Project work on future Engineering Materials
7.5 ECTS creditsThe course covers examples of advanced conventional or new materials at the forefront of development such as nanomaterials, semiconductor materials, solar cell materials, and so on, in terms of development, properties, structure, and use. Materials development also takes place in a gradual processing of existing and established materials such as steel, aluminium, and powder-based materials.
The course includes lectures and one or several projects.
Lectures:
The lectures address different examples of materials choices on the basis of current technical and scientific information from different sources, with a focus on new and advanced materials. The reference materials and content of lectures can therefore vary.
Projects:
There is a great emphasis in the course on students' projects. The course may include one or several project and the students complete them individually or in small groups. Students perform a thorough information search, possibly in a combination with calculations or experiments. The focus of each project is on an advanced material or group of materials at the forefront of technical development, from perspectives of technological or scientific novelty. A theme is to be introduced in a broad sense only to be narrowed down to a particular materials engineering application or area of potential use. A current theme will be announced at each course date together with project instructions.
The course includes lectures and one or several projects.
Lectures:
The lectures address different examples of materials choices on the basis of current technical and scientific information from different sources, with a focus on new and advanced materials. The reference materials and content of lectures can therefore vary.
Projects:
There is a great emphasis in the course on students' projects. The course may include one or several project and the students complete them individually or in small groups. Students perform a thorough information search, possibly in a combination with calculations or experiments. The focus of each project is on an advanced material or group of materials at the forefront of technical development, from perspectives of technological or scientific novelty. A theme is to be introduced in a broad sense only to be narrowed down to a particular materials engineering application or area of potential use. A current theme will be announced at each course date together with project instructions.
Progressive specialisation:
A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Master's level
Admission requirements:
Registered for Materials in industrial applications (7.5 credits), Deformation and failure (7.5 credits), and Polymer engineering (7.5 credits). Upper secondary level English 6 or English level 2. An equivalence assessment can be made.
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (studied during year 5)
- Master Programme in Mechanical Engineering with specialisation in Materials Engineering (studied during year 2)
- Master of Science in Engineering, Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering, specialisation in Materials Engineering (studied during year 2)