigdio Salinas)

Bioremediation Materials (Austin Anderson)

Bismuth Oxide Thin Films (Linna Du)

Black Silicon (Luis Medeles)

Brake Pad Selection (Benjamin Narvaez)

Buckypaper (Matthew Kelso)

Calcium Silicate Insulation (Dustin Syamken)

Capacitive Touch Screens (Mason Schoonover)

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (Favio R.)

Carbon Fibers (Oscar C. Luna)

Carbon Nanotubes (Jacqueline Barton)

Carbon Nanotubes (Mariela Rodriguez)

Carbon-Carbon Composites (Ricardo Contreras)

Carbon-Ceramic brakes (Josue DeLara)

Carbon Ceramic Brakes (Marion Alexander)

Cast Iron (Gabriel Ortiz)

Ceramic Coatings (Dustin Syamken)

Ceramic Engines (Jaime Niño)

Ceramic Engines (Pinal Shah)

Ceramics (Amanda Pena)

Cermets (Gustavo Zarate)

CNT Enhanced Polymers (James Mejia)

Composite Lumber (Juan Hernandez)

Concrete Foam (U. Ovbiagele "Duz")

Concrete Superplasticizers (Felipe Perez)

Conducting Ink (Joseph McMillian)

Corrugated Cardboard (Jerl Koonce)

Damascas Steel (Seth Willouhby)

Diamonds (Alann Diaz)

Die Casting (Annamali)

Dirt Glue (Daniel Cordova)

Dragon-Skin Armor (Lupe Lara)

Eco-rock drywall substitute (Daniel Silver)

Electro-Active Polymers (Issac Garza)

Electroactive Polymers (Wendy Lee)

Epoxy (Gerardo De Leon)

Ferrofluids (Eduardo Hernandez)

Flexible Nanocomposite Paper (Bryce Sauser)

Flexible Organic LEDs (Hector Vasquez)

Flexible OLEDs (Cody Hall)

Flowable Concrete with low density additive (Daniel Garza & Shiner Moseley Engineering)

Fog Free Glass (Abelardo Campos)

Forged Metals (John Jordan)

FRP Rebar in Concrete (Lauren Williamson)

Fuel Cells (Curtis Hampton)

Fuel Cells (M. Hinojosa)

GLARE (Aditya Ramakrishnan)

Golf Club Materials (Richard Taub)

Grapefruit-powered light (Jason Fox)

Graphene (Boris Torres

Graphite (Brandon Borowizc)

Graphite Materials (Arnold Saucedo)

Growing Crystals (Kyle Logan)

Harder than Diamonds (Eric Fuqua)

H-beam 4340 Steel Connecting rods (Javier Lozano)

Icynene Foam insulation (Eric Goodman)

Indium Gallium Nitride Solar Cells (Charles Ball)

Injection Molded Plastics (Daniel Quates)

Kevelar Speakers (Juan Gonzales Jr)

Kevelar-Liquid Armor (Dhwani Patel)

Kevlar & Bullet-proof vest (Ron Medlock)

Kevlar (Brianna Flores)

L-Cop copper composite (Annamalai)

LEDs (Kang Bae)

Light Emitting Polymers (Diana Izaguirre)

Light Emitting Polymers (Pinal Shah)

Liquid Armor (Daniel Garza)

Liquid Stone, (Huward Fotenat)

Lubricant Additives (Anthony Gavlik)

Machining Steel Videos 3gp (wmv) (Juan Zambrano)

Magnetic Rheological_fluids (Aditya Ramakrishnan)

Magnetorheological Fluids (Jaime Nino)

MEMS (Kelly Grahmann)

MEMs, (Seth Austin)

Metal Casting (Tanner Powell)

Metal Foam (Ci Yang)

Metal Rubber (Armondo Guzman)

Metal Rubber (Eli Gaona)

Metallic Glass (Juan Carlos Uribe)

Molybdenum (Allen Faldet)

Monolithic Solid Bullets (Brandon Butschek)

Mother of Pearl (Aditi Bandyopadhyay)

Nanofilter Technology (Derek Balchuk)

Nano-graphene platelets (James Robbins)

