Undergraduate
Program
Overview
Metallurgical
and materials engineering plays a role in all manufacturing
processes which convert raw materials into useful products adapted
to human needs. The primary outcome of the Metallurgical and
Materials Engineering program is to provide undergraduates with
a fundamental knowledge-base associated with materials-processing,
their properties, and their selection and application. Upon
graduation, students would have acquired and developed the necessary
background and skills for successful careers in the materials-related
industries. Furthermore, after completing the program, the student
should be well prepared for management positions in industry
or continued education toward a graduate degree.
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
(MME) Program
The program leading to the degree Bachelor
of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering is accredited
by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology, 111 Market
Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone (410)
347-7700.
The Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
(MME) program emphasizes the structure, properties, processing
and performance of materials and, as such, is designed to
support five primary education objectives that will be demonstrated
by recent graduates of the program. The MME program is designed
and implemented so as to develop graduates who:
* Have a broad knowledge base of materials.
* Can apply fundamental materials-concepts to solve problems.
* Have written and oral communication skills as well as
teamwork skills to be successful in their careers.
* Understand the importance for self-acquisition of knowledge
and continuing education.
* Can employ their breadth of knowledge so that they are
able to provide a range of solutions to a wide range of
materials-engineering problems, and ultimately an optimal
choice.
Curriculum
The most
up-to-date information about the curriculum, courses, and
requirements can be found in the Undergraduate Bulletin. Pages
specific to the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering program
start at page 107. Also see the flow
chart.
Laboratories
Located in
Nathaniel Hill Hall, the laboratory facilities are among the
best in the nation. The combination of classroom instruction
and laboratory hands-on experience provide for a well integrated
education leading to a baccalaureate degree. The well-equipped
laboratories are dedicated to:
* particulate and chemical/extraction metallurgical-and-materials
processing
* foundry science
* corrosion and hydro-/electro-metallurgical studies
* physical and mechanical metallurgy
* welding and joining
* forming, processing,and testing of ceramic materials
Mechanical testing facilities include computerized machines
for tensile, compression, torsion, toughness, fatigue and
thermo-mechanical testing. There are also other highly specialized
research laboratories dedicated to: robotics, artificial intelligence,
vapor deposition, and plasma and high-temperature reaction-systems.
Support analytical-laboratories for surface analysis, emission
spectrometry, X-ray analysis, optical microscopy and image
analysis, electron microscopy, including an analytical scanning
transmission electron microscopy and the latest in scanning
electron microscopy, and micro-thermal-analysis/mass spectrometry.
Metallurgical
and Materials Engineering involves all of the processes which
transform precursor materials into final engineered products
adapted to human needs. The objective of the Metallurgical
and Materials Engineering program is to impart a fundamental
knowledge of materials processing, properties, selection and
application in order to provide graduates with the background
and skills needed for successful careers in materials related
industries, for continued education toward graduate degrees
and for the pursuit of knowledge in other disciplines.
Undergrad
Flowsheet
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