Course: Materials Engineering Lectures

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Course title Materials Engineering Lectures
Course code KOANCH/C175A
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Střižík Lukáš, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vlček Miroslav, prof. Ing. CSc.
  • Wágner Tomáš, prof. Ing. DrSc.
Course content
Classification of materials. Chemical bonds, structure and properties of various materials. Methods of microstructural characterization of metals and ceramics. Metals. Metallurgy. Classification of metals, metallic bond. Oral presentation of a scientific topic. Glasses and glass technology. Ceramics. Tape casting process. Slurry composition and characterization. Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus. Thin films preparation and characterization. How to write structured CW. Thermal evaporation, sputtering and pulsed laser deposition. Materials encyclopaedia. Electron beam evaporation, kinetics, sources. Student's presentation on specific materials science topic. Preparation of essays on materials engineering topics on basis of journal papers reading. Optical properties of solids and their applications. Raman and infrared spectroscopy. Writing summary of the diploma work. Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis and Auger Electron Spectroscopy. Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy. Writing of a scientific journal paper.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course with students of the Materials Engineering specialization is to practice the professional English terminology, the principles of writing of scientific papers, the oral presentation of scientific results in active and passive English and in the form of guided discussion.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment

Recommended literature
  • Encyclopaedia of Materials Science and Technology, Vol.1-10.. Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd., 2001.
  • Materials Science and Technology: a comprehensive treatment, Vol.1-15, 1991-1994. VCH: Weinheim.
  • Odborné texty předkládané studentům Texty přednášek předmětu předávané vyučujícím studentům v elektronické formě..
  • Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus. Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • Ullmann´s Encyclopaedia of Industrial Chemistry, Vol.A1-A28. VCH: Weinheim, 1985.
  • Shelby J.E. Introduction to glass science and technology. Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1997.
  • Smith C.O. The Science of Engineering Materials. London: Prentice Hall Int., 1977.
  • Tilley J.D.R. Understanding of Solids: The Science of Materials. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., West Sussex, 2004.


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