B. Course Syllabi for Materials Engineering

1. Course Name: Mat E 424 Ceramic Industries

2. Catalog Description: Mat E 424. Ceramic Industries. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Property control of products for various industries. Utilization of ceramic products in contemporary applications with a global perspective for raw materials, engineering science and industrial activity. Ethical, economic and life-long learning aspects for professional engineering practice. Non-major graduate credit.

3. Prerequisites: Mat E 322.

4. Textbook/Materials: None.

5. Course Learning Objectives:
The student will:

• Be able to solve advanced problems and apply advanced science for manufacture and control of products for a variety of ceramic industries.
• Be able to apply advanced ceramic technology for the manufacture and utilization of ceramic products.
• Be able to develop professionally during his or her career through an appreciation of the science, technology and ethical obligations of a materials engineer in the ceramic engineering arena.
• Be able to utilize technical resources from company, library, reference, and continuing education; for life-long development and maintenance of a professional career.
  

6. Topics Covered: Glass manufacture overview; Glass melting, phase equilibria, oxidation potential; Melting and fining kinetics; Furnace construction and operation; Additive method, composition/property control; Coloring chromophores, Ligand field concepts; Porcelain enameling overview; Metal selection ,preparation defect causes; Enamel composition, smelting, preparation, application; Enamel adherence, glass to metal seals; Thermodynamics of redox reactions, Ellingham diagram, Refractory applications, Firing applications; Fracture mechanics, Griffith theory, Conversion to fracture toughness concepts; Transformation toughening, phase equilibria, Surface and volume energy effects, applications; Fiber toughening, bridging, partial debonding, friction, pull out; Kroger-Vink notation, Brouwer approximations, applications.

7. Class/Laboratory Schedule: MWF 11.

8. Professional Component: Mat E 424 contributes 3 credits towards Engineering Topics and to the professional component of this program through the industrial examples, information about licensing, advanced engineering and technology concepts, and discussion of case studies that include economic, environmental, ethical and political factors.

9. Relationship of Course to Program Learning Outcomes and Program Educational Objectives: Objectives: A, B, D Outcomes: a, c, h, i, j, n, p (significant), f, k, l, m (moderate)

10. Prepared by: Tom McGee, 1/29/00, rev. 5/24/00 KPC