Nanomachines (Chris_Romo)

Nano-materials (Fernando Ramos)

Nanosolar Thin Solar Panels (Alan Clay)

Natural Fiber Composites (Derrall Gustafson)

Negative CTE materials (Will Bray)

Neoprene Rubber (Chris White)

Neoprene Rubber (Oscar Santos)

Nitinol (Rene Valdez)

Nitrile Rubber (Jessica Lopez)

Nomex (Michael Liles)

Nomex (Sterling Brown)

Oneway Bullet-Proof Glass (Marcos Muniz)

Optical Fibers (Jonathan Perez)

Organic LEDs (Ryan Evans)

Paintable Displays (Robert Hatfield)

Papercrete (Rosa Estrada)

Photoluminescent Aggregate (Matthew Vargas)

Piezoelectric Ceramics (Christopher Rust)

Piezoelectric Crystals (Matthew Kelso)

Piezio-electric materials (Eduard Gamino)

Plastic Lumber (Cristian Esparza)

Polution-fighting Paving Blocks (Roberto Contreras)

Polymer-based Solar Cells (Carmen Thomas)

Polymer-based Solar Cells (Victor Castillo)

Polypropylene (John Caballero)

Polyurethane (Romeo Barrera)

Powder Coating (Brian Dyson)

Powder Coating (Jason Fox)

Pykrete (Jacob Harris)

Quantum Dots (Marcus Fuentes)

Quiet Steel (Pedro Lemus)

Radar Absorbing Materials (Esteban Hernandez)

Rare Earth Magnets (Christopher Rust)

Rechargeable Batteries (Michel Zarate)

Re-grown Skin (Raymond Litteaur)

Rephysis leg growth (Jessica Lopez)

Rigid Foam (Anlise Williamson)

Rubberized Asphalt (Gabriel Ortiz)

Scandium (James Addison)

SCBA Cylinders (Justin Daily)

Self Cleaning Clothes (Bryce Sauser)

Separation Membranes (Austin Anderson)

Shape Memory Alloys (Chris Bomersbach)

Shape Memory Alloys (James Pritchett)

Shape Memory Alloys (Richard Cordero)

Shape Memory Materials (Stephen Turner)

Shape Memory Polymers (Corey Fitzgerald)

Shape Memory Polymers (Jorge Ramos)

Shrink Tubing (Dustin Pfister)

Silicone polymers (Guillermo Frausto)

Smart Dust (Ray Adorno)

Solar Cells on Buildings (Miguel Sanchez)

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (Ray Adorno)

Spectra (Alann E. Diaz)

Spider Silk from Goats (Dhwani Patel)

Stereolithography Resins (Andrew Herzig)

Suspended Particle Glass (Jose Marroquin)

Synthetic Cable (Bryan de Waal)

Teflon (Juan Villarreal)

Tegris (Stephen Bump)

Thin Film Polymer Displays (Juan Ramirez)

T-Ink conductive ink (Clayton Hewett)

Titanium Carbide Fillers (Anthony Gavlik)

Translucent Concrete (Victoria Bailey)

Trib-Grip (Thomas Tiffin)

Tungsten Carbide (Steven Staten)

Ultra-High Performance Concrete (Kelly Grahmann)

Uranium (Kang Bae)

WaspAlloy (Klint Hoelscher)

Materials-Related Web Sites

corrosion.ksc.nasa.gov/corr_fundamentals.htm

www.corrosion-doctors.org,

www.titanium.com,

Article on Ceramics and Corrosion,

Composites.about.com

Rod Lake's Negative Poisson's Ratio Foam

Auxetic Materials Network

metals.about.com

Bayer Materials Science

Textbook Web site - Callister's 2nd Integrated Edition, some solutions, additional material, etc.

Example of the intentional fracture of a very large sprocket (by Wes Kinkler & Babcock Power)

University Web sites

MECH 213– Manufacturing Methods – Fall 2004
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering - Queen’s University - Lecture 1 gives a list of future notes.

Univ. of Virginia, MSE 209: Intro to the Science and Engineering of Materials - Uses Callister's 6^th ed book

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